Morocco says to cut UN Western Sahara mission after Ban remarks
Morocco's government said on Tuesday it would cut staff at the United Nations' Western Sahara mission and threatened to pull out of United Nations...
Oman builds industrial outpost in desert to diversify economy
On a stretch of barren coast 550 km (345 miles) south of the capital Muscat, workers at a ship repair yard swarm over cargo...
Britain says Islamic State militants plotting deadly cyber attacks
Islamic State militants are trying to develop the capability to launch deadly cyber attacks against Britain's infrastructure, finance minister George Osborne will say on...
New Saudi-Iran crisis threatens wider escalation
The last time Saudi Arabia broke off ties with Iran, after its embassy in Tehran was stormed by protesters in 1988, it took a...
Syrian rebels recapture village, pictures of aftermath of Russian airstrikes
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Syrian rebels recaptured a village in the country's west on Friday, days after it was seized by government troops as part of a major...
Saudi says oil price slump should not stop investment
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi called for sustained investment in new output capacity Thursday despite the slump in world prices.
Naimi said global production lost...
Saudi Arabia's new jihadists poorly trained but hard to stop
Technical hitches limited the death tolls in three suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia but the apparent coordination of the blasts suggests jihadis have the...
World leaders react to Hajj stampede
Hours after a stampede in the tent city of Mina claimed at least 717 lives and 863 other injuries, world leaders have reacted by...
Assad backs Syria truce, accuses opposition of violations
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad described the cessation of hostilities in force since Saturday as a "glimmer of hope" and accused the opposition of violating...
Rouhani: Boosting Middle East economy is way to beat extremism
Generating economic growth in the Middle East is crucial to defeating extremism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, putting forward his country as...
