Middle East


Hamas completes Gaza voting for general political bureau head, winner to be announced - report

(L-R:) Senior Hamas officials Khaled Mashaal and Khalil al-Hayya

Kurdistan Region hopes for stability with new Iraq Prime Minister

New Iraqi Prime Minister designate Ali al-Zaidi, uses a phone at his office in Baghdad, Iraq, April 28, 2026.

Yemen says oil tanker hijacked off Shabwa coast, heads towards Somali waters

A Yemeni coast guard boat escorts a tugboat ferrying members of a Houthi delegation to attend a meeting of a committee overseeing a UN-led peace deal that will be held on board a UN-chartered ship off Yemen's port city of Hodeidah September 8, 2019.