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Libya unity government bid hits snag over defence portfolio

Efforts to hammer out a Libyan unity government are stumbling over the defence portfolio, an official said Wednesday, as the internationally recognised parliament set...

Syrian regime planes bomb Kurdish-held city

Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the northeastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the...

Paris and Riyadh strategic alliance further reinforced

French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Bertrand Besancenot said that France and KSA have a strategic partnership that is characterized today by a new momentum....

PT Pertamina and Saudi Aramco ink pact for refinery upgrading project in Indonesia

Indonesia’s PT Pertamina and Saudi Aramco have signed a heads of agreement (HoA) to formalize key business principles for joint ownership, operation and upgrade...

BP logs $1.4bn loss

BP faced another net loss in the second quarter but has now drawn a line under the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster,...

Saudi Arabia releases 1,000 Ethiopian prisoners

Saudi Arabia has agreed to release 1,000 Ethiopian nationals who have been in prison in the Gulf state for a variety of offences, Ethiopian...

Suspects in Saudi embassy attack appear in Tehran court

Nine people accused of storming Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran in January appeared in a Tehran court on Monday, Fars news agency reported, weeks...

As ties thaw, Iran's Rouhani in historic visit to Europe

Hassan Rouhani heads to Italy and France from Saturday for the first visit of an Iranian leader to Europe in 16 years, as ties...

Suspected Islamists kill at least 20 in eastern Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants have killed more than 20 people during attacks on two villages in eastern...

Yemen accuses Iran of pursuing its destruction

Yemen's President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi on Tuesday accused Iran of pursuing the destruction of his country. Speaking at the United Nations, Hadi thanked Custodian of...

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