Palestinian journalist held by Israel ends hunger strike
A Palestinian journalist accused by Israel of being a Hamas activist and held without charge has agreed to end his three-month long hunger strike,...
Al Arabiya TV closes Beirut office amid Saudi tensions with Lebanon
The Saudi-owned television news channel Al Arabiya has shut its offices in Lebanon and dismissed 27 employees, two of its journalists said on Friday,...
Saudi-Iran tensions disrupt oil freeze deal
A deal to freeze oil output by OPEC and non-OPEC producers fell apart on Sunday after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran join in despite...
Egyptian court acquits 22 over Red Sea islands protest
A Cairo court acquitted on Wednesday 22 people on trial for protesting against a government decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi...
Sudan extends closure of Khartoum international airport by two weeks
CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudan's civil aviation authority extended the closure of Khartoum's international airport for two more weeks until July 12, the state news...
Syria ceasefire plan struggles to define a 'terrorist'
A U.N. plan to suspend Syria's nearly five-year-old civil war calls for listing which militant groups may be fought despite an eventual ceasefire, one of...
'500 dead' in Syria regime's Aleppo assault
A Russian-backed regime onslaught in northern Syria was reported Wednesday to have killed more than 500 people this month, as Turkey faced mounting pressure...
Saudi Arabia is emerging as the new Arab superpower
Faced with Iranian meddling in Yemen and elsewhere, the kingdom has no choice but to deploy unprecedented force in the name of stability
It has...
Rouhani says Iran ‘ready’ to talk to Arab neighbours
President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Iran is ready to discuss regional security issues with its Gulf Arab neighbours as long as foreign powers...
Saudi intelligence compound attacked with firebombs
Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists said on Monday, in an...
