Iran Pays Delinquent U.N. Dues, Getting Its Vote Back
Using bank funds freed from American sanctions, Iran has paid $16.2 million in delinquent dues owed to the United Nations,...
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GULF NEWS
A Path of Forgiveness After Unimaginable Loss in Iraq
ERBIL, Iraq — Basim Razzo’s apartment in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil is pristine, with none of the clutter...
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U.S. Lifts Some Sanctions on Iranians Before Nuclear Talks
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday lifted sanctions on three former Iranian government officials and two Iranian companies involved...
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A New Israeli Government Could Mean Help for Neglected Bedouin Villages
KHASHAM ZANA, Israel — When Rakan al-Athamen puts his son and daughter to bed in their tiny three-room home in...
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Saudi Arabia Mulls Bid to Host 2030 World Cup
One option under consideration is to join with a major European nation also hoping to host the World Cup. So...
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A Multibillion-Dollar Plan to End Polio, and Soon
As the world adjusts to the idea of coexisting with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, global health organizations are...
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For Netanyahu, like Trump, Only ‘Fraud’ Can Explain His Defeat
TEL AVIV — For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel is witnessing “the greatest election fraud in the history of the...
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Israel’s Parliament to Vote on New Government on Sunday
JERUSALEM — The immediate political future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is set to be decided on Sunday,...
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A House Divided: A Palestinian, a Settler and the Struggle for East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Few places in East Jerusalem show the struggle over the city more intimately than a four-story house on...
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Iran’s Proxies in Iraq Threaten U.S. With More Sophisticated Weapons
BAGHDAD — The United States is grappling with a rapidly evolving threat from Iranian proxies in Iraq after militia forces...
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