MIDDLE EAST

By Ariba ShahidISLAMABAD, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Eleven years after Pakistan's parliament voted to keep the country out of a Saudi-led intervention in Yemen in 2015, Islamabad has agreed to…

RIYADH, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Syria may deploy troops to help Saudi Arabia fight Yemen's Houthis, a US official and a Syrian defence official said, as the Iran-aligned group steps…

LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - British foreign minister Ed Miliband said on Thursday its Consulate General building in East Jerusalem, ordered to close by Israel, would remain open as an…

Diplomats stationed in the Saudi capital were sheltering in place and international schools took safety measures on Thursday, diplomats and residents told AFP, after explosions echoed across the city. The…

By Maya Gebeily, Emilie Madi and Mohamed AzakirWEST ZAWTAR, Lebanon Oct 8 (Reuters) - Dodging the broken glass carpeting her home in southern Lebanon, Mariam al-Yaghi exited onto her upper…

Israel said the British consulate in Jerusalem ended its functions on Thursday but that seven diplomats would be allowed to remain in a limited capacity, with the UK saying it…

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday its nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem would continue operating on a smaller scale and be renamed as the "UK Mission" in the…

By Alexander Cornwell and Ammar AwadJERUSALEM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday its nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem would remain operating at a smaller scale, renamed as the…

By Alexander Cornwell and Ammar AwadJERUSALEM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Workers removed signs and plaques at the British consulate in East Jerusalem overnight after Israel ordered it shut by Thursday…

By Alexander Cornwell and Ammar AwadJERUSALEM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Workers removed signs and plaques at the British consulate in East Jerusalem overnight after Israel ordered it shut by Thursday…