Asia

By:Doug Bandow  Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz has shaken his nation’s closed political system by making his youngest son his heir. Although heralded as a “modernizer,” 31-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, is the architect of Riyadh’s disastrous attack on...

The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the demand by four Arab states to shut down Al Jazeera. In an exclusive interview, he also said the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen amounts to an invasion. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates...

By Phil Stewart | WASHINGTON When U.S. President Donald Trump boasted early last week that he had sent an "armada" as a warning to North Korea, the aircraft carrier strike group he spoke of was still far from the Korean peninsula, and headed in the...

Malaysia quickly responds by imposing a similar ban on North Koreans as tensions swirls over killing of King Jong-nam.   North Korea has barred Malaysians from leaving the country, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong-nam sought to question up...

Qatar plans to allow some expatriates to obtain permanent residency, state news agency reported, in the first move of its kind among Gulf Arab states. A draft law approved at a cabinet meeting will allow permanent residence to the children of Qatari women married to...

US news reports say Israel was the source of intelligence that President Donald Trump disclosed to the Russians during a White House meeting last week, igniting further controversy for the beleaguered administration. According to a New York Times report on Tuesday,Israel was the source that...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S.'s top diplomat was expected to travel back to Qatar on Thursday for more talks with the country's 37-year-old a day after wrapping up discussions with the king of Saudi Arabia and other officials from Arab countries...

sraeli army detained 6,742 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank in 2017, according to data released by Palestinian organizations on Sunday. In a joint statement, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)-linked Palestinian Committee of Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners Committee,...

By Polina Devitt and Andrew Osborn | MOSCOW A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board, Russian authorities said. The...

Taliban fighters attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz overnight, entering urban areas and threatening a repeat of the assault in which they seized the city exactly a year ago. Sheer Ali Kamawal, commander of the 808 Tandar police zone in Kunduz, said the attack...