Israel release 4 Egyptians in prisoner swap
Israel released four jailed Egyptians on Monday, officials said, completing a prisoner swap under which it brought home an Israeli citizen who had served...
Obama accuses Donald Trump of campaigning by 'scapegoating'
President Barack Obama says Donald Trump is waging a White House campaign based on "simplistic solutions and scapegoating."
In an interview Tuesday on NBC, Obama...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
Nigeria's president to visit restive oil region
Muhammadu Buhari will this week make his first visit as president to Nigeria's oil-producing south, which has been riven by an upsurge in violence...
Suicide bomb kills 7 in Marib, Yemen
Seven people were killed and more than 15 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Friday that struck a market in the Yemeni city...
Saudia airline fares ‘to rise’
Saudi Arabia Airlines may raise its airfares for domestic flights to reflect rising operational expenses, said a top official.
These prices were set years ago...
Iraq's ruling alliance, Shi'ite militias urge PM to request Russian strikes on ISIS
Iraq's ruling alliance and powerful Shi'ite militias have urged Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to request Russian air strikes on Islamic State militants, who control...
Turkey sees possible foreign ISIS link in Istanbul airport attack
At least one of three suspected Islamic State (ISIS) suicide bombers who killed 42 people at Istanbul airport is thought to be a foreigner...
Prayers held in Saudi Arabia during lunar eclipse
Social media users across the Middle East posted images of a rare astronomical event on Sunday night, when a swollen "supermoon" and lunar eclipse...
"No Bashar al-Assad in the future", says Saudi FM
Bashar al-Assad will not be ruling Syria in the future and Russia's military interventions will not help him stay in power, Saudi Arabia's Foreign...
