Middle East Archive

Four-time winners Japan take on Qatar in the final of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup football tournament at the Zayed Sport City Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Qatar wins

It's estimated that Fentanyl overdose causes 18,000 deaths in the US in 2016.

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have issued arrest warrants against nearly 400 people across the country for their alleged involvement in illegal online betting, Istanbul police said on Friday.The crackdown

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has ceased all assistance to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, according to a US official. The decision announced on

The skies of Beirut lit up with fireworks on Thursday night as Lebanon finally formed a government eight months after May's general election. Prime Minister Saad Hariri will

KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on Thursday mocked his opponents’ use of social media to mobilize protesters against his three-decade rule, saying that Facebook and WhatsApp cannot replace

A United States court has found Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government culpable in the death of American foreign correspondent Marie Colvin, ordering a $302.5m judgment for what it

The Myanmar government under Aung San Suu Kyi has continued using oppressive, military rule-era laws to prosecute peaceful critics, quashing hopes the country's first democratic leader in decades would safeguard free speech, according

DUBAI: Better known for his role as the CEO of Dubai Airports, Paul Griffiths, will be playing the organ at the mass lead by Pope Francis on Tuesday,

Chinese and United States negotiators have made "important progress" in their latest round of trade talks, according to China's state media, as US President Donald Trump said he would soon meet

Zonguldak, Turkey - The Turkish coal-mining town of Zonguldak seems an unlikely place to meet a man who says he's a Chinese spy, but it's here where Yusuf

HAJJIN, Syria: In the former militant bastion of Hajjin in eastern Syria, 50-year-old Khaled Abed shouts at the top of his lungs amid the rubble, asking why he

Washington, DC - The US Senate voted to advance an amendment seeking to rein-in President Donald Trump's announced withdrawal of American special forces from Syria and put parameters