An abandoned oil tanker anchored off war-torn Yemen that is degrading along with its cargo could explode and cause an environmental disaster, experts said Wednesday as UN inspectors prepared to visit. The ship "Safer", used as a floating storage platform, is laden with some 1.1 million...

Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido admitted on Wednesday that talks with the government of President Nicolas Maduro aimed a resolving the country's political crisis "aren't working." Talks mediated by Norway first took place in May in Oslo with several subsequent rounds in Barbados....

The Lebanese army opened fire at Israeli drones in south Lebanon on Wednesday in a rare incident as tensions mount between the neighbouring countries. Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, with which Israel has fought several wars, accused the Jewish state of carrying out a drone attack...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have looked inseparable on the world stage, working together to project power in the Middle East and beyond, and courting U.S. President Donald Trump to counter common foe Iran. From Egypt to Sudan and the Horn of Africa, the two Gulf...