Kuwaiti government requests special 6.2 bln dinar budget for weapons
The Kuwaiti government asked parliament to approve a supplementary budget of 6.2 billion dinars ($20.4 billion) to fund weapons purchases for the military over...
19 pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia bus accident
At least 19 pilgrims died, all of them Egyptian, and 22 were injured early on Saturday when their bus overturned in western Saudi Arabia,...
Gunmen kill 16, including 4 nuns, in Yemen retirement home
Unidentified gunmen stormed a retirement home run by Catholic nuns in the southern city of Aden on Friday shooting 16 people to death, including...
Saudi plans a military industries holding firm
Saudi Arabia plans to set up a holding company for military industries that would be fully owned by the government at first and listed...
Global oil demand growth to slow in 2016
The world's demand for oil is expected to slow in 2016 in response to a more pessimistic outlook for the global economy, the International...
51 killed in DR Congo machete attack
Civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said the number of people hacked to death in the restive east this...
Saudi Arabia orders 5% cut in contract spending
Saudi Arabia's government, its finances strained by low oil prices, is opening a fresh austerity drive by ordering ministries to cut their spending on...
Saudi plans stock market reforms to draw foreign money
Saudi Arabia announced a string of reforms to its stock market that could attract billions of dollars of fresh foreign money and smooth sales...
Syrian rebel groups reject Russian-sponsored Sochi conference
Syrian rebel groups on Monday rejected Russia's planned Sochi conference on Syria, saying Moscow was seeking to bypass a U.N.-based Geneva peace process and...
Yemen's Houthis, Saleh's party accept U.N. peace terms, eye talks
Yemen's Houthi group and the party of the former president have accepted a peace plan brokered by the United Nations in talks in Oman,...
