Palestinians condemned as blackmail on Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to withhold future aid payments over what he called the Palestinians' unwillingness to talk peace with Israel. Trump drew praise from a cabinet minister in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...

Somali prosecutors have filed charges against five people for last year's deadly truck bombing that killed more than 400 people. Four suspects appeared in a military court in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday while one is on the run. They include Hassan Adan Isack, Abduwali Ahmed...

A Saudi minister who was detained in a sweeping anti-government probe at a Riyadh hotel attended a cabinet meeting on Tuesday after he was "proven innocent", media reported. The official Saudi Press Agency posted on its Twitter account pictures of Saudi King Salman, Crown Prince...

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said Tuesday 69 Iraqi civilians were killed and 142 injured in December 2017 due to terrorism, violence and armed conflict in the country.  "Baghdad was the worst affected governorate with 122 civilian casualties -- 24 killed...