AFC moves Saudi-Iran Champions League ties to neutral venues
Saudi Arabian clubs will play Champions League matches against Iranian teams at neutral venues this year because of the lack of improvement in relations...
Egypt urges boycott of BBC after report on disappearances
Egypt's state media body is calling on officials and the "elite" to boycott the BBC after it broadcast a report on the repression of...
China sends envoy to Saudi and Iran amid feud
China has sent an envoy to Saudi Arabia and Iran amid an escalating feud, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, calling on all sides...
Iraq recovers bodies of 38 Indians abducted by IS in 2014
Iraqi authorities have discovered a mass grave with the bodies of 38 Indian construction workers abducted when Islamic State militants overran the northern...
Egypt sees World Bank funds arriving soon, looks for Saudi aid
Egypt expects to receive a $1 billion World Bank loan approved in December once outstanding paperwork is finalised and is negotiating to secure more...
Senior Saudi prince condemns Trump’s “opportunistic” Jerusalem move
Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal has criticised U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in one of the sharpest...
Turkish police arrest 50 in Ankara bombing probe
Turkish police arrested around 50 foreign nationals in Istanbul early Sunday in a sweep targeting jihadists of the Islamic State group suspected of involvement...
Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes
Riyadh (AFP) - Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness -- and fears of economic ruin -- haunt the usually...
U.S. officials: ISIS oil going to Assad, some to Turkey
ISIS has made more than $500 million trading oil with significant volumes sold to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some finding...
FIFA allows Palestine to host Saudi Arabia in World Cup qualifier
FIFA says the Palestinian national team will host a postponed World Cup qualifying match against Saudi Arabia on home territory on Nov. 5.
The agreement...
