Saudi reopens Baghdad embassy after 25 years
Saudi Arabia reopened its embassy in Baghdad Tuesday, a quarter of a century after relations were broken over Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, a foreign...
King Salman urges G20 leaders to take ‘effective response’
There has so far been no collective action plan from the G20 and it has been criticized for its slow response.
Saudi Arabia's King Salman...
Saudi airbase hit by Houthi missile
Yemen's Houthi forces fired a ballistic missile on Thursday in retaliation for attacks by a Saudi-led coalition, a source in the Iranian-allied group said,...
British Prime Minister seeking vote to carry out Syria airstrikes
British Prime Minister David Cameron has not dropped plans to seek parliamentary support to bomb Islamist militants in Syria, a source in his office...
Belgian man named as mastermind: Paris Jihadists Attacks
A Belgian national who is currently in Syria is suspected of being behind Friday's attacks in Paris, according to a source close to the...
As insults fly, Iran-Saudi haj row aggravates regional rifts
Iranians are sceptical about that. But analysts across the region agree the depth of the crisis may be determined largely by the results of...
Yemen cuts diplomatic relations with Iran
ADEN, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The Yemeni government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Iran, state-owned Aden television...
Sudan women calling for changes in discriminating laws against women
Sudanese women activists are disappointed at a lack of progress on women’s issues, after 11 months following the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
To...
Egypt court postpones Mubarak murder retrial
Egypt's top court began a retrial Thursday of ex-president Hosni Mubarak over the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising that ousted him, but...
Saudi seizes five million amphetamine tablets
Saudi authorities said Sunday that they had seized more than five million amphetamine tablets and arrested 11 people in one of the kingdom’s largest...
