Prime Minister David Cameron won a shock election victory in Britain, overturning predictions that the vote would be the closest in decades to sweep into office for another five years, with his Labour opponents in tatters. The sterling currency, bonds and shares surged on a result that...

The American military has started training "moderate" Syrian rebels in Jordan to prepare to fight the Islamic State group, US and Jordanian officials said Thursday, after months of delays. The training in basic military skills will eventually extend to sites in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar,...

Iran is a destabilising force that must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, top US diplomat John Kerry said in Saudi Arabia Thursday, aiming to calm Riyadh's worries. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbours fear Tehran might be able to develop an atomic bomb despite an international accord...

Saudi Arabia wants to bring together the many branches of the war-torn country's armed and political opposition to discuss what to do after the regime's downfall, opposition sources said Thursday. The Sunni-ruled kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a main backer of forces fighting to topple Syria's...