NEW YORK: OPEC and Russia are working on a long-term deal to cooperate on oil supply curbs that could extend controls over world oil supplies by major...
UNITED NATIONS: At the entrance to the United Nations building in New York a sign advertises an upcoming party to celebrate the end of the annual gathering of...
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia’s new crown prince and likely next king shares U.S. President Donald Trump’s hawkish view of Iran, but a more confrontational...
WASHINGTON/RIYADH: When U.S. President Donald Trump meets Saudi princes in Riyadh Saturday, he can expect a warmer welcome than the one given a year ago to...
WASHINGTON: When U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis greeted Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister at the Pentagon last month, the first thing he did was joke about...
WASHINGTON: Iran has stepped up weapons transfers to the Houthis, the militia fighting the Saudi-backed government in Yemen, U.S., Western and Iranian...
NEW YORK: Libya’s prime minister called for a national reconciliation initiative to repair the divisions in a fragmented country reeling from the turbulence...
Skeptics in the U.S. government, European allies in the anti-Daesh (ISIS) coalition and the main Syrian opposition, distrustful of Russia’s intentions, are...
WASHINGTON: About three months ago, Sarah Ibrahim’s son came home from his fourth-grade class at a Maryland school with a disturbing question. “Will I have...
DUBAI/CAIRO: Once driven to near irrelevance by the rise of Daesh (ISIS) abroad and security crackdowns at home, Al-Qaeda in Yemen now openly rules a...
DUBAI/CAIRO: Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardizing peace prospects in Yemen where a 9-month-old war has given Islamist...
CAIRO: As Egypt cracks down on its Islamist dissidents, many of the country’s lawyers are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law as well. Attorney...
DUBAI: When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from...
CAIRO: In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned...
CAIRO: A small but highly dangerous succession of former Egyptian army officers are joining Islamist militant groups, complicating President Abdel-Fattah...
CAIRO: Yemen's Houthis are ready to sit down for peace talks as long as a Saudi-led air campaign is halted and the negotiations are overseen by...
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Saudi Arabia accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of hypocrisy Sunday, telling an Arab summit that he should not express support for the...
CAIRO: Arab leaders meeting at a summit this week face rapidly deteriorating conflicts in Yemen and Libya, but have yet to agree on a concrete plan to counter...
ABU HOMOS, Egypt: Egypt's ultra-conservative Islamist Nour party says it is committed to participating in elections, in a boost to President Abdel Fattah...
SANAA: When Yemen’s Houthi fighters scaled the rooftops surrounding former President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi’s home, killed his guards and put him under...
SANAA: The leader of Yemen's Houthis who control the capital Sanaa said on Tuesday his group was seeking a peaceful transfer of power after the resignation of...
SANAA: No sooner had Yemeni President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi announced his resignation than his country’s tenuous political fabric began to...
SANAA: Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets on Saturday in the biggest demonstration yet against the Houthi group that dominates Yemen, two days after...
SANAA: Armed fighters from Yemen's powerful Houthi movement stood guard on Wednesday outside the private residence of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi,...
DUBAI/SANAA: Both brothers who carried out the attack against satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo travelled to Yemen via Oman in 2011 and had weapons training in...