Syrian opposition to meet in Riyadh, Saudi
The Syrian opposition cast doubt on whether it would go to peace talks planned for Friday, throwing U.N. diplomatic efforts into question and accusing...
Yemen's Houthis in Saudi for talks on ending war
Officials of the Iran-allied Houthi movement are in Saudi Arabia for talks on ending Yemen's war, two officials from a Houthi-controlled administrative body said...
In Cairo, heat and long days test Ramadan faithful
Pushing his cart through the teeming Egyptian capital, 71-year-old Cairo street sweeper Abdallah Mohamed says nothing can stop him from fasting during Ramadan.
Not the...
Egypt explorers hunt gold in the desert
Off the off-road tracks deep in Egypt's eastern desert, prospectors are ramping up the hunt for the treasure once revered by the Pharaohs as...
Gulf OPEC members seek joint action on oil output
Gulf OPEC members including Saudi Arabia are looking to revive the idea of coordinated oil-output action by major producers when the group meets on...
Tunisia PM reshuffles cabinet amid challenges
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid named 12 new ministers on Wednesday in a cabinet reshuffle he hopes will boost the effectiveness of his government...
Makkah tragedy: Negligent will be taken to task, says King
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman stressed that any negligent person will be taken to task in connection with the crane collapse...
New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s latest hit TV series takes the viewers straight into the heart of the country’s archenemy Iran.
“Tehran” tells the...
Erdogan takes to Twitter to hail poll win
He once wanted to "wipe out" Twitter and compared social media to a "murderer's knife", but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan couldn't resist sending a...
Suicide car bomb explodes outside Yemeni presidential residence in Aden
A suicide car bomb detonated outside Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Rabbu Hadi's residence in the southern city of Aden on Thursday, a local official...
