Lebanese authorities freed Wednesday a freelance American journalist who was detained in Beirut last month. The release came just hours after two international human rights groups called her detention arbitrary and demanded that she be set free. Nada Homsi, the journalist, said after...

The players race across the pitch on crutches, jostling for the soccer ball and passing it back and forth, their prosthetic legs lined up along the sidelines at a stadium in the Gaza Strip. They are the first Palestinian national soccer team made up entirely of amputees — players drawn...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani participated in the signing ceremony of 12 of the agreements in various areas, including trade, investment, development, culture, youth, sports, diplomacy, health, religious affairs, and the media. A...

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met on Tuesday with members of an International Monetary Fund delegation. The delegation was headed by Ernesto Ramirez-Rigo, the International Monetary Fund's head of mission for Pakistan, Middle East and Central Asia. The IMF resumed talks after the...