Surrounded by grey rocky mountains and the blue Sea of Oman, the city of Muscat feels like an oasis of calm in a region afflicted by a deepening sectarian...
In a four-decade military career, Ossama Abdel Meguid served in the first Gulf War and was an assistant military attache in the United States.
Egypt's media regulatory body has fined an Egyptian newspaper 150,000 Egyptian pounds ($8,527.5) and called for an investigation over a front-page report it...
Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil Saturday opened the 2017 Diaspora Energy Conference in Las Vegas, a statement from his media office said.
Iran's new communications minister said Tuesday that negotiations were underway with Twitter to unblock the service, which has been banned for years despite...
On April 9, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi signed a decree imposing a three-month state of emergency for the entire country.
In Syria, local councils – city-based governance structures generally operating in areas held by the opposition but also present in Kurdish regions – have...
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi will pick a regulator and members of a new media council under a law passed Monday, giving the body the power to fine...
Egypt’s ongoing expansion of military jurisdiction under the pretext of economic development and public safety is yet another indicator that its revolution...
Riyadh, Aug 28, 2016 (AFP) - Yemen's exiled government has said it welcomes in principle a US-backed plan to resume peace talks with Iran-backed rebels on the...
Nigerian girls have the right to wear the hijab headscarf to school, an appeals court has ruled in a country where suicide bombers have abused Islamic dress...
Amid the clothing and jewelry shops along an upmarket street in Benghazi is another kind of emporium.
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. confirmed it’s considering an initial public offering, which could see the crude producer Leapfrog Apple Inc. as the world’s biggest...
It was one of the most shocking events in one of the most brutal periods in Iraq’s history.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has restructured its hydrocarbon sector by splitting the state oil company from the oil ministry in a move...
Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman ordered a lavish bonus to all state employees Thursday and reshuffled some top government jobs while keeping in place the oil,...
A Turkish parliamentary commission on Monday unexpectedly delayed until January a decision on whether four former Turkish cabinet ministers will stand trial...
A state of emergency came into force Saturday across parts of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as the military pounded suspected jihadists after 30 soldiers were...
Southern separatists in Yemen have called for huge demonstrations to demand secession, aiming to benefit from the political chaos in Sanaa after the capital's...
With the blessing of the military, Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has just won a fourth term.