GCC debt to double, assets to slide by 2020
Public debt of the oil-rich Gulf states is expected to double and assets decline by a third by 2020 as they seek to finance...
UN: No Syria talks for 2-3 weeks
There will be no new round of Syria talks for at least two or three weeks, the office of U.N.special envoy for Syria Staffan...
Kerry: Some Iran funds could be sent to ‘terrorists’
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry admitted on Thursday that some of the funds Iran will recover as a result of sanctions relief could...
Saudi diplomats evacuated from Iran
Saudi diplomats evacuated from Iran after their embassy was stormed by protesters in Tehran landed in Dubai on their way home to the kingdom,...
US: Turkey-sent Syrian fighters generate backlash in Libya
CAIRO (AP) — A U.S. report said the presence of thousands of Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey to Libya to fight on the side...
Egypt puts 237 anti-Sisi protestors on trial
Egypt arrested 273 for protesting against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, judicial sources said on Saturday, the first court cases after demonstrations this month.
Thousands angered...
Iraqi forces 'retake key Ramadi district' from ISIS
Iraqi government forces have recaptured a key district in the city of Ramadi, which is controlled by the jihadist group Islamic State, officials say.
The...
Egypt news outlet says police raid office, arrest editor
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian news outlet said security forces arrested its editor Wednesday following a raid on its offices in Cairo, in the...
Greece, Turkey agree to talks over Eastern Mediterranean, NATO says
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Greece and Turkey have agreed to talks to avoid accidental clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on...
U.S. cannot confirm Americans among militants held by Saudi
U.S. officials on Sunday could not confirm a Saudi news report that nine U.S. citizens were among 33 suspects detained on terrorism charges in...
