The Trump administration wants Saudi Arabia to open its airspace to Qatari flights that are currently paying millions of dollars to route over Iran.
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Donors Pledge Less Aid to Afghanistan During a Violent Chapter
Intense violence, including a deadly market bombing on Tuesday in one of the few remaining Afghan havens, Bamiyan, has Afghan officials pleading for continued assistance.
Qatar Charges Airport Police After Female Passengers Are Strip-Searched
Officials also said they had identified the mother of a baby abandoned at the airport, and that they were seeking to extradite her and charge her with attempted murder.
Christopher Miller Named Acting Defense Secretary
President Trump’s new acting secretary of defense began a since-aborted diplomatic gambit last month to negotiate with a Somali terrorist group — drawing the ire of the secretary of state.
Qatar ‘Regrets’ Strip-Searches Over Abandoned Baby
Women were pulled from multiple flights and strip-searched, the Australian government said, after a newborn baby was found in an airport restroom.
Taliban Test Afghan and U.S. Resolve in Talks by Attacking a City
The insurgents have opened an offensive against the capital of Helmand Province even as their negotiators remain at the table in Qatar.
U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Reduced to 8,600, General Says
The phased troop withdrawal has continued on schedule, even as other parts of a peace deal with the Taliban have faced setbacks and delays.
Virus Forces Persian Gulf States to Reckon With Migrant Labor
The Mideast’s wealthiest countries depend on foreigners to do jobs their citizens won’t. But the virus has hobbled the arrangement and drawn attention to its inequities.
Concerns of a Coup Stir in Sudan as Capital Braces for a Virus Lockdown
Civilian and military leaders are jostling for power as the capital, Khartoum, begins a three-week lockdown on Saturday.
Coronavirus Fears Terrify and Impoverish Migrants in the Persian Gulf
Millions of migrant workers in Gulf countries have found themselves locked down, laid off and stranded, with no place to turn for help.