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Qatar forecasts $12.77 billion budget deficit

Energy-rich Qatar has forecast a budget deficit of more than $12 billion in 2016, citing a sharp drop in oil and gas prices, local...

ISIS drives Syria rebels from near Turkish border

Islamic State (ISIS) fighters captured territory from Syrian rebels near the Turkish border on Friday and inched closer to a town on a supply...

Gulf Arabs demand end to Iran 'Interference'

Arab foreign ministers in Cairo today stressed rejection of Iran’s attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of Arab countries. In their speeches during the...

Saudi Arabia names Pakistani man as suicide bomber in Jeddah

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who struck outside the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah as a Pakistani resident of the kingdom who...

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...

UN: Pursuing war criminals in Syria should not wait for war end

United Nations human rights investigators on Syria said on Tuesday that preparing prosecutions against war criminals should not be delayed until the end of...

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,...

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