Sudan’s PM survived assassination attempt
Sudan's prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, said he survived an assassination attempt Monday after an explosion went off near his convoy in the capital of...
1,776 drug smugglers arrested in 8 months, says Saudi Interior Ministry
Saudi authorities have seized 22.4 million amphetamine pills and arrested 1,776 drug smugglers during the last eight months of the past Hijri year, the...
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...
Saudi Prince Mohammed says war unlikely with Iran
Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince, widely thought to wield considerable power in the monarchy, has given an interview to a magazine in which he...
Iraqi cleric Sadr meets pro-Iran Amiri after election win
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc was declared the winner of Iraq's parliamentary election, met Hadi al-Amiri, leader of a pro-Iran bloc, on...
BBC abandons plans to hold FIFA presidential debate
Britain’s BBC has abandoned plans to stage a televised debate with the five candidates vying for the presidency of soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body FIFA...
Saudi soldier dies in border shelling from Yemen
A Saudi soldier has been killed in shelling from across the border in Yemen, the interior ministry announced on Wednesday.
He died on Tuesday in...
Egyptian elections show no clear winner, Sisi expected to dominate
Egyptians voted on Tuesday in run-off elections for more than 200 parliamentary seats in which no clear winner emerged in the first round of...
Islamic State claims Aden suicide car bombing that kills 6
Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing outside Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's residence in the southern city of Aden on...
Iraqi PM's reforms hindered by divisions amid ISIS threat
Facing resistance from within his own party, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is struggling to sustain support for a political shake-up he says is...
