RIYADH (REUTERS) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman called on the international community on Monday (Nov 19) to halt Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programme, and he also reiterated the kingdom’s support for UN efforts to end the war in Yemen. The king’s remarks to the Shura Council, a top advisory body to the government, were […]

Israel’s government appears to have survived a possible collapse after a key partner withdrew a threat to leave the coalition and force snap elections. Naftali Bennett, of the Jewish Home party, had signalled he would quit, but announced on Monday he would stay on. PM Benjamin Netanyahu has held talks with ministers in recent days […]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States will make final conclusions by early next week over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, President Donald Trump said on Saturday (Nov 17), following reports that the CIA had held Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly changed its official narrative of the Oct 2 murder, […]

UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) – United Nations food chief David Beasley spotted a tiny foot sticking out from under a blanket in a hospital in Yemen that has been overwhelmed with malnourished children, so he tried to bring a smile to the face of the small patient. “It was just like tickling a ghost,” Beasley, executive […]

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take over the defence portfolio in his government after his defence minister resigned this week, a spokesman for his Likud Party said on Friday (Nov 16), fuelling speculation of an early election. Earlier, Netanyahu met with key coalition partner Naftali Bennett of the Jewish Home Party, […]

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced sanctions on Thursday against 17 Saudis accused of involvement in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident and journalist. The sanctions come just hours after Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor announced that he was requesting the death penalty for five people suspected of involvement in the killing, which took […]

Flights were diverted to nearby Manama, Dubai and Dammam airports as another round of rains battered the Gulf nation. Flights have resumed at Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait Airways said in a tweet on Thursday, a day after bad weather forced a suspension of air traffic. Earlier on Thursday, Kuwait’s civil aviation authority had said air […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Thursday that he was requesting the death penalty for five people suspected of involvement in the killing of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi at the country’s consulate in Istanbul. Speaking to reporters in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, a spokesman for the public prosecutor said that the […]

Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor has recommended the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Saudi Al-Mojeb told journalists in a rare press conference in Riyadh on Thursday that Mr Khashoggi’s killers had set in motion plans for the killing on September 29, three days […]

JERUSALEM — As a youngster in the Soviet Union, he once won a playwriting prize. And as a politician in Israel, Avigdor Lieberman has shown a flair for the dramatic, time and again bursting onto the stage to snatch some coveted governmental perch, saying something once thought unspeakable, or making a noisy exit. He has […]