Top Saudi clerical body renews fatwa against Pokemon
Saudi Arabia's top clerical body has renewed a 15-year-old edict that the Pokemon game franchise is un-Islamic, Saudi media said on Wednesday, although the...
Saudi Arabia kills two militant suspects in southwest, arrests third
Saudi security forces killed two militant suspects and arrested a third in a two-day operation in southwestern Bisha province, the Ministry of Interior said...
Hamburg Islamist knife attacker gets life in prison
A Palestinian jihadist who killed one man and wounded six other people in a German supermarket knife rampage last year was sentenced on Thursday...
Yemen’s Saleh warns Saudi Arabia: War has not started yet
Yemen’s former President, Ali Abdullah Saleh Sunday threatened Saudi Arabia that his militia forces will be in the front line in any future war...
Saudi court sentences two to death for killing army colonel
A Saudi court sentenced two men it said were al Qaeda followers to death on charges of decapitating a Saudi intelligence service colonel in...
Libya factions reach tentative deal
Libya's two rival parliaments have reached an initial agreement aimed at resolving the political crisis that has plagued the country for years.
The deal, agreed...
Egypt’s president: More funds needed to overhaul railway
Egypt's president says his cash-strapped government lacks about 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or $14.1 billion, to overhaul the country's run-down railway system.
Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's remarks...
Bahrain says Gulf Arabs serious about standing up to Iran
Bahrain's foreign minister said on Friday that Gulf Arab states were prepared to confront Iran over its foreign policy and Tehran should drop its...
Saudi-Iran crisis punches another hole in OPEC unity
Escalating diplomatic tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia have added fresh strains on OPEC's unity as the cartel grapples with a common response to...
11 children killed in Afghan suicide attack on foreign convoy: officials
A suicide attack on a foreign military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Monday killed at least 11 children who were nearby, officials said, amid...
