Saudi-born Istanbul bomber planned New Year's Eve attack
Nabil Fadli, a Saudi-born Syrian who killed 10 German tourists in a suicide bombing in Istanbul, was planning a major attack on New Year's...
UK website aimed at parents who fear children may join ISIS
Britain launches a new website on Tuesday which aims to educate Muslim teenagers against groups like ISIS, as the government backed the right of...
OPEC meeting on output freeze unlikely without Iran progress
A meeting between oil producers to discuss a global pact on freezing production is unlikely to take place in Russia on March 20, sources...
Militants fire rockets at Algerian BP/Statoil gas plant, no casualties
Militants attacked an Algerian gas plant operated by Norway's Statoil and BP with rocket-propelled grenades on Friday, causing no casualties or damage but forcing...
Emirati tycoon creates largest Arab education fund with $1.14 billion
A billionaire businessman from the United Arab Emirates launched the Arab world's largest education fund on Wednesday, setting aside $1.14 billion (4.2 billion dirhams)...
Aleppo relatively calm as Syrian truce takes effect
Relative calm prevailed on Thursday in Syria's war-torn Aleppo following a U.S.-Russian deal to extend a cessation of hostilities that had crumbled after nearly...
More than 150 dead in IS attacks on Syria’s Sweida: monitor
Raids and suicide bombings carried out by the Islamic State group in Syria's southern Sweida province have killed 156 people including 62 civilians, a...
Saudi to boost aid and investment in Egypt
Saudi Arabia has pledged a total of eight billion dollars in investment and aid to Egypt over the next five years, as Riyadh looks...
Bomb explodes at Somali airport, wounding 3 people
A Somali police official says a bomb exploded in a piece of luggage at an airport in a central Somali town, wounding three people,...
ISIS tightens grip on Syrian government road to Aleppo
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday as the army...
