Six months after the outbreak of the Qatar crisis, a group of global Muslim scholars on Monday appealed to Gulf leaders to “shoulder their responsibilities before Allah and their people in achieving comprehensive reconciliation and overcoming disputes". The International Union of...

The lira gained ground against the dollar on Monday after the Turkish president’s remarks on capital movement abroad. The dollar/lira rate, which soared to a historic high of nearly 4 lira last month, fell below 3.90 after Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had not given any orders to put...

Yemen’s president Monday called on the loyalists of late President Ali Abdullah Saleh to forge an alliance with his government against the Houthi militia who killed him earlier Monday. "Let us turn a new page and go hand-in-hand to end this vicious criminal gang,” meaning the...

Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed by Houthi rebels on Monday as he fled heavy fighting in Sanaa after the collapse of his alliance with the Iran-backed insurgents. Saleh, who ruled with an iron fist for three decades, had joined forces with the Shiite Houthi rebels in...