Dr Amal Al Qubaisi makes history as the first woman speaker in the U.AE...
Dr Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, first deputy speaker of the Federal National Council, made history on Tuesday when she chaired the House session.
Having a...
Saudi King receives Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz met with Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto in Riyadh on Sunday where both counties signed cooperation pacts.
Saudi Arabia...
Dubai investigates cause of New Year's Eve hotel inferno
Smoke was still rising from a 63-storey luxury hotel in Dubai Friday as authorities worked to determine the cause of a spectacular fire that...
Libyans investigating Gaddafi son's case leave Lebanon amid threat
A Lebanese security official says members of a Libyan fact-finding mission who came to Beirut to investigate the case of a detained son of...
Yemen central bank stops guarantees for rice and sugar imports
Yemen's central bank has told traders and local banks it will no longer provide lines of credit for the import of sugar and rice...
Jabhat al-Nusra reject Syria truce, urge stronger attacks
The al Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra rejected on Friday the cessation of hostilities in Syria due to begin at midnight, and urged insurgents to intensify...
Rains cause flooding northwest of Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh
Seasonal rains have caused flooding in a city northwest of Saudi Arabia's capital.
The state-run Saudi Press Agency said the rains Wednesday struck the city...
Former investment chief is new Saudi ambassador to Washington
Saudi Arabia's new ambassador to the United States is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, a British-educated former head of the kingdom's...
Saudi 2016 budget marks end of era for lavish Gulf subsidies
An austere state budget released by Saudi Arabia this week is likely to mark the end of an era for the Gulf's lavish cradle-to-grave...
IISS: Gulf coalition in Yemen is largely successful despite Western Skepticism
The Annual Review of World Affairs assesses the events and themes of the year region by region. It includes essays that analyse the changes...
