Saudi FM says Assad should leave sooner, not later
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave at the beginning of a political transition, not at...
President Obama meets GCC in Saudi Arabia to discuss security
President Barack Obama met Thursday with top officials from six Arab nations to discuss regional security issues in the Arabian Gulf including the fight against...
U.S Kerry meets Saudi King Salman for Syria talks
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry has met with Saudi Arabia's monarch, King Salman, to follow up on discussions he...
Blast at market in northeastern Nigeria's Yola kills 32
A blast struck a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday evening, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, both the...
U.S. authorities look for militant links to shooters in California mass slaying
The couple suspected of killing 14 people at a holiday party in California amassed thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs,...
Pan-Islamic body urges de-escalation in Saudi-Iran dispute
The world's largest Muslim body called for a de-escalation of tensions between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, telling member countries that unity was...
U.N. Yemen envoy says divisions over truce preventing peace talks
The United Nations special envoy for Yemen said on Wednesday he was unable to call another round of peace talks because the warring parties...
Syrian rebels see flaws in U.S.-Russia truce plan
The United States and Russia announced plans for a "cessation of hostilities" in Syria that would take effect on Saturday but exclude groups such...
Jordan allows passage to 800 Syrian civil defence workers on humanitarian grounds
Jordan said on Sunday that it had allowed the UN to arrange the entry and passage of 800 Syrian civil defence workers whose lives...
Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s ex-president, dead at 91
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who ruled for three decades before he was ousted amid the Arab Spring protests in 2011, died Tuesday at...
