Middle East

DUBAI (Reuters) – In order to wean Saudi Arabia off its dependency on crude the kingdom needs higher oil prices.…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A South Korean oil tanker held for months by Iran amid a dispute over…

Iraq’s Health Ministry has warned of “dire consequences” ahead because citizens are not heeding coronavirus prevention measures, after the country…

VIENNA (AP) — Iran and the five world powers that remain in a foundering 2015 nuclear deal plan to hold…

BEIRUT (AP) — They are boisterous, argumentative and at times downright hilarious. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Arab…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack this week on an Iranian cargo ship that is said to serve…

Last summer, two US officials ventured into hostile territory for a secret high-stakes meeting with American adversaries. The Syrian government…

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is trying to inoculate millions of children against polio after pandemic lockdowns stalled the effort…

BAGHDAD (AP) — The mission of US forces in Iraq has shifted to training and advisory roles, allowing for redeployment…

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday restored aid to the Palestinians, promising $235 million (€198 million) in assistance to the…