18 dead in week of Saudi rains and flooding
Eighteen people have been killed during heavy rains and floods over the past week in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Thursday.
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ISIS suicide attack in mostly Kurdish Syria town kills 44
A suicide bomber riding an empty livestock truck laden with explosives blew himself up Wednesday in a crowded district in the predominantly Kurdish town...
Riyadh finance district project will transfer to Public Investment Fund
Saudi Arabia is to transfer ownership of Riyadh's floundering King Abdullah Financial District to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) from the Public Pension Agency...
US Embassy: Several Americans missing in Iraq
The U.S. Embassy confirmed Sunday that “several” Americans have gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in...
Syrian army sends reinforcements to Aleppo
The Syrian army was on Monday reported to be sending reinforcements to Aleppo, where renewed fighting is threatening a fragile truce in the run-up...
ISIS seizes villages north of Aleppo city, Syria
Islamic State militants seized several villages from rival insurgents north of Aleppo city Friday, in a surprise attack that came despite intensive Russian airstrikes...
Nearly 30 dead in al-Qaeda attack and clashes in Yemen
At least 15 Yemen soldiers and 14 militants have been killed in an attack by al Qaeda on a military post in the eastern...
Syrian PYD Kurds not invited to Geneva talks, leader says
Syrian Kurdish officials have yet to be invited by the United Nations to attend this week's proposed Syrian peace talks, Saleh Muslim, the leader...
Cameron to press Saudi Arabia over Briton facing 350 lashes
British Prime Minister David Cameron will intervene in the case of an elderly Briton facing 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia after being caught with...
UN urges Russia and U.S. to push nationwide Syria ceasefire
The United Nations mediator in the Syrian conflict called on the United States and Russian Federation to try to salvage and renew a cessation...
