Saudi Arabia releases 1,000 Ethiopian prisoners
Saudi Arabia has agreed to release 1,000 Ethiopian nationals who have been in prison in the Gulf state for a variety of offences, Ethiopian...
ISIS release new video threatening more attacks
The Isis militant group has released a new video in the French language, celebrating the Paris attacks and threatening more violence to come.
The footage,...
Saudi seen rejecting calls for OPEC cuts as rivals pump more
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies will reject calls from fellow OPEC members to cut output, Iran said on Wednesday, two days before the...
Egypt: no evidence of terrorism in Russian plane crash
Egypt said on Monday it had found no evidence so far of terrorism or other illegal action linked to the crash of a Russian...
Yemen government forces capture Al-Hazm as peace talks go on
Yemeni troops loyal to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi gained control of an important northwestern city on Friday, residents and tribal sources said, as a...
Syrian government ready to take part in UN peace talks
Syria is ready to take part in U.N.-organized peace talks and hopes the dialogue will help the country find a solution to the crisis,...
Madaya Syria: Aid convoy enters besieged town
An aid convoy entered a besieged Syrian town on Monday where thousands have been trapped without supplies for months and people are reported to...
Army chiefs of anti-terror coalition meet in Saudi
Military chiefs from 39 countries met Sunday in Riyadh for talks on a Saudi-initiated international "anti-terrorism" coalition.
Saudi Arabia announced the creation of the coalition...
China repeats opposition to force in Syria
China's foreign minister has repeated his country's opposition to the use of force to resolve the crisis in Syria, saying that a political solution...
World Bank to provide Egypt with first $1 billion of $3 billion loan
The World Bank will provide the first $1 billion tranche of a $3 billion loan to Egypt after parliament approves the government's economic programme,...
