The U.S. is opposed to Israel's decision to freeze the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority as a reaction to Palestinians’ efforts to join the International Criminal Court, an official said Monday. “We call on both sides to avoid actions that raise...

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will have a budget of $2 billion for 2015, the group’s leaders in Iraq told a London-based news outlet. Naji Abdullah, a tribal leader in Mosul, told al-Araby al-Jadeed that ISIS would be dedicating much of the funding to territory...

President Barack Obama congratulated President Beji Caid Essebsi on Monday for his victory in Tunisia’s first presidential election under its new constitution.   In a telephone call, Obama commended Tunisians “for the spirit of peaceful compromise that has...

The recent admission into hospital of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz has raised questions about the political succession in the oil-rich Gulf state. The 90-year-old ruler has been diagnosed with pneumonitis, making it necessary for hospital doctors to provide him with a tube to...