Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah called Tuesday for national unity to meet challenges facing the Gulf state, in a speech to lawmakers ahead of elections on Dec. 5. The parliamentary elections come at a time when the wealthy OPEC member is facing a liquidity crisis caused by low...

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat remained in critical but stable condition in an Israeli hospital Tuesday, his family said, after he was infected with the coronavirus. Erekat’s family told the official Palestinian news agency WAFA that he was receiving artificial respiration in the...

A ceasefire in the mountain territory of Nagorno-Karabakh was under severe strain Tuesday after new clashes between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in their deadliest fighting since the 1990s. The ceasefire, agreed on Saturday, has had little impact on fighting that began on Sept. 27, despite...

Greece is set to extend a barrier along its border with Turkey in a ramped-up effort to prevent migrants, asylum seekers and refugees from crossing into the country. In a press briefing, government spokesperson Stelios Petsas said the country planned see at least 26 kilometers (16...