Monday, January 19, 2026

Nigeria's President Buhari in Saudi for oil talks

The leader of Africa's number one oil producer was in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, with analysts forecasting his country's eventual support for an output freeze...

Severe weather on Saudi coast kills 12, including 6 children

Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense says thunderstorms and flooding along the Red Sea coast have claimed the lives of 12 people over the past two...

Thai gardener behind $20 mn Saudi gem heist becomes monk

A Thai gardener behind a $20 million gem heist from a Saudi palace that has long soured relations between the two countries became a...

Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting support for ISIS

Anjem Choudary, Britain's most high-profile radical preacher whose followers have been linked to numerous plots across the world, has been found guilty of inviting support...

Air strikes kill 22 at market in Syria’s Idlib: monitor

Air strikes, likely to be Russian, on Thursday killed 22 civilians in a market in the northwestern province of Idlib, which is largely controlled...

Two Mali soldiers killed in attack blamed on jihadists: army

Bamako (AFP) - Two Mali soldiers were killed and four others injured in an overnight attack attributed to jihadist fighters, the army said Saturday. The...

Somali president: January attack killed at least 180 Kenyan soldiers

At least 180 Kenyan soldiers were killed in Somalia in an extremist attack on their base in January by al-Shabab, Somalia's president said, which...

World disasters cost $71 billion in first half of 2016

From earthquakes in Japan to wildfires in Canada, disasters cost the world economy $71 billion (62 billion euros) in the first half of the...

Gulf stocks tumble over Saudi-Iran tensions

Markets in Gulf Arab states tumbled Monday impacted by the growing tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran and global stocks rout over Chinese economic...

Bomb kills at least five Somali soldiers outside Mogadishu

A roadside bomb set by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab killed at least five soldiers and injured eight others on Tuesday outside the...

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