China's Xi opens refinery with Saudi King Salman
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi King Salman on Wednesday attended a ceremony to mark the opening of a joint-venture refinery, a symbol of...
Airstrike Hits ISIS Convoy in Syria, 40 Fighters killed
Air strikes on a convoy of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group killed at least 40 militants in central Syria at...
Turkey will activate rules of engagement if air space violated: PM Warns
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday warned that Ankara would activate military rules of engagement irrespective of who violates its air space.
“Our rules...
Philippines’ Duterte orders lifting of labour deployment ban to Kuwait
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday the "total" lifting of a ban on Filipinos working in Kuwait after the two countries agreed on...
Israeli minister: Gaza casualties don’t tell the story
A senior Israeli Cabinet minister on Monday rejected international criticism of Israel's open-fire policies along the Gaza border, saying the disproportionate number of Palestinian...
Al-Maliki thugs force top Saudi paper to halt Iraq operation
JEDDAH: Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, sister publication of Arab News, has announced that it is shutting down operations temporarily in Iraq because of repeated harassment...
Saudi and Turkey voice support for Syrian opposition
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Sunday voiced support for Syrian opposition figures who have travelled to Geneva...
19 pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia bus accident
At least 19 pilgrims died, all of them Egyptian, and 22 were injured early on Saturday when their bus overturned in western Saudi Arabia,...
Syria’s Kafranbel, the icon of the revolution, recaptured
Kafranbel this week became the latest to be seized in a blistering government onslaught against the last rebel bastion in northwestern Syria.
The Syrian town...
Israeli premier reaches deal with allies to avert elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a late-night compromise with his ultra-Orthodox coalition allies that could avert early elections.
A parliamentary committee approved a...
