Middle East

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The powerful young prince overseeing Saudi Arabia's economy unveiled ambitious plans on Monday aimed at ending the kingdom's "addiction" to oil and transforming it into a global investment power.

President Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia met in Riyadh on Wednesday amid growing tensions between the two countries as some U.S. lawmakers are backing a bill that would allow families of 9-11 victims to sue the Middle East kingdom.

In the wake of terror attacks in Brussels, Belgium and reports ISIS has trained 400 fighters and sent them to Europe, Adam Ereli, former State Department spokesman and ambassador to Bahrain, weighed in on the fight against ISIS and efforts to prevent terrorism.

With a big win in the Utah primary, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz weighed in on the state of his presidential bid and the fight against terrorism.

A suicide bomber killed four people on Saturday in a busy shopping district in the heart of Istanbul, pushing the death toll from four separate suicide attacks in Turkey this year to more than 80. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the blast was "inhumane" and would not stop Turkey, which has been targeted by Kurdish and Islamic State militants, from fighting "centers of terrorism".

Iran and six world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday that lifts sanctions on the nation in return for long-term curbs on Iran's nuclear program, ending more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East.