(Carnegie Endowment)- Relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two previously staunch allies, have recently soured. This can be attributed to Egypt’s inability to perform its role as a guarantor of regional Gulf security against growing Iranian hegemony and its desire to cultivate other, less...

(Daily Star)- A mayor detained at a jail in the central Philippines for drug-related charges was killed along with another inmate in a shootout Saturday, police said, as a bloody crackdown on narcotics continues in the Southeast Asian country. Rolando Espinosa, mayor of Albuera town in...

(The Guardian)- Squabbling between Saudi Arabia and Iran has sent the oil price down, as tension between the near neighbours threatened to derail talks aimed at cutting production by the Opec group of oil-producing countries. Riyadh is reportedly threatening to turn the screw on Tehran...

(The Daily Star)- The European Union's foreign policy chief discussed with her Turkish counterpart the arrest of Kurdish opposition lawmakers Friday, after expressing deep concern over the detentions. Federica Mogherini tweeted that she had spoken with Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut...