Egypt's defence minister meets with Saudi Ambassador ahead of Saudi coalition announcement
Egypt's defence minister Sedki Sobhi met with Saudi Ambassador Ahmed Ben Abdel-Aziz Qattan Monday, hours before Saudi Arabia announced the formation of an Islamic...
Iraq offers to mediate between Saudi and Iran
Iraq dispatched its foreign minister to Tehran on Wednesday with an offer to mediate in an escalating feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran, reflecting...
King, Putin discuss Syria crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman about finding a solution to the Syria crisis, just...
Bahrain deports several Lebanese over Hezbollah links
Bahrain has deported several Lebanese residents who it believes had links to or supported the Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, which Gulf Arab states have...
Egypt president vows to find and punish killers of Italian student
Egypt will spare no effort to find and punish those who tortured and killed an Italian student in Cairo, the country's president Abdel Fattah...
Sources: Iranian diplomat may have entered Saudi under unknown identity
Saudi sources told Al Arabiya News that official records show that the name of the former Iranian ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Abadi does not...
Saudi to take $10 billion foreign loan
Saudi Arabia will take a $10 billion loan from foreign banks to help close the gap in its state finances from collapsed oil revenues,...
Freed Al-Jazeera journalist celebrates return home to Kenya
Freed Australian journalist Peter Greste said Friday that returning to his home in Kenya almost two years after he was jailed in Egypt was...
Saudi Arabia recruits Sunni allies in row with Iran
Saudi Arabia rallied Sunni allies to its side in a growing diplomatic row with Iran on Monday, deepening a sectarian split across the Middle...
Saudi Arabia plans new sovereign wealth fund
Saudi Arabia plans to create a new sovereign fund to manage part of its oil wealth and diversify its investments, and has asked investment...
