Middle East

DUBAI, UAE/DOHA, Qatar—Even before taking over Qatar's energy policy in a government reshuffle last month, Qatar Petroleum (QP) CEO Saad al-Kaabi had long wanted the Gulf state to leave OPEC. ...

ANKARA—Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured in Turkey when a high speed train collided with a ...

OPEC and its allies defied market expectations last week and agreed 1.2 million barrels a day of production ...

BEIRUT—Lebanon hopes to reap an economic dividend as resources shift away from wars in the Middle East towards ...

BAGHDAD—A hush descended on central Baghdad on Dec. 10 as Iraqis observed a minute's silence for those killed ...

ROME—Italian prosecutors have placed five members of Egypt's security forces under official investigation for their alleged involvement in ...

JERUSALEM—Israel's military said on Dec. 4, it was beginning an operation to "expose and thwart" cross-border attack tunnels ...

SANAA—Authorities in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital Sanaa are sterilizing water supplies at wells, distribution networks and houses to ...

DOHA—Qatar said it will quit OPEC to focus on gas in a swipe at Saudi Arabia, the de ...

Iran has test-fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said ...

WASHINGTON—The United States on Nov. 28 indicted two Iranians for launching a major cyber attack using ransomware known ...

A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 27 in what appeared to be ...

LONDON—British academic Matthew Hedges arrived back in the UK on Nov. 27 and thanked his "brave and strong" ...

RAQQA, Syria—In the Syrian city of Raqqa, children wear hats, scarves, and coats to guard against the winter cold ...

DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Aramco will expand its market share in Asia despite likely OPEC limits on output next ...

"If there will be no education, all the youngsters will become fighters," says Abdulkafi Alhamdo

LONDON—A British academic who was jailed for life in the United Arab Emirates on charges of spying has ...

DUBAI—Iran said on Nov. 25 that no fatalities had been reported but that more than 400 people were ...

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Iran near its border with Iraq, said the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), ...

KABUL—A suicide blast at a mosque in an army base in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 23, killed at ...

LAHORE, Pakistan—The party of a radical Islamic cleric who disrupted daily life with rallies across Pakistan following the ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—A suicide bomb attack on a crowded festival and market in northwest Pakistan's northwest killed at least ...

Iran issued a warning to the United States about its missiles, saying American military bases in Qatar, Afghanistan, ...

LONDON—A UK academic has been sentenced to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after being ...

SANAA, Yemen—An estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak ...

Turkish media outlets have published portions of the purported audio recording of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder. Killers ...

KABUL, Afghanistan—A three-day meeting between the Taliban and the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan to pave the way for ...