Saudi to overhaul floundering financial district and economic cities
Saudi Arabia is revising plans for a glitzy financial district in Riyadh and the creation of six industrial cities, after the projects were plagued...
FIFA allows Palestine to host Saudi Arabia in World Cup qualifier
FIFA says the Palestinian national team will host a postponed World Cup qualifying match against Saudi Arabia on home territory on Nov. 5.
The agreement...
WHO says misdiagnosis in Saudi caused MERS outbreak
The wrong diagnosis of a woman suffering from the MERS coronavirus led to more than 49 other patients and medical staff being exposed to...
Yemen government and Houthis agree on prisoner swap
Yemen's warring parties agreed on Wednesday to exchange hundreds of prisoners in a move aimed at supporting U.N.-sponsored peace talks which resumed for a...
Saudi Aramco to expand as oil demand grows
State oil giant Saudi Aramco, which could soon become the world's largest listed company, will keep expanding despite low crude prices, its president said...
Assad: Western nations quietly collaborating with Syrian regime
Western nations publicly critical of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime have been quietly sending security officials to collaborate with his government, Assad said in...
Saudi Arabia's new jihadists poorly trained but hard to stop
Technical hitches limited the death tolls in three suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia but the apparent coordination of the blasts suggests jihadis have the...
TV channel closes office and newspaper attacked amid Saudi tensions with Lebanon
The Saudi-owned television news channel Al Arabiya shut its offices in Lebanon and dismissed 27 employees, two of its journalists said on Friday, in...
Yemeni government returns to Aden after months in exile: spokesman
Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah returned to the southern port of Aden on Wednesday in a step towards restoring a government on home soil...
Syrian Kurds plan attack to seal Turkish border
The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack to seize the final stretch of...
