Lebanon foreign minister says will take “measures against” U.N. refugee agency
Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Thursday Lebanon would take measures against the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR starting Friday, without specifying what...
Libya rivals agree on a lasting ceasefire
Representatives of the conflicted parties in Libya have agreed a lasting ceasefire, the UN's Libya envoy said on Tuesday.
The talks started on Monday and...
Prince Sultan bin Salman is WTO’s new vice president
Prince Sultan bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH), has been elected as the World Tourism Organization’s (WTO)...
Iraq signs deal to repair and maintain its key Mosul dam
Iraq has signed a deal with an Italian company to repair and maintain the country's largest dam near the northern, Islamic State-held city of...
Kuwait recalls envoy from Iran over Saudi row
Kuwait became Tuesday the latest Gulf Arab state to recall its ambassador from Iran to protest attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic...
Turkey PM urges Russia to give up 'baseless' claims on IS trade
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday called on Russia to re-establish dialogue channels instead of making "baseless accusations" of an alleged oil trade...
Yemen peace talks adjourn until 15 July
United Nations-mediated talks to end more than a year of war in Yemen have adjourned and will reconvene in Kuwait on July 15 after...
Syrian troops gain more areas in rebel-controlled strongholds
A Syrian army statement said government forces captured, in addition to dozens of villages, some strategic hills deep inside the heavily fortified areas once...
Tunisia tourism revenue hit hard by last year's attacks
Tunisia's central bank said on Thursday tourism revenue in first two months in 2016 fell by 54 percent to 182 million dinars ($90.21 million)...
Saudi-Iranian tensions can't halt slide in oil prices
Even the escalating tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two big oil-producing countries, can't halt the slide in energy prices.
Oil futures spiked briefly on...
