The year Saudi Arabia wants to forget
Saudi Arabia had a bad 2016. Only in the second year of King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud's rule, the kingdom faced low oil...
Saudis Bankroll Taliban, Even as King Officially Supports Afghan Government
KABUL, Afghanistan — Fifteen years, half a trillion dollars and 150,000 lives since going to war, the United States is trying to extricate itself...
Saudi-Egypt crisis leaves Israel concerned
Mountains of words have been written about the wonders of the “Sunni axis” of pragmatic Arab states, each of which maintains an “extramarital affair” — that is, low-profile...
Rouhani: Do you think we’ll let Trump rip up nuclear deal?
In December 1953, less than four months after the Anglo-American-instigated coup to topple Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, students at Tehran University went on...
Why Erdogan wears the ‘dictator’ label with pride
One of the most popular words used to describe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan these days is "dictator." That really doesn't come as much...
Will Israel expand settlement to Jerusalem border?
The court-ordered evacuation of the illegal Amona outpost in the West Bank (scheduled for Dec. 25 at the latest), and the proposed outpost Regularization...
Found at an Islamic State training camp: bunk beds, weapons manuals, steroids
MOSUL, Iraq — The bunk beds that fill the rooms sleep more than 80 Islamic State recruits. On the walls, posters detail the components of...
Aleppo at risk of becoming ‘one giant graveyard’
A United Nations official speaking at an emergency meeting Wednesday warned that the besieged parts of the Syrian city of Aleppo are at immediate risk of...
Did Obama just sign the last waiver before Trump moves the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem?
JERUSALEM — As he has every six months of his administration, President Obama signed a waiver Thursday ordering the U.S. Embassy in Israel to...
Major cybercrime network Avalanche dismantled in global takedown
Law enforcement agencies have dismantled a major cybercriminal network responsible for malware-based attacks that have been harassing victims across the globe for years. The...
Operation in Syria only targets terror, Erdoğan clarifies
Turkey’s military operation in Syria is not against any country or person but terror groups in general, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, in...
Saudi prince calls for end to country’s ‘unjust’ ban on women driving
A billionaire Saudi prince has called for an “urgent” end to his country’s ban on women driving. “Stop the debate: Time for women to drive,”...