Middle East News

Yemen's warring sides negotiating truce for key port HodeidaDelegations from Yemen's warring sides are negotiating over expanding a shaky truce in the key port city of Hodeida, a point considered major by the United Nations who are sponsoring talks in Sweden and seek to restore needed aid deliveries by sea

The Associated Press4 hours ago

UN Syria envoy: Work ongoing for constitutional committeeThe U.N. Special envoy for Syria says work is still ongoing to try form a committee meant to draft a new constitution before the end of the year

The Associated Press7 hours ago

Israeli brass to brief Russian military on Hezbollah tunnelsSenior Israeli military officers are flying to Moscow to update their Russian counterparts about an operation launched last week to "expose and thwart" Hezbollah tunnels burrowed under Israel's border with Lebanon

The Associated Press8 hours ago

Israeli soldiers conduct a search for suspects of a shooting attack yesterday in the West Bank City of Ramallah, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Israeli officials say seven people have been wounded, one critically, in a shooting by a suspected Palestinian assailant outside a Jewish settlement of Ofra in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Israel raids Palestinian news agency in hunt for gunmenIsraeli military forces have carried out a series of raids in the West Bank city of Ramallah, bursting into stores and offices of the official Palestinian news agency, in a frantic manhunt for gunmen who shot seven Israelis outside a Jewish settlement

The Associated Press8 hours ago

Demonstrators wearing yellow vests protest at the toll gates of a motorway, in Biarritz, southwestern France, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. French President Emmanuel Macron will be speaking to his nation at last Monday, after increasingly violent, radicalized protests against his leadership have shaken the country and scarred its beloved capital. His long silence has aggravated that anger and many protesters are hoping only to hear one thing from Macron: “I quit.” (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Egypt restricts yellow vests sales to avoid copycat protestsEgypt restricts sales of yellow vests, fearing copycat protests inspired by France ahead of next month's anniversary of 2011 uprising

The Associated Press8 hours ago

Iraqi security forces raise Iraqi national flags in a parade marking the year anniversary of the defeat of the Islamic State group in Iraq in Tahrir Square, in central Baghdad, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. Iraq celebrated the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held but still carries out sporadic attacks. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

Iraq celebrates victory over IS while grappling with legacyIraq is marking the anniversary of its costly victory over the Islamic State group, which has lost virtually all the territory it once held but still carries out sporadic attacks