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Saudi to ban foreigners from selling mobile phones, create jobs for citizens

In an effort to provide more jobs to Saudi Arabian citizens, the kingdom will ban foreign workers from selling and maintaining mobile phones and...

A return to regular activity in Iran

Iran said Sunday it will allow "low-risk" economic activities to resume from April 11 as its daily Coronavirus infection rates slowed for a fifth...

U.S. brings ambitious Syria peace plan to UN

Senior international envoys gather in New York Friday to seek UN backing for an ambitious US and Russian plan to bring about a negotiated...

Putin: Russia can make powerful Syria comeback within hours

Vladimir Putin said Russia's military success in Syria had allowed him to order a partial draw down of forces, but stressed the Kremlin could...

Netanyahu under fire over claim a Palestinian inspired Holocaust

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stirred controversy by suggesting the then head of the Muslim community in Jerusalem gave Hitler the idea to...

UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites

BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says Tehran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where Iran is suspected of...

Lebanese residency laws put Syrians at risk, says Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch says Lebanese residency laws are putting Syrian refugees in danger, arguing that the policies "set the stage for a potentially explosive...

Putin's "realpolitik" aims to make Russia indispensable 

By intervening in Syria, President Vladimir Putin has broken Russia's relative isolation and is making it the "indispensable nation" in conflicts in Syria, Ukraine...

British citizen arrested for alcohol in Saudi to be released next week

A British citizen arrested for producing and possessing alcohol in Saudi Arabia will likely be released and returned to Britain by next week, British...

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif visits Saudi Arabia

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday embarked a visit to Saudi Arabia and Iran to ease tensions...

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