Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, the Tehran-backed Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentor’s death, two sources with...

Hundreds of people were injured in Beirut on Tuesday in clashes between security forces and protesters who rejected the new government as it sought to win a parliamentary vote of confidence. Smoke wafted through Beirut where riot police fired tear gas at protesters seeking to block MPs from...

The massive aid operation for war-torn Yemen is under severe threat in the face of mounting obstruction from Huthi rebels, officials told AFP Tuesday ahead of a crunch meeting expected to be held in Brussels. Humanitarian agencies describe a deteriorating situation in the Huthi-controlled...

At least 13 Rohingya refugees died early Tuesday when their boat capsized near Saint Martin’s island in the Bay of Bengal, said an official. "We have initially come to know that all the dead are members of the Rohingya community living in the refugee camps,” local administration chief...