Egypt reopened its famed Giza pyramids to the public on Wednesday after a three-month closure, seeking to restart a vital tourism industry battered by the novel coronavirus. Dozens of excited tourists snapped selfies as they wandered around Egypt's most iconic ancient site. The pyramids...

John Bolton, the former US national security advisor, is making explosive allegations about President Donald Trump in a new memoir, "The Room Where It Happened." Trump has denounced the book as "pure fiction" -- but his administration has sought to block it on the grounds that it contains...

Local authorities in northwest Syria are replacing the plummeting Syrian pound with the Turkish lira to shield their opposition-held region from economic collapse, an official said Monday. The Salvation Government -- an administrative body linked to the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadist group...

Yemeni qat seller Hamdan Hussein's customers still come daily to the crowded market to buy the addictive green stimulant, despite doctors' concerns that chewing in groups and spitting it could spread the new coronavirus. The vast majority of Yemeni men - and many women - chew the leaves for...