Two Palestinians were executed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as Israeli spies, the enclave's Islamist Hamas government said, adding they had helped the Jewish state's armed forces carry out lethal operations. The condemned men, one of whom was hanged and the other shot by firing...

An Egyptian court Tuesday banned senior members of the now-dissolved National Democratic Party of ousted president Hosni Mubarak from running in upcoming parliamentary elections, a judicial source said. A court disbanded the NDP shortly after Mubarak was forced out in 2011 but...

Saudi Arabia has dismantled a "terrorist organisation" that was plotting attacks against government installations and foreign interests, the interior ministry announced Wednesday. Authorities have arrested 62 suspected members of the group, among them three foreigners, the...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to hold talks with Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Doha on Monday for the first meeting since their rival movements signed a surprise unity deal. "Abbas will meet Meshaal today (in Doha) but the timing is not clear," a senior Palestinian official...