Saudi Arabia is willing to compensate for any potential loss of crude supply if the U.S. ends waivers granted to buyers of Iranian oil, but the kingdom will assess the impact on the market before raising its output, a source familiar with Saudi thinking told Reuters on Monday. The United...

The Arab League has pledged to pay $100 million a month to the Palestinian Authority to plug the gap left when Israel blocked tax transfers earlier in the year. "We confirm that Arab countries will support the Palestinian state's budget... (to) resist the political and financial pressure it...

Israeli forces rounded up six Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the military on Monday. In a statement, the army said that the individuals had been detained for “suspected involvement in popular hostile activities”. It did not...

Aid organisations working in Syria say they are “extremely shocked” after the UK cancelled millions of dollars in cash assistance to the northeast of the country out of concern that money could be diverted to ISIS. “We have suspended the use of UK aid through cash transfers in northeast...

The United States is expected to announce on Monday that all buyers of Iranian oil will have to end their imports shortly or face sanctions, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters, triggering a 3 percent rise in crude prices. The source confirmed a report by a Washington Post...

Sudanese opposition the Alliance of the Change and Freedom announced boycotting the talks with the military Council over the power shift to a civilian authority from the military, which ousted former president Omer Al-Bashir. Sudanese Professional Association (SPA)'s chairman Mohamed...

Ukraine entered uncharted political waters on Sunday after an exit poll showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had easily won enough votes to become the next president of a country at war. The apparent landslide victory of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41, is a...

Eight people have been arrested in connection with a string of eight deadly blasts that killed 207 people and injured more than 450 in Sri Lanka Sunday, the country's prime minister said. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said "so far the names that have come up are local," but that...

Iran’s top authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has replaced the head of the influential Revolutionary Guards Corps, state TV reported on Sunday, days after the United States designated the elite group a foreign terrorist organization. The TV station did not give a reason for the...

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Saudi state security building northwest of Riyadh, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Sunday. Saudi state media earlier said four militants who targeted the Mabaheth (domestic intelligence) station in Zulfi, a small city about...

Egyptians voted on Sunday for a second day on whether to back constitutional amendments that could see President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stay in power until 2030. The three-day referendum was called last week, a day after Egypt’s parliament overwhelmingly endorsed the proposals, which would...

Liverpool moved back top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win at Cardiff, but Manchester United and Arsenal did little for their chances of Champions League qualification for next season in shock defeats to Everton and Crystal Palace respectively on Sunday. United were thrashed 4-0 at...

With the Brexit deadline delayed until autumn, Britain will still be an EU member when elections for the EU Parliament begin May 23 and thus obligated to elect its own MEPs. It is a confusing state of affairs that puts Europe in an “absurd” position. Just a few weeks ago, the prospect of...

 A well-informed source told EQTSAD news site that the Assad regime's army has revealed exclusive information that Iran and Hezbollah's militia have reduced the salaries of its fighters in Syria, indicating a financial crisis for these militias. The military source, who spoke on...

Scores of Jewish settlers forced their way into East Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover.   "Israeli police allowed 167 settlers to storm the compound in celebration of Passover," an official with the Religious...

Thousands of Moroccans staged a march Sunday in downtown Rabat to demand the release of activists who led protests over economic and social problems in the northern Rif region in late 2016 and 2017. Two weeks ago, an appeals court in Casablanca upheld 20-year prison sentences against Nasser...

King Hamad has ordered that the citizenship of 551 Bahrainis revoked by courts be restored, official media said Sunday, days after a senior UN official expressed concern about the punishment. The king, who can reverse court decisions, requested that the competent authorities take into...

Sudan's new army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Sunday that the military council he heads is committed to handing over power to civilians as demanded by thousands of demonstrators. "The council is committed to give power to (the) people," Burhan said in his first interview on...

 Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack at the communications ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed seven people, the militant group’s Amaq news agency said on Sunday. Saturday’s attack began when a suicide bomber detonated explosives just outside the...

An Iraqi court has sentenced four people to death by hanging for belonging to the Islamic State militant group and committing terrorist crimes in Iraq and Syria, a judiciary statement said on Sunday. The four men, wanted by Iraqi authorities, were handed to Iraq by the U.S.-backed Syrian...