Lebanon's central bank governor inflated the institution's assets by over $6 billion in 2018, its audited annual accounts show, underlining the extent of financial engineering used to help prop up the country's economy. The financial statements for 2018, a copy of which was seen by Reuters,...

Israel freed Thursday a senior leader of Hamas in the West Bank after imprisoning him without trial for 16 months, his son said. Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist group, was arrested on April 2 last year at his home near Ramallah in the occupied territory. "He is...

President Hassan Rouhani's recent announcement that 25 million Iranians may have been infected with the coronavirus, a figure drastically higher than the country's official tally, has left many perplexed and fearful. The shock statement came five months after Iran announced its first...

The Israeli military said Thursday it was reinforcing the country's northern border with infantry troops "in accordance with the situational assessment." The announcement comes after Hezbollah threatened to retaliate for a strike earlier this week that killed one of its fighters near...