Saudi Arabia announces largest budget in its history
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, chaired the Saudi Cabinet’s session at Al-Yamamah Palace, on Tuesday, during which the State’s General Budget for the fiscal…
Saudi Arabia hopes to start nuclear pact talks with US in weeks
Saudi Arabia aims to start talks with Washington within weeks on an agreement to allow US firms to participate in its nascent civilian nuclear energy…
Iran: Trump shows contempt for democracy
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday blasted the United States for threatening to cut aid to countries that vote at the UN General…
Q&A: What’s happening in Libya?
Libyan general Khalifa Haftar has said the mandate for a UN-backed government in Tripoli has expired, plunging the North African country deeper into political turmoil. Haftar declared the…
Trump threatens to cut aid over UN Jerusalem vote
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut aid to countries that vote in favour of a draft UNresolution condemning the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel….
Erdogan slams UAE over FM’s anti-Turkish retweet
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attacked the United Arab Emirates’ foreign minister after he retweeted a post attacking a historical Ottoman leader. Without mentioning Abdullah bin Zayed…
Turkey’s Kurdish Deputy PM vows to ‘rebuild’ Iraq
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Ankara hoped to secure a leading role in rebuilding Iraqi cities and towns that faced immense infrastructural destruction during…
Turkish, Iranian, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers To Meet In Baku
BAKU — The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey are set to meet on December 20 in Baku. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that…
On Trump’s national security plan and Iran
For years, Iran has been accurately labeled as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. Now, quietly with little notice beyond the region, the militant…
How ISIS was defeated in Iraq (Hint: It’s thanks in part to air-ground teamwork)
For more than three years, the people of Iraq have endured unspeakable suffering under the dark shadow of Islamic State terrorists. That shadow has now…