When the late King Abdullah appointed his half-brother, Moqren bin Abdul Aziz, as deputy crown prince last year, he added an unusual rider. The decree stated: “Nobody can change this decision”. Well, his successor King Salman just has. I wrote at the time of the decree : “...

(Reuters) - Britain has informed a United Nations sanctions panel of an active Iranian nuclear procurement network linked to two blacklisted firms, according to a confidential report by the panel seen by Reuters. The existence of such a network could add to Western concerns over whether...

 The hardline Ahrar al-Sham group in Syria and other insurgents seized a crossing in the southwest frontier area near Israel on Thursday from a small group of rival Islamist fighters, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. If confirmed, the capture would...

European Parliament has adopted a resolution to increase the EU budget for fighting illegal immigration networks in the Mediterranean in a bid to stop migrant deaths at sea. The resolution, which was approved by 449 votes to 130, with 93 abstentions Wednesday, said that the budget would be...