Mohammed Haji Abed drives his yellow taxi through the busy streets of the Syrian capital for about 12 hours a day, toiling in the sweltering summer heat but earning barely enough for his family of five to get by. It was easier for him to make ends meet at the height of his country's civil...

Saudi Arabia has allowed adult women to travel without permission and granted them more control over family matters, further eroding a heavily criticised male guardianship system at a time of heightened scrutiny over its human rights record. The decisions issued in a series of cabinet...

The U.S. ambassador to Germany launched a scathing attack on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government on Thursday for its reluctance to join a naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Europe’s biggest economy must assume more global responsibility. Relations between the United States...

The UN and the EU condemned on Monday the attacks by Eastern Libya-based commander Khalifa Haftar forces targeting a field hospital and a school in Libya. On Sunday, fighter jets of Khaftar targeted a field hospital in south of capital Tripoli which killed four doctors and a paramedic while...