PM called off first official trip to UAE last week at the last minute, blaming Jordan for failing to approve flyover; Jordan confirms closing its airspace over diplomatic spat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he was deterred from flying to the United Arab Emirates through Saudi airspace last …

The announcement comes a year after the Trump administration slashed $73 million in assistance over concerns the Houthis were diverting the aid. The United States is restoring aid to Houthi-held parts of northern Yemen “to help meet the region’s critical needs,” the US special envoy for the war-torn country confirmed …

Thirty-one member countries at the UN Human Rights Council issued a rare rebuke of Cairo’s crackdown on peaceful dissent. The United States joined 30 other countries on Friday to express concern over “the trajectory of human rights in Egypt” and the Egyptian government’s use of counterterrorism laws to crush peaceful …