Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says his country is ready to discuss its outstanding differences with Egypt after more than four years of strained relations. The foreign minister also pointed to “attempts” -- he did not say by whom -- to disrupt...

Habib al-Adly, former President Hosni Mubarak’s last interior minister, was reportedly acquitted of corruption charges on Thursday. According to judicial sources, al-Adly, who served as interior minister from 1997 to 2011, is now set to be released -- along with 10 others -- after...

The U.S. State Department expects a decision on whether to waive sanctions on Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal will be made on Thursday, a senior official said. Under Secretary Steve Goldstein told reporters he was not sure if the decision will be announced Thursday night or Friday.

A series of six earthquakes with a magnitude of at least 5 hit along the Iran-Iraq border and rattled even Baghdad and parts of the Iraqi countryside Thursday, striking in the same area that saw a temblor in November that killed over 530 people. There were no immediate reports of injuries or...