France’s president and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince held a joint phone call with Lebanon’s prime minister during Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the kingdom on Saturday, in a significant gesture amid an unprecedented crisis between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. During the call, Macron...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that the Gulf nation of Qatar has agreed to represent American interests in Afghanistan following the closure of the U.S. embassy in Kabul in late August. Blinken said Qatar will serve as the “protecting power” for the United States in...

DUBAI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that his kingdom supports efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, as world leaders prepare to resume talks with Tehran to reinstate a 2015 nuclear pact....

Saudi Arabia announced the graduation of the first batch of female soldiers from the Saudi armed forces. The Saudi Defense Ministry posted a video of the graduation ceremony of the female soldiers after they completed a 14-week military training that started on May 30. According to the...