Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman arrived in Tunis Tuesday as part of his first regional tour since the murdering of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The prince was welcomed by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi when he arrived at the airport in Tunis from Cairo, the presidency...

Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday he was warning the European Union's top diplomat that Tehran's patience was running out on the bloc's pledges to keep up oil trade despite U.S. sanctions. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said the Islamic Republic could...

Operations at Yemen's lifeline port of Hodeida have nearly halved in two weeks, with shipping companies deterred by insecurity in the flashpoint Houthi-held city, the U.N.'s World Food Program said Tuesday. As 70 percent of imports come in through the vital Hodeida port, a drop in the...

Prominent Shia cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq’s Sairoon movement, has called on Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to finalize his cabinet lineup.  In a Tuesday statement released on social media, al-Sadr said Iraq should not be “governed from overseas” and...

The murder of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi last month has soured the world’s politicians on the once-feted Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. Private capital turned against him long before that. Ever since dozens of royals and business chiefs were detained in November 2017 as part of...

Tunisians took to the streets on Monday in protest of the planned visit of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to their country. As part of his first overseas tour since the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Mohammad bin Salman arrived in Egypt on...

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To hear President Donald Trump tell it, he was made for a moment like this: A high-stakes face-off. A ticking clock. A cagey adversary. The man who calls himself a supreme dealmaker will have the opportunity this week to put himself to the test. The question is whether he can defuse a...

The United States on Monday called Russia's move to seize three Ukrainian vessels in the Sea of Azov near Crimea a "violation of international law." On Sunday, Russia said the vessels had ignored calls to stop, sparking military action, as they were relocating from Odessa to the Port of...

A NASA spacecraft tasked with exploring the interior of Mars touched down on the planet's surface after a dangerous six-minute descent into the red colored atmosphere. At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the successful landing was followed by cheers and applaud by the...

The UN migration agency reported on Monday that Yemen had repatriated over 100 Ethiopian migrants who wanted to go back home. Saba al-Muallami, Yemen director for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), told Anadolu Agency that the agency rented an airplane for 102 migrants...

The head of Iran's judicial authority Monday warned restive workers against creating "disorder," while calling on the government to address their problems. Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani spoke amid efforts to resolve a weeks-long strike at a major sugar factory in western Iran and popular...

Iraq's parliament will vote in its next session scheduled Tuesday on whether to approve the remaining eight candidates for Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's cabinet, the speaker's office said Monday. Lawmakers last month only confirmed 14 out of the 22 ministers Abdul Mahdi initially...

Tunisian lawyers have filed a lawsuit to prevent a scheduled visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Tunisia, according to a spokesman on Monday.  "We filed a request to open an investigation into crimes committed by bin Salman,” Nizar Boujalal, a spokesman for a group...

Millions of Pakistanis in July's general elections voted for change that Prime Minister Imran Khan had promised to bring about in his first 100 days. The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) six-pronged agenda included: transforming governance, strengthening the federation,...

Turkish police has been searching a villa in northwestern Yalova province on Monday over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The police and and the gendarmerie took security measures around the two storey villa in Samanli village of Termal district, according to police...

Israeli police forces rounded up 32 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out in East Jerusalem, according to a police statement on Monday.  In a statement, police said the individuals have been arrested for “suspicion of recruitment and serving in the Palestinian security...

Terror attack in northern Somalia killed a prominent Muslim cleric and his 17 followers, police said on Monday. Ahmet Awale, of Galkayo police, said that an armed attack targeted the residence of the religious leader -- which was also used as a Sufi shrine. According to initial...

Iranian authorities said Monday that the number of injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran the previous night has risen to 716. No fatalities were reported from the temblor. According to Iran's state television, most of the injured were immediately released from...

A magnitude-6.4 temblor rocked western Iran near its border with Iraq, state media reported on Sunday. The epicenter of the quake was western Kermanshah province, Iran's state television said. There were no immediate reports of causalities or damage. The shake was also...