Saudi Arabia's new oil policy works in reclaiming market share
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is slowly regaining market share following its 2014 decision to no longer support prices, data shows, but has a...
Houthis and Saleh agree on «peaceful solution» terms
The party of Yemen's former president, a main player in the messy, months-old civil war, said in an emailed statement that it accepts a...
Yemen Houthis free detained U.S. citizen, sends him to Oman
A U.S. citizen held by Yemen's Houthi group since September last year has been released and taken to Oman aboard a flight that...
Iran cleric threatens destruction of Israeli cities
A prominent Iranian cleric on Friday threatened two Israeli cities with destruction if the country "acts foolishly" and retaliates against it again, while thousands...
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...
States could be sanctioned for public health failings
A U.N. panel is considering ways to hold governments to account for failing to stick to global health rules, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret...
Abbas asks UN for international protection as violence rages
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday in Geneva for the creation of a "special regime" for the protection of his people, as a wave...
Prince Naif inspects preparedness of Haj security forces
Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier, minister of interior and chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, on Thursday inspected the preparedness of the...
Saudi court upholds death sentence for Shi'ite cleric
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed this year on Shi'ite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who had...
UN says all sides in Libya may be committing war crimes
All sides in Libya's conflict are committing breaches of international law that may amount to war crimes, including abductions, torture and killing of civilians,...
