Saudi Binladin Group sanctions won't hit current projects – Saudi official
Saudi Arabia will keep making payments to Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) for ongoing work and its review of the company's current jobs after last...
Lebanon turns down Russian navy request to divert flights
Lebanon has turned down a Russian request to divert civilian flights in some areas so Moscow can conduct a naval exercise in the Mediterranean...
Iraq to use new electronic system in May elections
Iraq says a new electronic system will be used to limit fraud in next month's national elections, and will allow for the announcement of...
Palestinians welcome UN call for settlement database
The Palestinian government has hailed the decision by the United Nations to establish a database of companies working in Israeli settlements, a ruling that...
Truce takes hold in Aleppo but fighting goes on elsewhere in Syria
A cessation of hostilities agreement brokered by Russia and the United States brought a measure of relief to the battered Syrian city of Aleppo...
New Saudi oil minister believes in low prices and reform
It was January 2016 and oil prices had crashed to their lowest in more than a decade.
Saudi Arabia's health minister, Khalid al-Falih, a favourite...
Britain says Iran’s treatment of jailed aid worker is unacceptable
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Iran's continued detention of jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazan in Zaghari-Ratcliffeis unacceptable, British trade minister Liam Fox said on...
UN chief urges compromise, realism between Saudis and Iran
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon used a stopover in the Middle East to urge Saudi Arabia and Iran to compromise and interact responsibly,...
Russia parades Syrian ‘witnesses’ to disprove gas attack
Russian diplomats brought alleged "witnesses" from Syria, including an 11-year-old child, to the headquarters of the global chemical weapons watchdog in the Netherlands to...
Yemen peace talks adjourn until 15 July
United Nations-mediated talks to end more than a year of war in Yemen have adjourned and will reconvene in Kuwait on July 15 after...
