“Fake news” is a neologism that grew to prominence during the 2016 US presidential election, thanks to  Donald Trump . But while fabricated news and the spread of misinformation seems like a largely recent phenomena, it is a problem that has led to political instability, war, and even...

Prime Minister Saad Hariri will arrive in France "in the coming days" with his family, a source inside the French presidential palace told Reuters Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron has invited Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his family to France, the French presidency said in a...

France’s Macron says invitation to Hariri is not an offer of political exile

A toddler writhed in pain on a hospital bed in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, a tube running through her nose, her eyes swelled shut and lashes wet with tears. In the hallway outside, doctor Mohammed al-Ayzari was alert, but his face looked worn from apparent exhaustion. "The...