For the first time in its history Saudi Arabia has appointed women to senior positions in national financial institutions, marking a dramatic social shift in the highly-conservative nation with strict laws curtailing female independence.

Saudi Arabia, which is leading a military intervention in Yemen, is the world’s second-largest arms importer, according to a new report. Riyadh’s arms imports increased 212 percent compared with 2007–11, with the US remaining

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has dismissed as “unsubstantiated” recent allegations claiming Moscow was involved in last year’s Montenegro coup attempt, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was “irresponsible ” to make such

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit, reportedly for discussions on defeating the Islamic State terrorist group. He said earlier on Monday that the US military is not