Middle East

Patients are treated at a hospital after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday. Dozens were injured.

World News

At Least 18 Dead, Including Children, In Suicide Attack In Afghan Capital

1:52pm October 24, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

Afghanistan's interior ministry said at least 57 others were wounded in the bombing outside of an education center in a heavily Shiite neighborhood in Kabul.

World News

Sudan And Israel Agree To Normalize Relations In Deal Brokered By White House

7:51am October 24, 2020

by Eyder

In a deal brokered by the White House, Sudan has agreed to normalize ties with Israel. It's a big step for a country that has long been bitterly opposed to Israel.

Politics & Government

Sudan Agrees To Normalize Ties With Israel in U.S.-Brokered Deal

4:43pm October 23, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

President Trump says he's brokered a deal for opening relations between Israel and Sudan, and asks Israel's leader if he thinks Joe Biden could have pulled it off.

President Trump speaks to the leaders of Sudan and Israel on Friday as he announces Sudan will normalize relations with Israel at the White House. The U.S. is taking Sudan off its terrorism sponsor list and helping with Sudan's massive debt.

Sudan And Israel Agree To Normalize Relations In U.S.-Brokered Deal

3:43pm October 23, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. said earlier this week that it would remove Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list as part of the agreement.

A Look At Coronavirus Outbreaks Outside The U.S.

4:18pm October 21, 2020

NPR correspondents in South America, the Middle East and Europe discuss the recent spikes in coronavirus cases in their regions.

Hatice Cengiz says her accusations against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi would not receive a fair trial in Saudi Arabia. She is seen here earlier this month at the 16th Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland.

World News

Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancee Sues Saudi Crown Prince Over Journalist's Killing

5:12pm October 20, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"This brutal and brazen crime was the culmination of weeks of planning and conspiratorial actions," says a lawsuit filed in a U.S. court Tuesday.

World News

Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancee And His Pro-Democracy Group Sue Saudi Crown Prince

5:07pm October 20, 2020

by Jackie Northam

A lawsuit filed in a U.S. court charges that Saudi Arabia's crown prince directed the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and names two dozen others allegedly involved.

Christian Refugees From Iraq On Their New Lives In Jordan

4:41pm October 19, 2020

by Jane Arraf

Almost two-thirds of Iraq's Christians have left the country since the U.S. invasion in 2003. NPR caught up with some of them in Jordan to talk about their new life and plans to return to Iraq.

Saeb Erekat, Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and chief Palestinian negotiator, talks to reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah in March. Erekat is being treated in a Jerusalem hospital after contracting COVID-19.

Health & Safety

Top Palestinian Official Receiving COVID-19 Treatment In Israeli Hospital

9:24am October 19, 2020

Palestinian politician Saeb Erekat is in critical but stable condition in Hadassah Hospital, where he has been moved after reportedly testing positive for coronavirus earlier this month.

How The U.S.-Saudi Relationship Could Change With A Biden Victory

7:11am October 19, 2020

by Jackie Northam

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cultivated a close relationship with the Trump administration. How would that change under a Biden administration?

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