Kingdom throws weight behind deal to make Hariri premier, Franjieh president
The Kingdom lent its backing on Thursday to a power-sharing plan for Lebanon, saying it hoped it would happen within weeks.
The proposal tabled by...
Travel ban in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Saudi Arabia, which had locked down its eastern Qatif region earlier this week, announced 24 new cases overnight, bringing its total to 45. It...
King Salman Humanitarian Centre signs agreement to help displaced Yemenis
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center signed a cooperation agreement Tuesday at the Saudi mission's headquarters at the United Nations.
The agreement will...
Political paralysis leaves Palestinians questioning their future
As Israel frets about the lifting of sanctions on Iran and its troubled relations with the European Union, on the other side of the...
Russia warns Assad on vow to retake all of Syria
Russia's envoy to the UN on Friday warned long-term ally President Bashar al-Assad over his vow to retake all of Syria, saying he faced...
Rare cyclone batters Yemen, thousands flee homes
A cyclone with hurricane-force winds made landfall on Yemen's Arabian Sea coast on Tuesday, flooding the country's fifth-largest city Mukalla and sending thousands of...
'Nothing new' from Russia-Turkey talks on downed fighter jet
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had heard "nothing new" from his Turkish counterpart on Thursday after the first high-level bilateral contact between...
Saudi 2016 growth to slow as debt rises and reserves drop
Saudi economic growth is set to slow further in 2016 after the OPEC heavyweight announced record deficits due to the slump in oil prices,...
Obama and Clinton scold Trump over proposed Muslim ban
Democratic President Barack Obama assailed Donald Trump's proposed U.S. ban on Muslim immigrants on Tuesday in an angry denunciation of the Republican presidential candidate's...
Lebanon protests clash with police leaving dozens wounded
Police forces clashed with angry protesters resulted in wounding dozens of the latter. This has accumulated upon the continuous delays in forming a government.
With...
