KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — The little village of Ghajar has been a sore point between Israel and Lebanon for years, split in two by the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. But after a long period of calm, the dispute has begun to heat up again. Israel has been...

Iran on Thursday executed two people for killing a policeman in Isfahan province, south of the capital Tehran. Judicial official Mesud Mesudifer said that the two men – Kaidi Neseb and Muhammedi Beram – were found guilty of killing policeman Ehsan Nasiri in the Lenjan district in Isfahan in...

BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion near Lebanon’s border with Israel slightly wounded at least three members of the militant Hezbollah group, a Lebanese security official said, raising tensions in the area. The three Hezbollah members were taken to a hospital near the scene of the explosion in the...

BEIRUT (AP) — The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force deployed on the tense Lebanon-Israel border relayed Monday an Israeli request to remove a tent set up by the militant Hezbollah group in a disputed area. The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force known as UNIFIL, Maj. Gen. Aroldo...

BEIRUT (AP) — A gunman opened fire Friday at a mosque in eastern Lebanon, killing one person and wounding several others, the Lebanese army and state news agency said. The reason behind the shooting in the eastern town of Bar Elias was not immediately clear. The Lebanese army issued a...

The death toll from a raid by Israeli forces on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin has risen to ten, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry also reported 100 injuries, with 20 people in serious condition. The Palestinian Authority decided Monday to suspend all forms...

Eight lawmakers from the Gaza Strip have lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging Israel to lift a blockade and provide financial compensation to those impacted by it. In a statement, Ahmed Bahr, the deputy chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Monday reiterated his position on protecting the Palestinian people and cause against conspiracies. Speaking before Jordanian officials, King Abdullah said that Jordan will continue to stand by the Palestinians to help and protect them and to work against the...

The US expects the Israeli government to ensure full accountability for a series of attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank and legal prosecution for those responsible, the State Department said Wednesday. "We are deeply concerned by the rising levels of violence in the...

Visitors to Jordan this month noticed a new addition to the royal portraits over highways and hospitals. The 28-year-old Crown Prince Hussein and his glamorous Saudi bride, Rajwa Alseif, now beam down at motorists stuck in Amman traffic. Their royal wedding represented the pinnacle of the...

Lebanese lawmakers failed Wednesday in yet another attempt to elect a president and break a seven-month power vacuum that has roiled the tiny Mediterranean country as its economic meltdown intensifies. The session — the twelfth try to pick a president — broke down after the bloc led by the...

Three Iraqi soldiers were killed and four others wounded Sunday in a pre-dawn attack in the country’s north blamed on the Daesh group, a military official said. The assailants used automatic weapons in the attack on their barracks in Wadi Al-Naft, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of the...

Despite a dire warning from the U.N. chief that the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees “is on the verge of financial collapse,” donors at a pledging conference on Friday provided just $107 million in new funds — significantly less than the $300 million it needs to keep helping millions of...

Jordan's crown prince married the scion of a prominent Saudi family on Thursday in a palace ceremony attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world, as massive crowds gathered across the kingdom to celebrate the region's newest power couple. The marriage of Crown Prince Hussein, 28,...

He's heir to the throne in one of the oldest monarchies in the Middle East and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. She's a Saudi architect with an aristocratic pedigree of her own. Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 28, and Rajwa Alseif, 29, are to be married on Thursday at a palace...

Germany has issued a red notice for Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, according to Lebanese authorities on Tuesday. In a statement, Lebanese Justice Minister Henry Khoury said he was notified of the red notice during his meeting with German Ambassador Andreas Kindl. Earlier...

An Israeli settler was shot and later died of his wounds from an attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to local Israeli media. Israeli Army Radio said the attack took place close to the Hermesh settlement near the city of Tulkarem. It did not mention his name but said he was...

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese troops rescued a Saudi citizen kidnapped over the weekend in Beirut, the army said Tuesday. The man reportedly had been held for ransom. A statement by the Lebanese military said Mushari al-Mutairi was released in a “special operation” along the Lebanon-Syria border,...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister on Saturday announced plans for a $17 billion regional transportation project intended to facilitate the flow of goods from Asia to Europe. The announcement was made at a one-day conference in Baghdad that convened transport ministers and...

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank approved a $300 million additional financing to Lebanon's poor, providing cash payments to help families struggling through the country’s historic economic meltdown, institution said in a statement Friday. The new financing comes two years after the World Bank...