France's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe promised lower taxes and a business-friendly France at a global summit in Dubai Sunday, seeking investment from the oil-rich Gulf region. "France is undergoing great transformation", Philippe said, addressing a thousand-strong audience at...

ADEN, Yemen: The United States has laid off 360 local staff in Yemen three years after closing its embassy as a civil war spread in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country. Ambassador Matthew Tueller wrote to workers saying new U.S. State Department regulations about suspended...

Egypt's air force pounded militant targets in northern and central Sinai early Saturday, the military said, the second day of an assault to try and crush an insurgency that has killed hundreds of people since 2013. President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who is seeking re-election in March,...

The Trump administration is considering making it harder for foreigners living in the United States to get permanent residency if they have received certain public benefits such as food assistance, in a move that could sharply restrict legal immigration. The Department of Homeland Security...