Middle East Travel News

Hazem Hallak e-mailed me after lunch Thursday. "Can you talk?" he wrote from his home in Merion.

The Foreign Ministry called on the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency to return a working definition of "anti-Semitism" to its website, after removing it last month.

Fishermen remove their boats ahead of a storm at the corniche in Beirut as snow covers the peaks of the mountains in the background, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013.

After a year in the air, and some 100,000 passengers carried to and from Israel, low-cost airline Wizz Airline will be celebrating with a very grounded party, on a bus roving around Tel Aviv on Friday.

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari with British Ambassador Nicholas Hopton and other officials during the opening of the 24th Doha International Book Fair at Doha International Exhibition Centre yesterday.

On Thursday, the Jerusalem Post reported that United States Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

From my involvement with Mashav in recent years, I can reassure readers that this is not the case.

A modular ring from Alia Mouzannar's "My Other Ring" collection sold for $20,000 for charity.

KABUL, Afghanistan - It's painful for US soldiers to hear discussions and watch movies about modern wars when the dialogue is full of obsolete slang, like "chopper" and "GI."

Working in the field of Jewish identity empowerment of Russian-speaking Jews in Israel and worldwide, it is often tempting to concentrate on the mission of getting out and spreading around as much Jewish knowledge as possible.

US Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he boards his plane at Brussels National Airport, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013.

Britain's new non-resident envoy to Iran Ajay Sharma says he has held "detailed and constructive" talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh and other officials, Press TV reported.

When people ask about the best place I've been, I usually reply Oman. It's a tough question for any traveller because how can you compare apples with oranges, beaches with mountains.

Titles with backing from the Qatari cultural organization traveling across the border to the United Arab Emirates' festival event includes Cherien Dabis' "May in the Summer," a U.S., Qatar and Jordan production that will compete in the Muhr Arab Feature sidebar.

Marie Russell, right, and Linda Toomire help veteran John Gillespie shop for presents for his family Tuesday morning at the American Legion Auxiliary Holiday Gift Shop set up in a recreation hall at Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center.

Turkish imam and rock musician Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer gives the call to prayer on Feb. 11, 2013, in Kas.

'The conservator's philosophy speaks directly to war-torn areas. For example, Iraqis feel intensely about their ancient sites and artifacts.

BEIRUT: Lebanonese Army units erected Tuesday overnight sand berms along the border with Syria in east Lebanon, a senior security source told The Daily Star.

DOHA: The Qatar Chamber yesterday welcomed the visiting Portuguese businessmen to invest in the country for its future development.

Perched on the tip of Istanbul's historic peninsula, Hagia Sophia -- with its spectacular dome, elegant curves and towering minarets -- is an iconic sight for millions of tourists visiting the city each year.