US President Joe Biden will host Jordan's King Abdullah II next week, the White House said Friday, as negotiations continue in the Middle East for a ceasefire in Gaza.The meeting will be "private" and ...

Al-Monitor’s coverage of the police action against Columbia demonstrators; Netanyahu’s Saudi temptation; Palestinian leaders chart statehood.

The arrival of CIA chief William Burns to Cairo may indicate that not all is lost, as Washington keeps pushing for Hamas to accept the hostage release deal.

Part of the shift in sentiment results from Oman’s decision to follow Saudi Arabia’s path in centralizing control of ...

An Iran-linked Bahraini armed group claimed a drone attack on Israel on Thursday, representing a possible widening of the ...

The office of International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan emphasized that attempts to influence the ICC's work constitute an offense against the administration of justice under the Rome Statute ...

Floods caused by torrential rainstorms killed four hikers in the Sulaimaniyah region of northern Iraq on Friday, local officials told AFP."Four members of a hiking team drowned because of heavy rains ...

The seasonally adjusted S&P Global UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 55.3 points in April, still indicating growth, but had been at 56.9 the previous month.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said Turkey's move to halt trade with Israel was designed to force the country to a ceasefire in Gaza.The decision, announced on Thursday, is the latest ...

International Criminal Court prosecutors warned on Friday against "individuals who threaten to retaliate" against the tribunal or its staff, saying such actions might constitute an "offence against ...

TEL AVIV — Israel is once again holding its breath in a nerve-racking wait for Hamas military commander Yahya Sinwar’s response to an Egyptian-brokered hostage deal proposal that the government has ...

Yemen's Huthi rebels on Friday threatened to extend their attacks on Israel-bound shipping to the Mediterranean after months of strikes on vessels in the Red Sea.The Iran-backed Huthis, who say they ...