Category: 3. Middle East

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has lifted its travel ban on Saad Almadi, a US-Saudi citizen who was held over tweets that were critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his family said in a statement.

Almadi’s release comes as the Saudi crown…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A jovial US President Donald Trump held a warm and friendly meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House, packed with plenty of handshakes and back pats. He brushed aside questions about Saudi…

By Sarah Marsh

WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) -Germany’s interior minister on Wednesday backed Berlin’s decision to strip a man of his citizenship for supporting Hamas, saying naturalised citizens should forfeit their nationality when they are…

By Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers cautioned against ushering in a nuclear arms race in the Middle East after the United States and Saudi Arabia said they signed an initial agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said he will work to help end the war in Sudan after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to get involved in the matter.

“We’ve already started working on that,” Trump said at a Saudi…

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would start “working” to end the war in Sudan, after visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman asked him to help solve the devastating conflict.

Trump has until now barely commented on the conflict…

At least 25 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run health ministry has said.

Ten people, including a woman and a young girl, were killed when a ministry of religious endowments building in the…

Palestinian Authority textbooks continue to glorify terror, demonize Israelis, traffic in antisemitic themes and advance exclusivist nationalist rhetoric despite promises to implement reforms, a comprehensive study of the authority’s…