By SARAH EL DEEB and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States is warning shipping companies they could face sanctions for paying Iran to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control alert on Friday adds pressure in the standoff ...
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded others on Saturday while the Israeli military demolished parts of a Catholic convent in a border village, officials said. Israel's military on Saturday issued a ...
By EDWARD ACQUAH Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana has rejected a proposed health deal with the United States over concerns about data privacy and is now seeking a new agreement, an official said Friday. It was the latest African country to walk away from the deal over similar ...
By BASSAM HATOUM and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israel carried out several airstrikes Friday on southern Lebanon that killed at least 10 people, while the militant Hezbollah group said it fired rockets and drones at northern Israel where two soldiers were ...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities detained over 500 May Day demonstrators on Friday for attempting to march in areas declared off-limits. Protests marking International Workers' Day, a national holiday in Turkey, are frequently marred by clashes with authorities, which have declared ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A China policy giving Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under President ...
