Iraq lifts Reuters news agency suspension over virus report
After its license was suspended earlier this month, Iraq will allow the Reuters news agency to go back to work.
The suspension came over a...
Egypt court sentences 7 to death over cadet bombing
An Egyptian military court has handed down seven death sentences for an April 2015 bombing that killed two army cadets as they waited to...
Hopes for Syria peace dim, Obama wants Assad out
Hopes for a quick political transition in war-ravaged Syria dimmed Thursday as embattled President Bashar al-Assad threw cold water on an ambitious timetable agreed...
Russia says US declines to host Moscow delegation for Syria talks
The United States declined to host a high-ranking Russian delegation on Syria and also refused to send its own mission to Moscow, Russia's foreign...
Simple ways to help expatriate pupils learn Arabic
My children have attended schools in Abu Dhabi for more than two years, and I am stunned by how little Arabic they have learnt,...
Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum gains star canopy dome
The last of nearly 4,500 metal stars was placed Sunday on the outer layer of the dome on Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum, expected to...
Copenhagen Airport Terminal 3 evacuated due to terror alert ‘sparked by suspicious bag’
A terminal of Copenhagen Airport has been evacuated due to a terror alert reportedly sparked by a suspicious bag.
Terminal 3 and the airport’s metro...
UN fund approves its first climate aid for poor nations
The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) said Friday it had approved its first financing of projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three...
Fire sweeps through Saudi hospital wards, 25 dead
A fire tore through the intensive care unit and the maternity ward of a Saudi hospital before dawn on Thursday, killing 25 people and...
New visa benefits for Saudi-friendly firms
The recently introduced fast-track recruitment system is a reward for private firms that fulfill the Saudization quota, an official of the Ministry of Labor...
