Saudi strips powers from religious police, orders 'kinder' approach
Saudi Arabia has stripped its frequently criticised religious police of their powers to arrest, urging them to act "kindly and gently" in enforcing Islamic...
Brexit uncertainty prompts IMF to cut global growth forecasts again
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its global growth forecasts for the next two years on Tuesday, citing uncertainty over Britain's looming exit from...
Russian warplanes in Syria destroy US-trained rebels' weapons depots
Russian air strikes have destroyed the main weapons depots of a U.S.-trained rebel group in Syria, their commander said on Wednesday, in an expansion...
Egypt sees World Bank funds arriving soon, looks for Saudi aid
Egypt expects to receive a $1 billion World Bank loan approved in December once outstanding paperwork is finalised and is negotiating to secure more...
Morocco arrests Belgian man linked to Paris attackers
Moroccan police have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan descent linked to the ISIS group and who had a "direct relationship" to attackers who...
Erdogan: Turkey suffering 'one of biggest terrorism waves in its history'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday his country was suffering "one of the biggest waves of terrorism in its history", vowing to crush...
Update: Suicide attack on Saudi Shi'ite mosque kills 4
A suicide bombing and gun attack on Shi'ite Muslim worshippers killed at least four people in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, the interior ministry...
Cautious steps as Libya's new government moves into Tripoli
Troops in balaclavas guard the gate and foreign diplomats arrive daily with offers of aid at Tripoli's Abusita naval base, where Libya's new U.N.-backed...
Turkey presses crackdown against coup suspects
Turkish security forces launched fresh raids Monday in a relentless crackdown against the suspected plotters of a coup that left over 290 dead, as...
Syrian regime planes bomb Kurdish-held city
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the...
