After years of getting everything they wanted, the Middle East’s biggest egos will have to learn to do with less as the new president focuses on crises at home. ( read original story ...)
Families Sue Saudi Arabia Over Pensacola Navy Base Shooting
The lawsuit claims Saudi Arabia failed to stop Mohammed Saeed Al-Shamrani from coming to the U.S. despite knowing he had been radicalized. ( read original story ...)
3 families sue Saudi Arabia over Florida shooting
The families of three U.S. service members killed and 13 others who were severely wounded at NAS Pensacola have sued Saudi Arabia over its role in the 2019 attack. ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia to stop contracting with firms without local headquarters
Saudi Arabia announced Feb. 15 that it plans to stop signing contracts with foreign companies that don’t have their Mideast headquarters in the kingdom, state-run media reported, a bold move that ... ( read original story ...)
Conditions-based negotiations, renewed NATO troop commitments needed in Afghanistan
It would be a grave mistake for the U.S. to pull out of Afghanistan entirely, or without plenty of pre-warning. ( read original story ...)
Rep. Biggs urges Biden to keep to timeline for US withdrawal from Afghanistan
Ariz., on Monday urged President Biden to keep to the current timeline for withdrawal from Afghanistan, warning that any delay could lead to a "slippery slope." ... ( read original story ...)
Pentagon Acknowledges ‘Uptick’ in Violence in Iraq, Declines to Name Iran
A second attack in two weeks against an area housing U.S. personnel on Monday bears all the signs of another act of violence by Iran, yet the Pentagon says it’s continuing to investigate. ( read original story ...)
Political row in Turkey as opposition asks ‘What happened to the $128bn in FX reserves?’
A political row has blown up in Turkey over a social media campaign by the main opposition party that demands to know what has happened to $128bn of ... ( read original story ...)
Carleton student Cihan Erdal, jailed in Turkey since September, to stand trial this spring
Cihan Erdal, a Carleton PhD student, has been jailed in Turkey since late September. jpg Article content. A Carleton University PhD student arrested while visiting Turkey last yea ... ( read original story ...)
Trump offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following Vietnam summit, source says
Then-President Donald Trump in 2019 offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following their Vietnam summit, a former senior administration official who was on the trip ... ( read original story ...)