Syria's al-Moualem to head government delegation at peace talks
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem will head a government delegation at peace talks with the country's opposition later this week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister...
Pakistan mourns university massacre victims
Pakistan observed a day of national mourning Thursday for the 21 people killed when heavily-armed gunmen stormed a university in the troubled northwest, exposing...
Saudi led Arab Coalition jets destroy Houthi weapons stores
Saudi led Arab coalition warplanes attacked Houthi weapons caches near the capital Sanaa on Tuesday while other jets raided a rebel military training camp north...
Syrian Opposition Sets New Conditions on Geneva Peace
Expectations are increasingly becoming low especially after one of the major opposition groups in the Syrian war said Wednesday it will only attend the...
Assad adviser says Russian forces can return to Syria after withdrawal
A top adviser to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday Russian forces could return to Syria after withdrawing, and the United States now...
Saudi may start privatising postal system by start of 2017
Saudi Arabia is likely to start privatising its postal system by early next year, telecommunications minister Mohammed al-Suwaiyal said on Thursday, in a test...
Solar plane's arrival highlights UAE's clean-energy push
The United Arab Emirates might not seem like an obvious spot to begin and end a globe-spanning flight promoting renewable energy.
It is OPEC's fourth...
Gulf investors hold back from UK property deals on Brexit fears
Gulf Arab investors, some of the biggest buyers of British real estate, are holding back from new deals because they fear a property price...
Syria opposition meets as ceasefire efforts intensify
Syria's main opposition umbrella group was meeting in the Saudi capital on Monday as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.
"There is a...
Turkey and Israel hold new reconciliation talks
Turkey and Israel held a fresh round of talks Thursday in an effort to normalise ties after relations were partially frozen five years ago,...
