Thousands of south Yemenis demonstrated Thursday in support of a governor sacked by the president in a blow to his authority and his efforts to keep together a motley loyalist coalition. In his war with Shiite Muslim rebels who control the capital Sanaa and much of the north, President...

Iraqi's oil ministry Thursday asked foreign companies and investors to bid for a project to build and operate a 300,000 barrel-per-day export-oriented refinery in Fao, near the southern city of Basra. Bidding documents provide for two investment models -- build-own-operate and...

A Palestinian attempted to stab Israeli police near a flashpoint holy site in Hebron in the occupied West Bank Thursday and was shot and wounded, Israeli authorities said. The incident occurred near the site known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque and to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs in...

Iraq's armed forces opened a new front against ISIS in Mosul Thursday, advancing on the militants' enclave from the northwest, a military commander told Reuters. The army's 9th Armored Division and the Rapid Response units of the Interior Ministry were headed towards the city, he said....