Aid agencies working in war-torn Yemen have welcomed plans by President Joe Biden’s administration to revoke the designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group
Turkey’s president has ordered the establishment of two new departments in the country’s most prestigious university, which has been rocked by weeks of protests
The International Criminal Court says its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war
Turkey's president has rebuffed U.S. and European criticism of his government’s handling of weeks-long demonstrations at a top Istanbul university, saying they should focus on violent protests that took place in those countries instead
Britain’s foreign minister says flexibility and compromise are key to making the most of a fresh United Nations bid to resume talks on resolving Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic division
An alliance of Arab parties in Israel has finalized its breakup
Iran’s foreign ministry says the sailors from a South Korean tanker seized in the Persian Gulf by Iranian troops last month are free to leave the country
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis have participated in a pair of funerals for two prominent rabbis in Jerusalem, flouting the country’s ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic
Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s office says Israel has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to the Palestinians to immunize front-line medical workers
Dubai is being blamed by several countries for spreading the coronavirus abroad after the city opened itself to New Year’s revelers