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UN seeks major aid boost for Syrian 'catastrophe'
International aid officials are framing their latest gathering on Syria's humanitarian crises in terms not seen in the region since the height of the ...
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen succumbs to wounds
Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen died of wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack last year in southern Yemen, the country's official news agency and a ...
In Davos, examining the Arab Spring's mixed bag
The convulsions of the Arab world are taking center stage at this year's World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, where leaders and experts are much ...
Turkey: Syrian regime's actions equal war crimes
Syria's bombardment of its citizens should be declared a war crime and aid groups must be given greater access to the millions suffering there, ...
Egypt's top cleric cancels Saudi trip over slight
Cairo airport officials say Egypt's top Muslim cleric cancelled a visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of its monarch when he discovered that ...
Egypt's Morsi opposes French intervention in Mali
Egypt's Islamist president on Monday stated his opposition to France's military intervention in Mali, saying its actions there would create a "new ...
Arab League: Syria envoy mission makes no progress
The Arab League chief says the mission of the international envoy tasked with resolving Syria's crisis has not yielded even a "flicker of hope." Nabil ...
Egyptian lawyer sentenced for drug smuggling
An Egyptian human rights lawyer was convicted Tuesday by a Saudi court for smuggling drugs into the kingdom and sentenced to five years in prison and ...
Al-Qaida presence in Mali, Yemen and Afghanistan
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday to discuss bringing down the curtain in the long Afghan war. As U.S.
Saudi king grants women seats on advisory council
Saudi Arabia's king granted women seats on the country's top advisory council for the first time on Friday, giving them a long-awaited toehold in the ...
Gulf rulers take sharper aim at Web dissent
Something unusual happened on Kuwait's normally boisterous online universe after back-to-back convictions this week for insulting the emir on Twitter: ...
Saudi executes maid despite appeals for reprieve
Saudi authorities say a Sri Lankan domestic worker has been executed for killing a Saudi baby in her care in 2005. The case spurred global appeals to ...
Winter storm brings more misery to Syrian refugees
A winter storm is magnifying the misery for tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the country's civil war, turning a refugee camp into a muddy swamp ...
Syrian president to give speech Sunday
Syrian President Bashar Assad will deliver a speech on Sunday in a rare address to the nation, state media said, as rebels fighting to topple his ...
Correction: Obit-Schwarzkopf story
In a story Dec. 28 about the death of U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, The Associated Press reported erroneously the date of Schwarzkopf's birth. He was ...
Saudi's top cleric warns against mixing of genders
Saudi Arabia's top cleric on Friday warned against the mixing of the genders, saying it poses a threat to female chastity and society, as the kingdom ...
Saudis flee dry kingdom to Bahrain for New Year
Residents of Saudi Arabia, where booze and New Year's celebrations are banned, flooded into neighboring Bahrain in search of festivities to ring in ...
Saudi 2013 budget sees revenues over $220 billion
Saudi Arabia's official news agency says King Abdullah's cabinet has approved the kingdom's largest ever annual budget, projecting revenues of 829 ...
Saudi Arabia says man shot dead in Shiite oil area
A security official in Saudi Arabia says a man was killed in clashes with police in an oil-rich eastern region, where the country's Shiite minority ...
Correction: Bahrain-Security Summit story
In a story Dec. 8 about a security summit in Bahrain, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Prince ...
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...
Cuts to ranks may shock, but it's happened before
A war over, the Army heeds Congress' demands to cuts costs by paring its ranks. But the nation's economy is weak, and unemployment rates are high.
Egypt orders probe into alleged vote violations
Thousands of Egyptian protesters marched on the presidential palace and Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square on Tuesday to protest a contentious ...
More than 3,000 Saudis support women driving
A Saudi online newspaper says more than 3,000 nationals of the kingdom, including prominent writers and academics, have endorsed a study that ...
OPEC not concerned about US pickup in oil output
OPEC does not see increased U.S. oil output as a threat to its interests but is skeptical about current forecasts on the boom of American shale oil ...