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Egypt's Tourism Minister hopes Egypt is still a key player in Arab tourism

Egyptian Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou stressed the importance of Arab tourism in general with a focus on Egypt, encouraging Arabs to "return to Egyptian...

$30 oil is 'irrational' and a rebound is 'inevitable,' according to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia thinks oil prices at $30 per barrel are “irrational.” According to a report in The Financial Times, Khalid al-Falih, chairman of the state-owned...

Saudi minister: Pilgrims may not have followed instructions

Saudi Arabia's heath minister said on Friday a crush that killed more than 700 people at the haj pilgrimage may have been caused by...

UAE officer denies Yemen civilian deaths caused by air power

The head of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) air force on Wednesday dismissed charges that Arab coalition air power caused regular civilian casualties in...

Suspected Istanbul airport bomber thought killed in Georgia

A former Islamic State warlord suspected of masterminding a deadly attack on Istanbul airport in 2016 is believed to have been killed during a...

Turkey presses crackdown against coup suspects

Turkish security forces launched fresh raids Monday in a relentless crackdown against the suspected plotters of a coup that left over 290 dead, as...

Taliban kill 7 civilians in Afghanistan

In the southern Kandahar province in Afghanistan, three children were killed and five were seriously wounded when a mortar shell hit in the district...

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...

Israeli police kill Palestinian knife attacker

GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: videos of attack from Twitter. The views and opinions of these Twitter accounts are not necessarily the views of The Saudi. https://twitter.com/Pachachef/status/653498526501072896 https://twitter.com/Pxlestine/status/653474491020914688?lang=en Israeli police shot dead...

UN rights investigator decries Iran clampdown, torture, floggings

Iran has arrested activists and political opponents in a clampdown on freedom of expression as use of torture continues despite promises of reform, a...

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