Thursday, January 15, 2026

Saudi government shake-up rolls, reshuffle of economic posts

Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Saturday replaced his veteran oil minister and restructured some big ministries in a major reshuffle apparently intended to support...

Qatar frees Dutch woman held after rape report

A Dutch woman held in Qatar for nearly three months after telling police she had been raped there was released on Monday after receiving...

Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers' main base in Somali capital

Two suicide attackers set off bombs outside the African Union's main peacekeeping base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu near the airport on Tuesday, police said. The...

Saudi Arabia declares Thursday, Sept. 24 as first day of Eid Al Adha

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that Eid al-Adha, one of two important religious holidays observed by Muslims around the world, will start on Thursday,...

A silver lining for wildlife amid Virus outbreak

As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new Coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. People are also...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives Djibouti's President

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Yamamah Palace here yesterday President Ismail Omar Guelleh of...

17 women elected to Saudi local councils

Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom on Saturday, the first to allow female participation,...

Peace talks host Kuwait issues ultimatum to Yemeni negotiators

Kuwait, which is hosting troubled Yemen peace talks, has issued an ultimatum to the warring parties to strike a deal within 15 days or...

Algeria’s Tebboune and Macron discuss Sahel: presidency

Algiers (AFP) - Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron discussed the Sahel and Libya's conflict over the phone on Saturday,...

Afghanistan: Car bomb near stadium kills 13, says official

A car bombing outside a sports stadium in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Friday killed 13 people and wounded 40 others, an official said. Aminullah...

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