Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (CNN) – For the past three years I have taken part in what is known within a group of 50 business and policy

CNN) — With fresh sanctions looming from the European Union, Iran has indicated it’s ready to immediately resume talks with the international community over its nuclear

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (CNN) – China is thirsty for oil to fuel its economic boom – and it’s increasingly looking to Saudi Arabia to help quench that thirst.

CNN) — Saudi Arabia can make up for any loss of crude oil production if sanctions are placed on Iran, the country’s oil minister told CNN

London (CNN) — British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting Saudi Arabia, an important British partner in the Middle East, for the first time since he

(CNN) — When two important countries appear to be goading each other into a dangerous and meaningless war, it can be useful to take a deep

CNN) — Iran has threatened that it will retaliate against the Obama administration’s proposed new economic sanctions on Iran’s oil exports by blocking the flow of

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CNN) — It’s not often that the issue of polygamy makes it to the top of the political agenda. But in the past week it’s become

London (CNN) — Today, Keivan Mohammad Hassan lives a peaceful life with his family as a civil engineer in Sacramento, California. But things could easily be

Rome (CNN) — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday that he would resign after Parliament approves a new budget that includes austerity measures sought by

Altinozu, Turkey (CNN) — Gofran Hejazi does not know whether to refer to herself as a wife… or a widow. She and her four children have

(CNN) — The U.S. government’s newly revealed charges that Iran planned to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States is nothing short of mind-boggling. It

Iran and Saudi Arabia appear to be locked in a Middle East ‘Cold War’ amid allegations of a plot to kill a Saudi envoy. >>>

(CNN) — The European Union is set Monday to review sanctions against Iran and Syria for their brutal crackdowns on opposition movements, possibly increasing measures against

CNN) — Zainab Alhusni was a simple seamstress in Syria, well-loved by all her neighbors and friends. Now, in a tragic turn of events, she has

London (CNN) — Mohsen Makhmalbaf, one of Iran’s most high-profile film directors, has been on the move for six and a half years. He left Iran

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Shweyga Mullah gestures a greeting to her visitors at Tripoli’s burn hospital. Her head wrapped in fresh bandages, her frail body under

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A four-year-old boy looks straight into the camera. His eyes are dull, his tiny legs crossed underneath him. Choi is an

Cairo (CNN) — — Turkey’s prime minister planted himself at the heart of the Arab world’s turbulent politics on Tuesday, when he declared himself a champion

CNN) — A record 4 million people in Somalia need humanitarian aid and 750,000 people are in danger of “imminent starvation,” the United Nations said on

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Horrifying glimpses of the brutality underpinning the rule of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi emerged Sunday with news of a warehouse full of

Iran’s economic reforms From the White House to London’s House of Commons and beyond…few Westerners have anything nice to say about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But there’s

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) — Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, a son of Libya’s ruler Moammar Gadhafi and a top official in the regime, has been captured by opposition

London (CNN) — A country overrun by rioters. A government facing questions over policing. Its leader accused of having lost legitimacy. Sound familiar? But this