Secret meeting between Netanyahu, Saudi crown prince and Pompeo in Saudi Arabia
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited Saudi Arabia on Sunday and met Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike...
Middle East
Pompeo visits Israeli-occupied West Bank and Golan Heights
Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit an Israeli West Bank settlement and the Golan Heights, in a show...
Bahrain delegation arrives in Israel on Gulf Air flight
Bahrain sent its first official government delegation to Israel on Wednesday as the two countries look to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an...
Israel strikes widely in Syria, sending signal of aggressive post-Trump posture
Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday, sending a signal that it...
Swimming Santa brings Dead Sea to life with tree and cheer
At the lowest point on earth, in the middle of a giant salt lake where animals and plants have no chance of surviving, a jolly...
Bahrain’s security hawk prime minister, arch-foe of opposition, dies
Bahrain‘s Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa, the world’s longest serving prime minister who put down opposition unrest repeatedly during his near half century in...
Jeddah blast wounds several, France condemns “cowardly attack”
Four people were injured by a blast in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Wednesday, a Greek government official said, in what France described as a “cowardly...
UAE cancels lenient penalties for ‘honour killings’
The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it was cancelling lenient penalties for so-called “honour killings” and amending inheritance laws for residents as part of...
UAE’s flydubai to start direct Israel flights this month
United Arab Emirates airline flydubai on Wednesday said it would start direct fights to Israel this month with twice daily services between Dubai and Tel...
Turkey pulling back from second Syrian military post
Turkey is evacuating a second isolated military post in northwest Syria, pulling back from territory controlled by Syrian government forces to an area still held...
U.N. says Nagorno-Karabakh attacks could be war crimes
Artillery strikes on civilians in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could amount to war crimes, the U.N. human rights chief said on Monday, reiterating a call for...
Chechen leader says Macron stance on cartoons inspires terrorists
The leader of Russia’s Muslim-majority Chechnya region said on Tuesday that French President Emmanuel Macron was inspiring terrorists by justifying cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad...
Saudi Arabia condemns cartoons, Iran summons French diplomat over alleged insult against Prophet Mohammad
Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, on Tuesday condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Mohammad and any attempts to link Islam with terrorism but did not echo...
Insulting Muslims is an abuse of free speech, Iran’s Zarif says
Insulting Muslims is an “opportunistic” abuse of free speech, Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday, in an apparent reference to remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron perceived...
Lebanese Christian cleric to Hariri: avoid ‘secret deals’ in forming cabinet
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric urged Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Sunday to avoid back-door deals and to quickly form a new government that will start...
Egypt begins voting to elect new parliament
Polls opened in Egypt on Saturday for parliamentary elections that will stretch over several weeks and are set to be dominated by supporters of President...
Israel, Sudan agree on steps toward normalization of ties
An agreement between Israel and Sudan on steps toward normalization of diplomatic ties is expected to be announced later on Friday, a senior U.S. official...
Erdogan says Turkey tested Russian S-400s, shrugs off US reaction
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Friday that Turkey had been testing the S-400 air defense system it bought from Russia, adding that the objection...
Fiancee of Khashoggi, human rights group sue Saudi crown prince in U.S.
The fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a human rights group that he founded filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court on Tuesday...
UAE government delegation heads to Israel for first official visit
The first ever official United Arab Emirates delegation to Israel set off on Tuesday after the two countries normalised ties last month under a U.S.-brokered...
