Gunmen shoot Egypt university dean
Masked men on a motorcycle shot and wounded the dean of an Egyptian university Thursday outside his home, police said.
Abdel Hakim Nur al-Din, head...
OPEC fails to agree policy but Saudis pledge no shocks
Saudi Arabia promised on Thursday not to flood the oil market with extra barrels even as OPEC failed to agree on output policy, with...
Saudi Arabia allocates scholarships for 3,000 Syrian students
The Saudi government said Wednesday it would be sponsoring 3,000 students in various public academic institutions of higher education in the Kingdom.
The Saudi Ministry...
Rights group: Libya militias used machine guns on protesters
CAIRO (AP) — A prominent human rights organization Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to the Tripoli-based government of using heavy weapons to disperse...
Oil falls to 11-year low, Saudi-Iran row seen making output restraint unlikely
Oil fell to its lowest in more than 11 years on Wednesday, down around 2 percent, as the row between Saudi Arabia and Iran...
Saudi Coalition Seizes Iranian Boat Carrying Weapons to Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen said Wednesday that it had foiled an attempt by Tehran to smuggle a huge...
Commons to vote on Syria airstrikes amid Labour infighting
Britain’s parliament is set to vote on Wednesday to approve air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria after months of wrangling over whether enough...
Truce takes hold in Aleppo but fighting goes on elsewhere in Syria
A cessation of hostilities agreement brokered by Russia and the United States brought a measure of relief to the battered Syrian city of Aleppo...
Mecca summit supports Palestinians, backs Saudis in Iran standoff
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 1, 2019 (AFP) - A Saudi-hosted Islamic summit on Saturday threw its support behind Palestinians ahead of a US-led peace...
Russian ground troops won't take part in battlefield operations in Syria: Admiral said
Russia is not conducting operations in Syria involving its own ground troops and will not do so, Admiral Vladimir Komoyedov, the head of the...
