BEIRUT / Reuters Iran has filed a formal complaint with the International Court of Justice to recover nearly $2 billion in assets frozen in the United States, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April that the assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in the 1983 bombing of a U.S. …

  AMMAN / Tribune News Service In less than two years, a team of archaeologists has amassed records for 90,000 Middle Eastern sites in an online database. The Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) project documents archaeological sites and assesses the threats to them in 10 countries, said project Director Robert Bewley from the University of …

  Jeddah / Tribune News Service Saudi Arabia is a key partner in international development and among the world’s top donors as the provision of external assistance and donations are major aspects of its foreign policy. In a speech delivered at the Human Rights Council by Faisal bin Trad, Saudi ambassador to the UN, in Geneva, said that the Kingdom …