A year's worth of rain in Qatar as floods hit Saudi Arabia
A year's worth of rain deluged parts of Qatar on Wednesday as seasonal storms moving through Saudi Arabia flooded streets in a city northwest...
'Bachelor ban': Qatar considers family-only mall days
Qatar's only directly elected body is to vote on introducing family-only days at major shopping malls in a move dubbed a "bachelor ban" that...
Doubling numbers on HIV drugs could 'break' epidemic: UN
The UN on Tuesday urged countries to "break the AIDS epidemic" by doubling the number of people receiving HIV treatment within the next five...
Ministry opens all job opportunities for women
Under pressure from the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Saudi Ministry of Labor has dropped a clause which protected women workers from hazardous and...
92% of Saudis reject Daesh – Think tank
JEDDAH/ABHA: A whopping 92 percent of Saudis reject the Daesh terrorist group according to new research conducted by an American think tank.
The study was...
Purchasing power in Syria drops 80 percent since war: report
Residents of war-torn Syria have seen their purchasing power drop by an estimated 80 percent since the beginning of the country's conflict in 2011,...
Qatar slavery museum aims to address modern exploitation
Amid thatched ceilings and arched doorways in a traditional Qatari house in Doha, a projector beams a quote by Abraham Lincoln onto a wall:...
New apps help Palestinians navigate Israeli checkpoints
A pair of new mobile apps hopes to help Palestinians navigate their way around snarled traffic at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, offering...
2 electrocuted in Saudi Arabia amid severe thunderstorms
Saudi officials say two people were killed when they were electrocuted by a downed lamp post in Jeddah as severe thunderstorms forced schools and...
FIFA candidate Ali urges football to help fight extremism
FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein wants football leaders to help him find ideas to fight extremism and terrorism.
Prince Ali asks FIFA member...
