Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Tuesday any disruption to oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz will be a "major obstacle" for his country's economy which has too few oil export outlets. His government was studying contingency plans to deal with possible disruption, including...

A court run by Yemen's Huthi rebels on Tuesday sentenced 30 academics, trade unionists and preachers to death for allegedly spying for the Saudi-led coalition, a judicial source said. The men, among 36 defendants tried by the criminal court in the rebel-held capital Sanaa, have been in...

The UN special envoy for Syria arrived in Damascus Tuesday to press fresh talks on forming a constitutional committee to revive a stalling peace process to end the eight-year war. "Pleased to be back in Damascus," Geir Pederson, a seasoned Norwegian diplomat and the fourth UN ambassador to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in televised comments on Tuesday that he did not support a parliamentary call to impose tough economic sanctions on Georgia. The Russian parliament unanimously backed a resolution earlier on Tuesday urging the government to draw up sanctions against...