Israel's parliament has approved a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for tax exemptions for official benefits that could exceed $150,000. Coming at a time when Israel is grappling with a major economic crisis due to the pandemic and Netanyahu standing trial on corruption charges,...

Just last year, President Bashar al-Assad seemed on the brink of crowning military victories by easing his diplomatic isolation and recovering more of Syria without a bullet being fired. Not only had US-allied Kurds invited government forces back to the northeast, but businessmen from the...

Oil prices fell on Wednesday, reversing the previous session’s surge, as record high inventories and worries about a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic outweighed support from a gradual reopening of global economies. Brent crude were down 43 cents, or 1%, to $42.20 a barrel by 1020...

The Libyan army said Tuesday it had discovered the bodies of three people in an area south of the capital Tripoli.  According to a statement issued by the press office of the Burkan Al-Ghadab (Volcano of Rage) Operation, the bodies of the unidentified individuals were found in Ayn...