Saudi Arabian builders delay payments amid state spending clampdown
Some Saudi Arabian construction companies are struggling to pay their staff on time in a sign of growing pressure on the economy from low...
Brothers identified as Belgium bombers as manhunt intensifies
Two suicide bombers who struck Brussels were identified Wednesday as brothers linked to the prime suspect in the November 13 Paris attacks, as a...
CIA chief expects release of 9/11 documents to clear Saudi Arabia
CIA chief John Brennan said on Sunday he expects 28 classified pages of a U.S. congressional report into the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on...
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...
US-led coalition 'assessing' Syria civilian death claims
The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group said Tuesday it was "assessing the credibility" of reports its strikes killed at least 26 civilians...
Iran's President Rouhani in Italy seeking business deals
Italy is poised to sign deals worth up to 17 billion euros ($18.4 billion) with Iran during President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Rome, which...
Kuwait expels 14 accused of Hezbollah links
Kuwait has expelled 11 Lebanese and three Iraqis suspected of belonging to Hezbollah, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Monday, nearly three weeks after the...
Lebanese military gets U.S. and British aid for defending border with Syria
Lebanon's armed forces acquired three U.S. helicopters worth $26 million on Thursday to help in efforts to stop Syria's civil war spilling over its...
Saudi takes steps out of welfare state under King Salman
Faced with a massive decline in oil revenues, Saudi Arabia's King Salman marked his first year in power by taking steps to end his...
US and allies to intensify strikes on ISIS, but hold off on Libya action
Washington and its allies vowed Tuesday to "accelerate and intensify" the fight against Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists in Syria and Iraq but distanced themselves...
