Middle East
Pence Praises Moderate Islam In Indonesia In Bid To Heal Divisions
US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as "an inspiration" at the start of a...
Proud of Former President Rawlings Blasting Trump
Let me start by stating that I personally don’t know the former president, so this is not an article in support of a...
US Accuses Iran of ‘alarming Provocations’
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the...
Trump Will Try To Jump-Start Middle East Peace Deal
US President Donald Trump will host Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas at the White House May 3 for talks on efforts to...
Pence To Tour Indonesia’s Largest Mosque In Outreach To Muslims
US Vice President Mike Pence will visit the largest mosque in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation --...
Trump To Host Palestinian President Abbas On May 3
US President Donald Trump will host Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas at the White House May 3 for talks on efforts to...
Pentagon Chief Warns of Yemen ‘Hezbollah’
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis warned Wednesday of Iranian efforts to create a Yemeni militia "in the image" of...
Emirates Cuts Flights To US As Demand Weakens
Emirates, the Middle East's largest airline, said Wednesday that it will reduce flights to the United States after...
France Says Will ‘prove’ Damascus Behind Syria ‘chemical Attack’
France will produce proof "in a few days" that the regime of Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical strike on a Syrian...
Palestinians Slam Israel For Refusing Talks With Hunger Strikers
Palestinian leaders on Wednesday denounced Israel's refusal to negotiate with Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli...
US Pentagon Chief Meets Saudi King With Iran In Focus
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, beginning a series of talks to reinvigorate the...
Sombre Mood As Iraq’s Yazidis Mark New Year
Thousands of Yazidis flocked to a shrine in northern Iraq to mark the New Year on Wednesday, in the minority's biggest...
2017 World Bank/IMF Spring Meeting Kicks Off
The 2017 world Bank/IMF spring meetings are currently ongoing in the United States capital of Washington DC. The event...
Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both...
Migration and Development. The Challenge of Our Time?
Migration and Development. The challenge of our time? Migration, as always, is of major concern to countries poor and...
Oil Output Cuts Pressure Mideast Economic Growth
Economic growth in Saudi Arabia and most other Arab oil exporters will slow this year following production cuts aimed...
‘At Least 68 Children Among 126 Killed’ In Bus Bombing
At least 68 children were among 126 people killed in Saturday’s bomb attack on buses carrying evacuees from besieged...
Court Acquits US-Egyptian In Charity Abuse Case
A court in Cairo on Sunday acquitted a US-Egyptian charity worker imprisoned for nearly three years in a case that drew...
Pope Urges End To Syria ‘horror’ In Easter Address
Pope Francis urged an end to "horror and death" in Syria on Sunday as he celebrated the traditional Easter Day mass in...