Yemeni govt, Saudi-led forces retake strategic Red Sea strait
Loyalist Yemeni troops and Gulf Arab forces have seized the Mandab Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden from Houthi militants,...
Iran: UN nuclear chief’s visit to Tehran no link to US push
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Sunday that an upcoming visit this week by the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency to Tehran...
Syria peace talks struggle to get off ground
The UN special envoy for Syria faced an uphill task in Geneva on Monday to get talks to end the brutal civil war off...
Saudi Aramco adopts a new market strategy amid virus outbreak
On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia initiated its new energy play by directing the kingdom's oil company Aramco to increase its maximum production capacity, while Abu...
U.N. evacuates refugees to Italy from Libya for first time
The United Nations began bringing African refugees to Italy from Libya on Friday, evacuating them from detention centres whose conditions have been condemned by...
Gulf Arabs demand end to Iran 'Interference'
Arab foreign ministers in Cairo today stressed rejection of Iran’s attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of Arab countries.
In their speeches during the...
Libya's North African neighbours brace for any Western strikes
Libya's neighbours are again preparing for possible Western intervention in Libya, tightening border security and sending diplomatic warnings about the risk from hurried action...
Political paralysis leaves Palestinians questioning their future
As Israel frets about the lifting of sanctions on Iran and its troubled relations with the European Union, on the other side of the...
Yemeni president sacks prime minister, appoints new senior team
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi appointed a new vice-president and prime minister on Sunday, pro-Hadi state media reported, sacking prime minister Khaled Bahah in...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey to set up ‘strategic cooperation council’: Saudi FM
Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on the need to set up a “strategic cooperation council” to strengthen military, economic and investment cooperation between the...
