Levinson family in court 13 years after Iran disappearance
WASHINGTON — Douglas Levinson recalls watching his father pack for an overseas trip. He knew the trip was to the Middle East and, at age 13, knew vagu...
US Navy seizes suspected Iranian missile parts set for Yemen
WASHINGTON — A Navy warship has seized a “significant cache” of suspected Iranian guided missile parts headed to rebels in Yemen, U.S. officials said ...
Iran leader calls for ‘Islamic mercy’ after bloody crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader called Wednesday for those detained in recent gasoline price protests to be treated with “Islamic ...
AP Interview: Joshua out to regain aura, belts in rematch
Anthony Joshua didn't just lose three world heavyweight titles and an undefeated record when he was beaten by Andy Ruiz Jr. in one of boxing's biggest...
Israeli PM escapes domestic woes to meet Pompeo in Lisbon
TEL AVIV, Israel — Looking to escape his legal and political woes at home, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was headed Wednesday toward a war...
Egyptian government seeks to do away with popular tuk-tuks
CAIRO — Motorized rickshaws known as tuk-tuks have ruled the streets of Cairo’s slums for the past two decades, squeezing through dusty alleys, dodgin...
Lebanon’s outgoing PM backs businessman to replace him
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s outgoing Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday he supports the nomination of a prominent contractor to become the next premier, a...
Israel to UN: Uprooted Jews should be seen as refugees
UNITED NATIONS — Israel wants the United Nations to recognize as refugees hundreds of thousands of Jews who fled Arab and Muslim countries in the last...
Iran says it killed ‘rioters’ in deadliest unrest in decades
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that its security forces shot and killed protesters across the country to p...
Amnesty: Yemen’s disabled are neglected, and suffering
CAIRO — Yemen’s civil war has exacted an enormous toll on people with disabilities, who find themselves on the margins of society and excluded from ba...
Trump administration quietly releases Lebanon military aid
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delay ...
Amnesty says at least 208 killed in Iran protests, crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — At least 208 people in Iran have been killed amid protests over sharply rising gasoline prices and a subsequent crackdow...
Case against Netanyahu includes billionaire witnesses
JERUSALEM — Israel’s attorney general on Monday officially submitted his indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, laying...
21 die in Syria as airstrike targets market, school shelled
BEIRUT — A suspected Syrian government airstrike on a market in a northwestern rebel-held town killed 13 civilians on Monday while Turkish artillery s...
In death and life, Lebanese woman shows religious law fight
BEIRUT — Nadyn Jouny’s sister taped up two messages in her memory inside a closet at the family home — one of motherly love tinged with pain, another ...
With prime minister out, Iraq in constitutional ‘black hole’
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament on Sunday formally accepted the prime minister’s resignation, but the path to replacing Adil Abdul-Mahdi was clouded with ...
Century ago and today, Baghdad street a front line in revolt
BAGHDAD — When discontented Iraqis sought independence from British occupation in 1920, Baghdad’s most prestigious new boulevard, Rasheed Street, was ...
Relic thought to be from Jesus’ manger arrives in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — A tiny wooden relic that some Christians believe to be part of Jesus' manger arrived Saturday in its permanent home in the bibl...
Iraqi prime minister to resign in wake of deadly protests
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister announced Friday that he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by se...
After time in the wilderness, Louis CK is welcomed in Israel
HOLON, Israel — Two years after being swept up in the #MeToo movement and acknowledging sexual misconduct with multiple women, comedian Louis C.K. too...
Sabbath buses barrel through Israel’s religious-secular rift
TEL AVIV, Israel — Tel Aviv has taken a major step to cement its status as Israel’s secular mecca, launching public transportation services on the Jew...
In Lebanon, financial collapse and security concerns loom
BEIRUT — Hundreds of Lebanese women marched across a former front line in the Lebanese capital Wednesday carrying white roses and Lebanese flags to de...
Iran says protesters attacked hundreds of banks, blaming US
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Protesters angry over government-set gasoline prices spiking in Iran attacked hundreds of banks, police outposts and gas...
Assad: IS members in Syrian Kurds jails to stand local trial
DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks published Wednesday that members of the Islamic State group held in the country will s...
Baghdad bombings kill 5 as Iraqis protest government
BAGHDAD — Three simultaneous explosions rocked Baghdad late Tuesday, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen, Iraqi officials said, in the ...
Thousands rally in support of embattled Israeli leader
TEL AVIV, Israel — Thousands of people rallied in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday in what was intended to be a show of strengt...
Gaza man masters rare skill of balancing art
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Whenever Mohammed al-Shenbari sees a new object, he quickly tries to find its “balancing point” and make it stand in a way t...
Red Cross reports new outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS — The International Committee of the Red Cross reported a new outbreak of dengue fever in war-torn Yemen on Monday, with thousands of c...
Lebanon clashes threaten to crack open fault lines
BEIRUT — Increasingly violent clashes between Lebanese protesters and supporters of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group are putting Lebanon’s military...
Conan the dog gets hero’s welcome at White House after raid
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military dog that played a starring role in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seemed oblivious to the...