The U.S. Navy says it has stopped a pirate attack on a merchant vessel north of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.

A U.S. Navy ship rescued a small boat carrying about 70 people, some suffering from severe dehydration, in the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia, the military said Monday.The USS Russell responded to a ship distress call on Sunday and found...

Bahrain’s state-run news agency reports that the tiny Gulf state is getting ready to open an embassy in Baghdad.The Bahrain News Agency quotes the foreign minister as saying the island kingdom “is in the phase of naming an...

The only Jewish woman lawmaker in Bahrain is a candidate to become this Persian Gulf kingdom’s ambassador to Washington.Asked about local media reports that she had been chosen for the post, Huda Nono, a legislator in the Shura Council, said...

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, pressing Arab nations for financial and political support of Iraq, said Monday that Baghdad’s neighbors had taken a “good step forward” by pledging to do more to include the country in regional...

Citing an overall improvement in the level of violence in Iraq, the United States was encouraging Iraq’s Arab neighbors to back statements of support for Baghdad with money and political capital.Iraq sent its foreign minister to a gathering...

In the Mid East there’s a great rivalry emerging; a desire amongst the various nations to put themselves on to the architectural maps. Add to this list the Kingdom of Bahrain, which is envisaging the world’s tallest arch! The Muharraq...

A naval commander told President Bush on Sunday that he is taking the recent confrontation between Iranian and U.S. Navy forces in the Persian Gulf “deadly seriously.”White House press secretary Dana Perino said Bush did not raise the...

A sailor from USS Hopper went overboard during U.S. Navy operations in the Arabian Sea, the U.S. military said Friday.The sailor went missing Thursday around 7:30 a.m. local time while the ship was conducting maritime security operations, said...

More than a dozen people detained during recent Shiite protests were charged Thursday with attempted murder, illegal assembly and rioting, a defense lawyer and a local rights group said.Defense lawyer Mohammed al-Jashi said three people were...