Iraq PM appears in lead after first post-IS election
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's political grouping appeared in the lead Sunday following the country's first election since defeating the Islamic State group, after...
U.S. Navy leads 30-nation maritime exercise in Middle East
The U.S. Navy is leading a 30-nation maritime exercise across Middle Eastern waters which it says will help protect international trade routes against possible...
Syrians fleeing war find unlikely refuge in Sudan
Frantically serving up Syrian-style sandwiches and platters of chicken and meat, Shawermat Anas opens onto a busy street in Khartoum. Those from Damascus might...
Witness testifies in U.S. about murder of diplomat in Niger
An African security guard on Monday told a U.S. judge that he saw an American diplomat shot to death in Niger 14 years ago,...
Zaha Hadid, architect famed for futuristic curves, dies aged 65
Zaha Hadid, the world's most famous female architect who attracted plaudits for works of sweeping curves and controversy for huge cost overruns, died on...
UK foreign minister to meet Israeli, Palestinian leaders to press for dialogue
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week to press...
Pakistani pilgrims suffer in quarantine camp
Government figures show half of the 241 confirmed cases of novel Coronavirus in Pakistan are in people who went on pilgrimages to Iran.
Pakistan shares...
Egypt to try 9 policemen for death in custody
Egypt on Thursday ordered nine policemen to stand trial for the beating to death of a man in custody, prosecutors said, after authorities vowed...
ABN Amro fined for lax money laundering measures in Dubai
Dutch bank ABN Amro has been fined more than 1 million euros for "serious shortcomings" in procedures to prevent money laundering at its private...
Israeli minister says visit by UAE delegates under review as lockdown looms
JERUSALEM, Sept 11 (Reuters) - A first official visit to Israel by a United Arab Emirates delegation, provisionally planned for Sept 22, may be...
