Lebanese journalists are facing threats and wide-ranging harassment in their work — including verbal insults and physical attacks, even death threats — while reporting on nearly 50 days of anti-government protests, despite Lebanon’s reputation as a haven for free speech in a troubled...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 50 Syrian restaurants and shops have closed their doors to customers in Sudan as the newly-appointed government wages major campaign against workers who don't have legal residence or work permits. Owners of the Syrian restaurants in Khartoum have closed their...

Hong Kong’s new police commissioner said on Saturday his force would take a flexible approach to pro-democracy demonstrations as the city gears up for a rally on Sunday that is expected to draw a huge crowd. Chris Tang was appointed last month upon his predecessor’s retirement and amid...

The United States and Iran each freed a prisoner on Saturday in a rare swap, an act of cooperation between two longtime foes whose ties have worsened since President Donald Trump took office. Trump said Xiyue Wang, a U.S. citizen held in Iran for three years on spying charges, was returning...