Egypt arrests aide to barred presidential challenger
Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested former anti-corruption chief Hisham Geneina after he suggested that a presidential hopeful he campaigned for possessed damning material against...
ISIS briefly holds center of Libyan city, beheads 12
Islamic State (ISIS) affiliates in Libya briefly took over the security headquarters in the western city of Sabratha, killing and beheading 12 security officers...
Syrian, Iranian backed forces advance in border area near Israel
Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in...
Prosecutor: Kansas militia members wanted to kill Muslims
Three militia members plotted to bomb a Kansas mosque and apartment complex housing Somali immigrants to kill as many Muslims as possible, a federal...
Iran: Saudi meeting of Syrian opposition 'may harm peace talks'
Iran said a meeting of Syrian opposition figures in Riyadh, Saudi, will cause failure of Syrian peace talks among major Western and Middle Eastern countries, the...
Saudi projects $87 billion deficit for 2016
Saudi Arabia has announced a projected budget deficit in 2016 of $87 billion (327 billion riyals), as lower oil prices cut into the government's...
Yemen government says peace talks may be postponed beyond mid-January
Yemen's Saudi-backed government said on Saturday that peace talks due to be held on Jan. 14 would most probably be postponed beyond that date.
"The...
Iraq's Sadr vows protests will remain non-violent
Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Friday urged Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to propose a "convincing" reform package but hinted that further protests if he...
Saudis pledge not to shock oil markets as OPEC clash looms
Saudi Arabia promised on Thursday not to shock the oil markets as OPEC headed into a heated debate about production policy, with Iran insisting...
Saudi to stick with its long-term oil strategy
Saudi Arabia's planned cuts in spending and energy subsidies signal that the world's largest crude exporter is bracing for a prolonged period of low...
