Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated businessman Donald Trump on his victory in the U.S. presidential election in a telegram on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. "Putin expressed hope for joint work to restore Russian-American relations from their state of crisis, and also to address...

|(Middle East Eye)- Saudi Arabia has informed Egypt that shipments of oil products expected under a $23bn aid deal have been halted indefinitely, suggesting a deepening rift between the two countries. On Monday Egypt's oil minister, Tarek El Molla, confirmed Saudi Arabia had stopped...

(Al Arabiya)- Republican Donald Trump is projected to become the next United States president after a bitter-fought election cycle against his rival Hillary Clinton. Trump finally won surpassing the necessary 270 votes after clinching Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes to win the presidency....

Both chambers of the U.S. Congress are projected to remain under Republican control when they convene on Jan. 3, with voters on Tuesday dashing Democrats' hopes of taking over the Senate while keeping the House of Representatives in Republican hands. A few Senate races were still undecided,...