FIFA confirms date for Qatar 2022 World Cup
FIFA has announced the official dates for the 2022 World Cup finals due to take place in the small Gulf state of Qatar.
According to...
Saudi Prince Mohammed and UN chief talk protecting Yemen's children
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince on Wednesday and the pair discussed improving civilian protection in Yemen after...
Twin suicide bombs in northeast Syria kill 16
Twin suicide bombings hit two restaurants in a Kurdish-controlled city in northeastern Syria on Wednesday, killing 16 and wounding dozens of people, a Kurdish...
Kuwait prevents three ISIS attacks
Kuwait foiled three planned Islamic State (ISIS) attacks on the country, including a plot to blow up a Shi'ite mosque, after launching raids that...
Russians angry at Charlie Hebdo cartoon on crash
A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is outraged at a cartoon in the French weekly Charlie Hebdo mocking the Russian plane...
ISIS claims deadly Sinai bombing as experts probe Russian crash
A bombing claimed by the Islamic State group Wednesday killed at least four policemen in Egypt's Sinai, as investigators pursued their probe of a...
Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman says jobs are top priority
Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan bin Salman said Tuesday that after years of his government "throwing funding" into sectors that failed to boost the economy,...
An Iranian newspaper got “blocked” and “confiscated” – USA
Mehdi Shafii, head of the media group that publishes the governmental newspaper Iran, accused the US Treasury of wanting to "block" and "confiscate" the...
UAE Etisalat sees 8% profit drop in Q1
UAE telecom giant Etisalat said Tuesday that its net profit dropped by eight percent to two billion dirhams ($545 million) in the first quarter...
Kuwait rights body highlights discrimination against expats' access to healthcare
A Kuwaiti rights group on Monday accused authorities in the Gulf state of discrimination against foreigners by barring them from certain healthcare services at...
