The US embassy in Israel issued a security alert for the Palestinian territories Thursday, amid increased tensions over the Jewish state's plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank. The embassy advised its citizens living or travelling in the West Bank or Gaza to "maintain a high level...

Hundreds of Tunisians protested Thursday in at least seven cities to demand jobs, heaping pressure on a government facing the worse economic crisis in more than 60 years due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the southern city of Gafsa, a witnesses said hundreds of university graduates...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Palestinians living in the Jordan Valley will remain in what he described as an "enclave" after Israel annexes the territory and will not be granted Israeli citizenship. Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with plans to annex the...

State-owned Kuwait Airways said Thursday it will lay off 1,500 expatriate employees due to "significant difficulties" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The loss-making national carrier, which has a total of some 6,925 employees, has struggled amid the regional and worldwide downturn in...