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Four people, including members of Iraq’s security forces, were killed on Saturday in an attack by Islamic State group jihadists near the northern city of Mosul, officials said.

Lebanese commentators voiced scepticism Saturday over the bankrupt state’s ability to win back the support of foreign donors after political factions finally agreed a new government following 13 months of … Read More

The United Arab Emirates has set up an air bridge to deliver tons of aid to Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, a Kabul airport operations manager told AFP on Saturday.

Tunisia’s powerful labour union the UGTT on Saturday called for elections to create a new parliament that would debate changing the constitution and political system.

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to receive a hero’s welcome at Old Trafford on Saturday when he makes his second debut for Manchester United against Newcastle on his return to the … Read More

Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban’s hardline policies on gender segregation.

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will fly to Tehran this weekend

Twenty years after hijacked airliners smashed into New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington, Americans will honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost on Sept.11

The Lebanese pound edged lower Saturday, trading at 16,050 to the dollar on the black market, a day after it surged around 10 percent on the formation of a new … Read More

The United States on Friday welcomed Lebanon’s formation of a government after a 13-month wait and called for it to take “urgent action” to reform a battered economy.