G7 foreign ministers meet face-to-face after pandemic pause
LONDON — Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations are gathering Tuesday in London - their first face-to-face meeting in more...
Iran police probe death of Swiss Embassy staffer in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police on Tuesday started investigating the death of a Swiss diplomat who died after reportedly falling from a high rise...
Iranian authorities break up mixed-gender party, arrest 16
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police arrested 16 men and women at a mixed-gender party in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, the semi-official Tasnim...
Lebanon request satellite images for site of Beirut blast
BEIRUT — The judge investigating last year’s massive explosion at Beirut’s port on Tuesday requested that countries with satellites stationed over Lebanon provide authorities...
Eritrea’s president visits Sudan amid tensions over Ethiopia
CAIRO — Eritrea’s president arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for talks with Sudanese officials amid tensions over a longtime border dispute between Sudan and...
Israel’s Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form coalition
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a midnight deadline on Tuesday to put together a new coalition government — or be looking...
Egypt court upholds seizure of ship that blocked Suez Canal
CAIRO — An Egyptian court Tuesday rejected an appeal by the owner of a massive container ship of the court-ordered seizure of the vessel...
As Lebanese cry for justice, politics paralyzes the system
BEIRUT — Even after she was taken off an investigation into alleged financial crimes by a money transfer company, the defiant Lebanese prosecutor charged...
Norway sentences woman for supporting IS by being homemaker
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A 30-year-old Norwegian woman who was repatriated by Norway from a refugee camp in Syria because her son was sick was...
Refugee doctor chronicles Tigray’s pain as he treats it
HAMDAYET, Sudan — He is a surgeon and a father. Every morning, he wakes up under a plastic tarp and is reminded he’s now...
