Political turmoil over the resignation of Turkey’s once powerful finance minister has a silver lining for President Tayyip Erdogan, offering a chance to ease tensions in his ruling party over the influential and divisive figure. Berat Albayrak, Erdogan’s son-in-law, said he was...

Thousands of elderly women in Beirut whose lives were upended by a huge blast in August now face destitution, as Lebanon buckles under financial crisis and a COVID-19 lockdown, charities said. The United Nations (U.N.) and aid agencies said older women living alone made up almost one in 10...

Dominic Cummings, one of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful advisers, will leave his position at the heart of Downing Street when Brexit is done at year-end, after an internal battle over who should be Johnson’s chief of staff. Cummings, who masterminded the 2016...

  The Syrian government issued new decisions regarding subsidised food staples and commodities, after widespread anger among loyalists about the circulation of these material in the market through officials and powerful people in the regime. The Ministry of Domestic Trade and...