Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani appointed six new ministers on Tuesday in a major cabinet reshuffle. The changes saw the appointment of Sheikh Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani as a deputy prime minister and minister of state for defense affairs, according to a statement released...

US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, according to a report Monday. Trump may still make a last-minute change, but he seems to have decided on Rubio, said The New York Times, citing three people familiar with his plans....

Syria's main highway linking Damascus and Homs was temporarily cut off after an Israeli strike targeted an aid gathering centre for displaced Lebanese south of the city of Homs, the Syrian regime’s news agency SANA reported on Monday. SANA reported that an Israeli attack targeted the...

Iran’s foreign ministry called Sunday for an arms embargo on Israel and the expulsion of its arch-foe from the United Nations, following a deadly strike in Syria. Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran “strongly condemned the aggressive attack carried out today by the...