18 dead in Oman as bus and truck collide
A head-on collision involving a truck and a bus killed 18 people of various nationalities in western Oman on Tuesday, police said.
Sixteen people were...
Britain raises minimum wage
Britain's Conservative government raised the minimum wage by 7.5 percent on Friday in a move denounced by critics as largely symbolic in an era...
Death toll from blast in Afghan capital Kabul rises to 64
The casualty total from Tuesday's major attack in Kabul has risen to 64 killed, more than double the total previously estimated by police, and...
Uzbek president says economic data was “fiction” for years
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Friday Uzbekistan had reported inflated economic growth and employment figures for years, describing the amplified numbers as "fiction", and...
UK Foreign secretary says helping Saudi-led Yemen campaign
British troops are helping identify targets for a Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen and haven't found any "deliberate" breaches of humanitarian law, Foreign Secretary...
Saudi giant SABIC trades lower after profit drop
Shares of Saudi petrochemical giant SABIC traded almost five percent lower on Monday after the firm reported a drop of 19.57 percent in full-year...
A follower of the Houthi movement raises his rifle as he shouts slogans during...
On August 11, 2015 in the capital Sanaa, during a rally to protest against a military offensive by a Saudi-led coalition Yemeni supporters of...
Nigeria to split up state-run oil firm
Nigeria is to break up its state-run oil and gas firm into 30 separate companies, the country's junior oil minister announced, as part of...
Moscow's call not to discuss Assad's fate may halt Syria peace talks
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's future should be the main topic of Syrian peace talks in Geneva, and Moscow's call not to discuss this aims...
Kerry to discuss Yemen and Syria with Gulf Arab states
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will present proposals on ending Yemen's conflict and resuming peace talks in meetings with Saudi leaders over the...
