Maldives boat blast suspect deported from Malaysia
A man suspected of involvement in the attempted assassination of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen last month was deported on Friday from Malaysia to the...
Abu Dhabi's Louvre becomes museum 'on the sea'
Abu Dhabi's Louvre museum has been surrounded by sea water in a major step towards completion of the ambitious project, the developer said Tuesday.
The...
Myanmar fire leaves 440 Rohingya families homeless
A fire on Tuesday burned down a camp in western Myanmar that shelters members of the country's persecuted Rohingya minority, leaving 440 families homeless.
Rakhine...
Suspected Paris attacks leader boasted of crossing borders
Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspected planner of the Paris attacks, mocked European frontier controls and boasted of the ease with which he could move between Syria...
Al Shabaab militants attack Somali army base, dozens dead
Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base and entered a nearby town close to the border with Kenya on Friday, saying they...
Oil squeeze spreads from Gulf states to banks
Low oil prices are forcing Gulf states to borrow to prop up their economies and are now taking their toll on the region's banks...
Isis video suspect thought to be Briton Siddhartha Dhar
The chief suspect in the latest propaganda video by so-called Islamic State (Isis) is thought to be British man Siddhartha Dhar, according to press...
3 Saudi civilians killed in missile fire from Yemen
Three civilians including two children have been killed in cross-border missile attacks from Yemen on a residential area in southwestern Saudi Arabia, civil defence...
Plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador in Beirut?
Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri has reiterated that his country is committed to its stances on Lebanon amid reports of plans to...
Saudi mobilises counter-insurgency units on Yemen border
Saudi Arabia on Monday mobilised counter-insurgency units on its border with Yemen, official media said, after rebel strikes into the kingdom killed more than...
