China envoy calls for calm and restraint between Saudi and Iran
A Chinese envoy who visited Saudi Arabia and Iran over the past week has called for both countries to exercise calm and restraint amid...
Oman's top diplomat meets Assad in rare Syria visit
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Oman's top diplomat, Yussef bin Alawi, in Damascus on Monday, in a rare visit for a Gulf official...
Erdogan vows to build barracks in central Istanbul after failed coup
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Tuesday to revive plans for an Istanbul park that sparked anti-government protests in 2013, saying a failed coup...
Half the planet confined at home amid Coronavirus
There are now more than 1.2 million confirmed cases across the globe, and around 65,000 people have died since the virus first emerged in...
Syria says top rebel leader killed in aerial raid on Damascus suburbs
The Syrian army said on Friday top rebel leader Zahran Alloush had been killed in an aerial raid on a base in his Eastern...
In Kuwait, IMF's Lagarde touts power of Islamic finance
The head of the International Monetary Fund says Islamic finance offers the possibility of extending banking services to many who are underserved in the...
Egypt forces kill 12 militants in western desert clashes – state news
CAIRO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have killed 12 armed militants in the country's western desert, in an operation carried out after...
375 Saudi civilians killed on its border in Yemen war
Mortars and rockets fired at Saudi Arabian towns and villages have killed 375 civilians, including 63 children, since the start of the Saudi-led military...
Saudi Prince Mohammed and UN chief talk protecting Yemen's children
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince on Wednesday and the pair discussed improving civilian protection in Yemen after...
Kurdish-allied Arab fighters move to Syria’s Afrin from IS fronts
Kurdish-allied Syrian Arab militias are redeploying 1,700 fighters from fronts against Islamic State to the Afrin region to help fend off a Turkish offensive,...
