UN envoy on Syria holding talks in Riyadh
The UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was in Riyadh Tuesday for talks with diplomats and Syrian opposition representatives on efforts to end...
Putin uses Assad visit to talk up Kremlin role as Syria broker
Vladimir Putin used a rare visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk up the Kremlin's potential to help broker a political...
Saudi grand mufti: Islamic alliance aims to defeat ISIS
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh said on Monday that the newly formed Islamic Military Alliance, led by the kingdom, aims to defeat...
Russian strikes in Syria kill more than 403 civilians
More than 1,300 people, around two-thirds of them combatants, have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria since Moscow's aerial campaign began on...
Gaza Strip gets first new hospital in a decade, two more due this year
The Gaza Strip's struggling healthcare system will get some much needed help in 2016 after the first new hospital in a decade opened its...
More women executives mean more profits, according to study of 91 countries
Companies with 30 percent female executives rake in as much as six percentage points more in profits, according to a study on Monday, feeding...
Saudi government to increase water prices
Saudi Arabia will increase the price of water for non-residential consumers, local media reported, a sign the government is cutting back an expensive system of...
Omani Sultan Qaboos in rare public appearance on state TV
Oman's Sultan Qaboos appeared in good health in images aired on state television Monday of a rare public appearance since he returned in March...
Russia pipeline chief says let's talk to OPEC about output
Russian officials have decided they should talk to Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries about output cuts to bolster oil prices, the head of...
Gulf states ask the world to do more to help Syrian Refugees
RIYADH — Gulf countries on Tuesday called for the international community to take greater responsibility in aiding Syrian refugees after the oil-flush states faced...
