Kingdom Saudi Arabia’s step to stabilize oil market
As a step to stabilize the oil market, leading world crude exporter Saudi Arabia on Thursday made a call for a meeting of the...
Saudi public fund to double assets by 2020
Riyadh, Oct 25, 2017 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia, smarting from a three-year oil slump, said Wednesday that it aims to nearly double the assets...
Libya's North African neighbours brace for any Western strikes
Libya's neighbours are again preparing for possible Western intervention in Libya, tightening border security and sending diplomatic warnings about the risk from hurried action...
Manhunt under way for suspects across europe: Paris terrorist attacks
French police launched more than 150 raids across the country overnight as part of a manhunt in the wake of Paris’s deadly terror attacks,...
"No Bashar al-Assad in the future", says Saudi FM
Bashar al-Assad will not be ruling Syria in the future and Russia's military interventions will not help him stay in power, Saudi Arabia's Foreign...
Assad says Syria troops advancing thanks to Russia strikes
Syrian government troops are advancing on "nearly every front" thanks to Russian air strikes that began in September, President Bashar al-Assad said in an...
Lebanon's speaker indicates presidency deal almost ready
The influential speaker of Lebanon's parliament signalled on Friday that a deal to elect a president was almost ready, raising hopes that a presidential...
Saudi King leaves country on holiday, crown prince to manage affairs in his absence
Saudi Arabia's King Salman left the country on holiday on Thursday and appointed the crown prince to manage the kingdom's affairs in his absence,...
Long-awaited Afghan-Taliban peace talks begin in Qatar
DOHA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The Afghanistan peace talks between representatives of the country's government and the Taliban militant group began in Doha on...
Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s bloc wins Iraq election
A political bloc led by populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq,...
