Israeli forces started construction Wednesday on a controversial wall along the south Lebanon border, Al-Manar TV reported. "The Israeli army has begun construction on the cement wall in Ras Naqqoura," the television reported.

Egypt Wednesday warned Turkey against any infringement of its economic rights in the eastern Mediterranean under a maritime border demarcation agreement signed in 2013 with Cyprus that allows exploration for gas in the area. The discovery of the massive Zohr gas field in 2015 has...

Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition began a major operation Wednesday against Daesh (ISIS) militants hiding out in a northeastern desert region, the military said. The army, rapid intervention forces and paramilitaries, in coordination with Kurdish fighters and with Iraqi and...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, will visit South Korea to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on Friday, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said on Wednesday. Pyongyang notified Seoul that Kim Yo Jong would be...