Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will call for an alternative to U.S.-mediated negotiations with Israel during a rare address to the United Nations Security Council, Palestinian officials said Monday. Addressing the council Tuesday for the first time since 2009, the longtime Palestinian...

Saudi Arabia has no interest in participating in a European Union-style regional security alliance as proposed by Qatar, its Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Monday. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani said Friday that Middle Eastern states should put their differences...

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi court has sentenced a German teenager to six years in jail for membership of the Daesh (ISIS) group and illegal entry into the country, a judicial source said Monday. The source told AFP that the girl, aged 17, was Sunday handed a five-year term for belonging to Daesh...

Britain called on Iran to stop taking actions which could escalate the conflict in Yemen after a United Nations group of experts found that missiles and military equipment of Iranian origin were introduced into Yemen after an arms embargo. "I call on Iran to cease activity which risks...