Jamal Khashoggi

The DOJ releases transcript of Trump lawyers possibly obstruction-related voicemail for Flynn, but rebuffs federal judges request for more

Jamal Khashoggi given global press freedom award

Having served as a State Department Middle East adviser and negotiator on Arab-Israel matters for more than two decades in both Republican and Democratic Administrations, I’ve seen and helped concoct a few pretty odd and mostly unsuccessful peace plans. But r…

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf says Muslim nations must confront recent attacks blamed on Iran with "all means of force and firmness." The Associated Press Saudi Arabias foreign minister on Thursday urged Muslim nations to confront with all…

Michael Wolff's new book about President Trump, Siege: Trump Under Fire, offers many surprising stories but its power to shock may be limited. Most Americans have long since decided what they think of Trump. And most people who pay attention to such books ha…

US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner is leading a delegation to the Middle East, signalling a new push on a long-promised peace plan for the region. Kushner has been accompanied by Jason Greenblatt, Trump's special representative for internat…

On the Saturday before Memorial Day, American President Donald Trump, in one tweet, expressed “confidence” in the brutal dictator of North Korea and excused his recent aggressive behavior. At the same time, Trump ripped a lifelong public servant, Democratic p…

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over Iran on Friday, which allowed him to side-step Congress and move forward with a $8 billion weapons deal with Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, is set to offer himself as a mediator amid the escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran. Mr Trump landed in Tokyo on Saturday for a four-day visit during which Mr Abe will discuss the proposal with hi…

The Trump Administration has spent the past month ringing alarm bells over what it has called “troubling, escalatory and dangerous” behavior by Iran. Yet government officials have shown very little evidence to the American public about that supposed threat. …