Middle East

Middle East 03/10/20, 12:28

At least 27 people in Iran that has been hit hardest in the Middle East by the coronavirus, have died from alcohol poisoning while trying to prevent infection of the coronavirus, Iranian news agencies reported ...

Middle East 03/07/20, 19:59

In view of the imminent advance of the coronavirus outbreak, in the last 24 hours the Iranian Ministry of Health reported an increase in the number of confirmed deaths, which would have risen from 21 ...

Middle East 03/03/20, 11:30

As Iran scrambles to contain the coronavirus, it has added another high official to the death toll. A top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died from the coronavirus pandemic. Iran confirmed the ...

Middle East 02/29/20, 20:24

A peace agreement was signed between the Trump administration and the Taliban on Saturday, Feb. 29, which would help end 18 years of war in Afghanistan and allow U.S. troops to return home. U.S. special envoy ...

Middle East 02/28/20, 10:19

Several Iranian high-ranking officials from President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet have taken ill with the COVID-19 coronavirus, including Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar. Ebtekar is better known to Americans as "Mother Mary," the ...

Middle East 02/25/20, 12:54

As Iran struggles to contain the novel coronavirus, fears are spreading across the Middle East as millions of pilgrims make the trek each year to visit Shiite holy sites in Iran and Iraq. On Saturday, Feb. ...

Middle East 02/14/20, 16:49

The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the transparency of foreign funding received by Harvard and Yale universities. Officials suspect that these institutions failed to report billions of dollars worth of contributions originating from ...

D.C. 02/14/20, 12:08

Military responses in the Middle East will take longer to authorize after tighter rules were imposed to force the president to seek prior approval from Congress. The Senate passed the new Iran War Powers Resolution that ...

D.C. 02/10/20, 10:38

A controversial Iranian general would still be alive today if a Democrat was in the Oval Office. Three Democratic candidates for president confirmed they would not order a deadly military strike on Gen. Qassem Soleimani if ...

Middle East 02/07/20, 11:19

A counterterrorism operation killed one of the founding leaders of terrorist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The White House confirmed a counterterrorism operation led by President Donald Trump successfully eliminated al-Qaeda cofounder Qasim al-Rimi in ...

Middle East 02/02/20, 14:12

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials confirmed on Thursday, Jan. 30, that Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, a known terrorist leader in Phoenix was arrested for the murder of two Iraqi police officers. The Iraqi government requested ...

Middle East 01/25/20, 17:41

The Iranian regime is blaming the Trump administration for closing down the internet domains of one of its main propaganda mouthpieces. The Fars News Agency, which has close ties to the ruling regime and the Islamic ...

Middle East 01/22/20, 18:40

Several relatives of former Vice President Joe Biden may have used the political influence of their position to engage in business for which they had neither the skills nor the experience, complained Peter Schweizer, the ...

Middle East 01/21/20, 05:45

Social network users post videos and photos of citizens who continue to protest against corruption in their country and Iran's interference in internal affairs. "Jan 20 - Baghdad, #Iraq. Al Tayaran Square. Security forces are firing ...

Middle East 01/18/20, 22:25

President Donald Trump on Friday, Jan. 17, said Iranian leaders “should abandon terror and Make Iran Great Again!” instead of leading the country toward ruin. President Trump made his suggestion after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

Middle East 01/16/20, 23:42

The silence was golden on Tuesday, Jan. 14, during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), a retired Army Ranger who lost both legs and a finger while on active duty in Afghanistan, ...