US approves $1.15 billion sale of tanks and other equipment to Saudi
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment, worth...
David Cameron announces 5,000-strong 'strike brigades' to take the fight to terrorists
Britain will spend £178 billion on military equipment over the next decade, David Cameron announces as he vows to 'defeat the terrorist threat' and...
12 educational TV channels launched
Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil has launched 12 educational satellite television channels, two of which offer classes for students near the southern border, where the...
Yemen ceasefire takes effect as U.N. talks open
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen said on Tuesday that a ceasefire had begun at noon (0900 GMT) as scheduled.
Coalition spokesman...
Yemeni resistance foils rebel attack in Taiz
Yemeni national resistance foiled an attacked launched by the Houthi militias and their allies in the Southwestern town of Taiz and inflicted heavy losses...
The Kingdom seizes 5 million hoarded masks amid Virus outbreak
State media reported Sunday that Saudi authorities have seized more than five million medical masks that were illegally stockpiled amid the Coronavirus outbreak, as...
Poor conditions prevail in Lebanon refugee camps
With at least 1.5 million Syrians who have fled the war, Lebanon is home to tens of thousands of refugees in camps that over...
Afghan government says mother’s name can go on birth certificates
KABUL (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Afghan government has accepted a proposal to put mothers' names on their children's birth certificates, in a rare...
Deals, protests greet Iran’s president in Paris
France welcomed Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on Thursday with a lucrative car-making agreement and pledges to boost trade after a diplomatic deal easing nuclear...
US envoys discuss Israeli-Palestinian peace with Netanyahu
The Israeli prime minister Friday held talks with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Jason Greenblatt and adviser Jared Kushner on the stalled Israeli-Palestinian...
