8 Saudi Arabian civilians injured from Yemen cross-border shelling
Eight civilians including two children were wounded in Saudi Arabia from Yemeni cross-border shelling, the civil defence agency said on Wednesday.
The attack hit two...
Kuwait MPs demand 24 officials prosecuted over Dow deal
Kuwaiti MPs called on the government Wednesday to refer 24 ex-oil officials to the public prosecutor over a scrapped deal with US firm Dow...
Egypt court orders retrial for Mubarak
An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered a final retrial in a corruption case against Ahmed Nazif, who was prime minister under ousted president Hosni...
'Erdogan and his family' involved in oil trade with ISIS: Russian defence ministry
Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trade with Islamic State jihadists,...
Iraqi PM to US: We Don't Need Your Boots on the Ground to Fight...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ruled out supporting the deployment of US ground forces in the country to fight against jihadist groups like...
Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the...
Divorced and widowed Saudi women to get greater legal powers
Saudi Arabia will let divorced women and widows manage family affairs without approval from a man or a court order, a state-aligned newspaper said...
Still No Proof? Free Syrian Army Can Verify Daesh Oil Deliveries to Turkey
The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has announced it has copies of the contracts signed by Turkey on the purchase of crude oil from Daesh...
180 killed in Houthi push for Saudi territory, in Yemen
About 180 Houthi rebels died in a major push on the Yemeni-Saudi Arabian border yesterday to try to capture territory inside the kingdom.
“There was...
‘No forgiveness’ as Pakistan hangs four for Taliban school massacre
Pakistan executed four men linked to a Taliban massacre in which more than 130 schoolchildren were killed, with parents of victims saying the convicts...
