Hadeel al-Shalchi is an editor with Weekend Edition. Prior to joining NPR, Al-Shalchi was a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press and covered the Arab Spring from Tunisia, Bahrain, Egypt, ...

During his address at the UNGA, Robert Abela called for the withdrawal of “foreign forces, fighters, and mercenaries in Libya ...

To say that the 2024 general election was a disaster for the Conservative Party tests the art of political euphemism to its ...

Under his leadership, Hezbollah, funded by Iran, became one of the most powerful militias in the Middle East, boasting a military force stronger even than the Lebanese army.

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The United Arab Emirates’ delegation continued its participation in several key, high-level meetings on the third day of the ...

Earlier this week, Saudi Arabia reportedly decided to ramp up its oil production from December, abandoning its earlier target ...

On Thursday, the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, confirmed that Augustien Eguavoen will continue in his role as caretaker ...

A standoff over control of the bank had destabilized the country’s economy and raised the prospect of fresh fighting between ...

Representatives of Libya's rival eastern and western legislative bodies, in talks facilitated by the United Nations, signed ...

Libyan factions agreed to appoint a new central bank governor, paving the way for a resolution to a row that’s slashed the ...

Libya’s eastern-based government has promised to reopen the country’s oil fields shortly, the United Nations’ envoy to the ...