Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists
An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station, a...
Assad says willing to hold early presidential vote
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he is willing to hold early presidential elections if the Syrian people want them, in remarks released...
Assad slams UK’s Syria strikes
British air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) will fail to defeat the militant group, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in...
Iraq denies responsibility for abduction of Qatari hunters
Iraq's foreign minister denied on Tuesday that his government had anything to do with the kidnapping of a group of Qatari hunters in the...
11 children killed in Afghan suicide attack on foreign convoy: officials
A suicide attack on a foreign military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Monday killed at least 11 children who were nearby, officials said, amid...
Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman says jobs are top priority
Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan bin Salman said Tuesday that after years of his government "throwing funding" into sectors that failed to boost the economy,...
Colour-coded wristbands guide social distancing in Dubai office
DUBAI (Reuters) - As nearly 100 employees went back to work in the office of a Dubai media company, managers found a way to...
Iran tells U.N. envoy spat with Saudis won't derail Syria talks
The United Nations envoy for Syria said on Sunday that Iran had assured him that its diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia would not affect Syria...
African and Arab defence ministers focus on 'terrorism' in Egypt meet
Defence ministers and officials of 27 African and Arab countries began a two-day meeting in Egypt on Thursday that will explore military and counter-terrorism...
UN won't disclose sources for report critical of Saudi coalition
The United Nations will not disclose to a Saudi Arabia-led coalition sensitive sources of information that led the world body to briefly blacklist it...
