His Majesty King Abdullah championed and led the opposition against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to annex parts of the West Bank to Israel, including the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea areas adjacent to the Jordanian borders wit...

Pfizer or Sinopharm? The US or China? In the Middle East and North Africa, coronavirus vaccine orders are driven by diplomatic and logistical considerations, reflecting Beijing’s growing regional influence and US absence in the region...

A staggering 100 million people around the world have been infected with coronavirus, a grim Johns Hopkins University tally shows...

Tunisian crowds marched on the heavily guarded parliament Tuesday as lawmakers plan to vote on a new government, after a week of youth protests and riots over poverty and lack of jobs that left one young demonstrator dead and hundreds jailed...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has resigned, opening the way for formal consultations on how to overcome the political crisis...

The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Tuesday US President Joe Biden's pick Tuesday to lead the State Department, making him the fourth Cabinet-level official to receive the chamber's blessing since Biden took office last week...

After failed local attempts to break the Cabinet deadlock, attention has been shifted to France’s possible intervention to help in the formation of a new government to enact reforms in line with a French initiative to rescue Lebanon from multiple c...

The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to help ensure Palestinians will receive COVID-19 vaccinations amid the coronavirus pandemic...

A group of UN human rights experts Monday urged the Sri Lankan government to end its policy of forced cremation of COVID-19 deceased, saying it is contrary to Muslims and other minorities' beliefs...

Facebook has removed a post by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and suspended a chatbot operated by his page for violating the company’s privacy policy...

Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades and clashed with police in the capital, who fired tear gas to restrain them, shortly after a convoy of tractors trundled through the city's outskirts...

The oldest Palestinian detainee in Israel has contracted the coronavirus and is in critical health condition, Israeli media reported on Tuesday...

The regional government in Hong Kong has approved emergency use of the BioNTech vaccine against the deadly coronavirus...

Reports say an explosion was heard in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh while social media users share videos of a ballistic missile interception...

Indonesia has seized an Iranian tanker which was caught red-handed illegally transferring oil to a vessel from Panama, according to the coast guard...

The Egyptian Minister of Health, Hala Zayed, said Egypt has registered for three coronavirus vaccines — from the UK, Russia and Chinese respectively — after approving the use of each...

Police officers in Oregon have arrested a motorist accused of striking at least six people, including one fatally, with their car over a span of dozens of Portland city blocks, authorities said...

Lebanon’s coronavirus vaccination program will start with a shipment of just 50,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech developed vaccine, arriving Feb...

Pharmaceutical company Moderna on Monday released new data that show its vaccine has proven to be effective against new, mutated strains of COVID-19 that first were identified in Britain and South Africa...

As the conflict in Syria nears its 10-year anniversary, the new Biden administration in Washington must decide how to shape US policy on this issue...