Israel is planning to build 46,000 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli minister said on Tuesday. "I instructed the ministry's planning teams to prepare plans to expand communities in Judea and Samaria [the West Bank]. We currently have plans to build 46,000 housing...

Lebanon has given approval for asset management company Lazard to be its financial adviser on debt restructuring, a government source told Reuters Tuesday, with the heavily indebted state facing a major financial crisis. The approval was given during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. Approval was...

Iran's deputy health minister has been infected with the new coronavirus, a ministry official said on Tuesday, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic. "The coronavirus test for Mr Harirchi, the deputy health minister who was on the front lines combating the coronavirus, was...

Calm returned Tuesday after a two-day flare-up in and around Gaza as a truce between Israel and Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad appeared to take hold after initial jitters. The Israeli military reported no rocket fire from the territory during the morning and AFP correspondents in...