Another Arab to bid for FIFA presidency?
One of Michel Platini's main backers in his bid to head football’s governing body, Bahraini Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa, might stand himself if...
Trump welcomes opening of Saudi airspace to Israel – UAE flights
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told Saudi Arabia's King Salman in a phone call that he welcomed the opening of Saudi airspace to...
Houthis say Saudi’s Abha airport targeted with drones, disabled for hours
CAIRO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - A military spokesman for Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said that the group targeted Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport with a...
Suicide bomber kills at least eight near Baghdad Shiite mosque
A suicide bomber killed at least eight people near a Shiite mosque in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.
The blast in...
U.S. defense chief lays ground for Obama meeting with Gulf allies
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and his Gulf Arab counterparts met in Riyadh on Wednesday to discuss ways to counter Iranian influence and fight...
Exclusive – Investigators '90 percent sure' bomb downed Russian plane
Investigators of the Russian plane crash in Egypt are "90 percent sure" the noise heard in the final second of a cockpit recording was an...
UN: strikes on Syria displaced camp 'likely a war crime'
Air strikes on a camp for displaced people in Syria's Idlib province were almost certainly not accidental and likely amounted to a war crime,...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives Yemeni President
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at the Royal Court at Al-Salam Palace here today President...
At least 60 killed in Aleppo violence in past three days, monitor says
At least 60 people have been killed in three days of fighting in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
Denmark approves controversial migrant assets bill
The Danish parliament has backed a controversial proposal to confiscate asylum seekers' valuables to pay for their upkeep.
Police will be able to seize valuables...
