New visa fees will not deter investment in Saudi Arabia, which is easing procedures for foreign business, the commerce minister said Thursday, countering concerns by foreign critics. Majed al-Qasabi "confirms the charges for entry visas will not affect the flow of foreign investments...

(The Guardian)- Barack Obama has warned the US president-elect, Donald Trump, against taking a purely “realpolitik approach” to relations with Russia and encouraged his successor to continue standing up for American values. “I’ve sought a constructive relationship with Russia but...

(Foreign Policy)- Late last week, President-elect Donald Trump explained for the first time since his election victory his position on the crisis in Syria. In his remarks, he laid out his determination to ramp up the fight against the Islamic State and to cease support to those fighting...

A hundred migrants were feared drowned Thursday after yet another migrant shipwreck off the Libyan coast, raising the number of those missing feared drowned this week to 340. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said around 100 people were believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean Wednesday,...