RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, state media said, ending the conservative Islamic kingdom’s status as the only country where that is forbidden. The royal decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice...

 Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Tuesday renewed a call for “unconditional dialogue” to end a crisis pitting Qatar against four Arab states while U.S. President Donald Trump said he expected the dispute to be resolved quickly. Speaking from the podium of the...

Rebel shelling of a residential neighborhood of Yemen's third-largest city Taez killed four boys aged between seven and 15, a local official said on Tuesday. The city is largely in the hands of the Saudi-backed government but has been a key battlefield in the conflict that has gripped...

Qatar signed an agreement Sunday to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets from Britain, a second major defense deal signed by Doha during its lengthening diplomatic dispute with its neighbors. Qatari defense secretary Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah and his British counterpart Michael Fallon...