In the summer of 2015 Mohammed bin Salman, then Saudi defence minister and third in line to the throne, turned his country’s foreign policy on its head and gave a covert green light for Russia’s intervention in Syria, according to a lawsuit by a former top intelligence official. In...

Belarusians chanting "Step down!" filled the center of the capital Minsk Sunday in the biggest protest so far against longtime president Alexander Lukashenko's re-election a week ago after Russia said it would offer him military help if necessary. There was no visible police presence at the...

 The United Arab Emirates has summoned Iran's charge d'affaires in Abu Dhabi in response to a speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that the foreign ministry described as "unacceptable", state news agency WAM said Sunday. Rouhani said in a speech on Saturday the UAE had made a...

At least five people were killed Sunday when gunmen stormed an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia's capital following a car bomb blast outside, in an attack reminiscent of others carried out by Al-Shabaab militants, a government security official told AFP. "There is still sporadic gunfire...