Middle East

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis led an international prayer service for peace in Ukraine and other places stricken by war...

By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Saudi state media...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon's new legislature narrowly elected veteran Shi'ite Muslim politician Nabih Berri for a seventh term as speaker of...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court is expected to reach a verdict on Wednesday in a case against Istanbul mayor...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Amnesty International has called on authorities in the United Arab Emirates to release a group of dissidents...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Iran on Tuesday of stealing internal U.N. nuclear watchdog reports under...

(Reuters) - Iran urged Greece on Tuesday to cooperate to resolve a crisis over the seizure of ships without involving...

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Anne Kauranen ANKARA/HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland and Sweden should change their laws if needed to meet Turkey's...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim politician Nabih Berri was reelected parliament speaker on Tuesday, extending his tenure in a...

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud have held...

(Reuters) - Protesters in several cities in Iran chanted anti-government slogans overnight, including "death to Khamenei", over a deadly building...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities. The...

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied threatened on Monday to suspend the country's membership of the...

ANKARA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A chief adviser to Turkey's president told his U.S. counterpart that Turkey wanted "concrete steps" on the existence...

(Reuters) - Over 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than...

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia was ready to facilitate the unhindered export...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a call on Monday that he...

KYIV (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in the Russia-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol city on Monday, injuring several people...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Reaching a deal to normalize ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia will be "a long and cautious...

(Reuters) - Suriname plans to open an embassy in Jerusalem though a date is not yet set, the South American...