The US, the UK and the European Union are making a new push to convince the United Arab Emirates to stop the flow of goods to Russia that could help it in the war against Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Saudi border forces accused of killing hundreds of people trying to cross the border from neighbouring Yemen, received training from the United States and Germany, according to the Guardian.
Saudi Arabia is considering bids to build a nuclear power station from countries including China, France and Russia as Riyadh seeks to sway Washington over a sensitive security pact, according to a report run by the Financial Times.
Qatar is balancing its relationships with both the US and China, and that one link does not damage the other, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani has stated.
More than a dozen human rights organizations penned a letter to United States President Joe Biden, urging Washington to press the Bahraini authorities to immediately release Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja, a prominent rights activist.
The family of a prominent political prisoner, who is a permanent US resident in Egypt, has condemned the Biden administration, accusing it of abandoning him after the prisoner informed his family that he is facing death while in detention.
A new report has suggested that the United States is not doing enough to support human rights in Egypt since the killing of over 900 pro-democracy protesters a decade ago in Cairo.
The United States is responsible for the military escalation in eastern Syria, where terror groups such as Daesh intensified their activities recently, the Syrian Foreign Ministry has announced.
The United States had encouraged the Pakistani government in March 2022 to remove former Prime Minister Imran Khan from office over his neutrality on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a classified Pakistani government document obtained by The Intercept.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has traveled to the United Arab Emirates after a visit to Saudi Arabia. The trip came amid Washington’s efforts to mend ties with the two Arab states and a recent American military buildup in West Asia.
US lawmakers have questioned whether Washington should continue security coordination with the Palestinian Authority (PA). Some politicians have blamed it on the deteriorating security situation in the occupied West Bank.
Public confidence in the US military has been constantly in decline over the past five years and it is now at its lowest level in two decades, a recent opinion poll shows. Gallup has linked the decline to the United States' poorly executed withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan.
A group of US senators and rights activists has urged the Biden administration to withhold a larger portion of US military aid to Egypt, saying the North African country’s human rights record “has continued to deteriorate” over the past year under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Saudi Arabia has detained five relatives of an American citizen, rights groups say, arguing that the detentions were made in retaliation for his family's failed lawsuit against the Saudi government in the United States.
Confidential documents provided new details about one of the most celebrated US military operations in recent history — and revealed flaws in the Pentagon's claim that deadly airstrikes on the Daesh leader in Syria did not hit civilians.
The Syrian Parliament has dismissed the latest report by the European Parliament on the humanitarian situation in the war-torn country as false. Damascus has urged the bloc to be “objective” and condemn “Washington’s plundering of Syrian energy and crops.”
US President Joe Biden congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the agreement reached with the Swedish prime minister over Sweden's NATO membership, according to the White House. They discussed defence priorities and regional stability and security at the NATO Summit.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has discussed support for Turkey's military modernization during a call with his Turkish counterpart, according to a US read-out released late Monday. It comes after Ankara announced it would back Sweden's NATO accession.
Islamabad has conveyed its strong reservations to Washington for its deepening defence ties with New Delhi, viewing the development as a direct threat to the country’s security interests.
A shooting incident outside the US Consulate in the Saudi port city of Jeddah has left two people dead — a Nepalese security guard and the gunman who initially opened fire. US and Saudi officials have confirmed the incident as investigations continue into the attack.
The United Nations has announced that the US government's treatment of the Guantanamo Bay inmates was cruel, inhuman and degrading under international law, calling Washington to apologise and provide reparations to the detainees.
Beijing-Washington relations have hit the lowest level since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at a meeting with visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
A Muslim group in the US has disclosed that the FBI's secret watchlist is overwhelmingly targeting Muslims, with more than 98% of the entries being Muslim names.
