Sudan’s president on Monday pledged to carry out economic reforms, amid street protests over price hikes and a shortage of basic commodities. The state-run SUNA news agency reported that Omar al-Bashir “has affirmed the state will continue to carry out economic reforms to ensure...

A U.S. aircraft carrier has sailed into the Arab Gulf, becoming the first in the region since President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year. The December 21 arrival of the USS John C. Stennis came amid repeated threats by Iranian officials to...

The Israeli army says it has opened fire on a car that broke through a West Bank checkpoint, killing one of the Palestinian passengers. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as Qasim Abbasi, 17. His cousin, Mohammed Abbasi, told The Associated Press that he and Qasim were...

Defense Secretary James Mattis resigned Thursday on the heels of President Donald Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria, citing irreconcilable policy differences in a move that took Washington by surprise. "Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are...