Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday approved the government's 2019 budget, which at $111.8 billion is one of the oil-rich country's largest ever spending bills. It represents a nearly 45 percent increase from last year and awards even more money for public salaries, including those of the northern...

An Israeli court has seized a Jerusalem property partly owned by late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, holding it as collateral against a civil suit for damages against the Palestinian Authority. A copy of the ruling by the Jerusalem district court made available to AFP on Wednesday named...

Qatar has voiced its continued support for crisis-hit Sudan, Sudanese Foreign Minister Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed said Wednesday. Ahmed made the remarks at a press conference convened at Khartoum’s international airport following the return of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from a...

The so-called “deal of the century” – a U.S.-backchannel plan to reach peace settlement between the Palestinians and Israel – targets the Arab and Muslim worlds, a Hamas leader said Wednesday.  “The Palestinian cause has encountered its toughest challenges in 2018,” Khalil...