Humiliated Blatter says only FIFA Congress can bar him
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday he believes that only the Congress of football’s governing body, and not its Ethics Committee, can...
Saudi female student assaulted in a Dublin bus
A Saudi female student fears for her life after she faced a racially motivated attack in a Dublin bus last Tuesday.
Mashael Khayyat, who is...
France urges Saudi Arabia to cancel death penalty for young Shi'ite
France called on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday not to execute a Shi'ite Muslim sentenced to death over his role in anti-government protests, saying he...
Global Muslim body urges ban on products from Israeli settlements
A global Muslim body called Monday for a ban on products from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and pledged full support for the...
Somali militants overrun military base, killing at least one
The Islamist group al Shabaab attacked a Somali military base southwest of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday night, killing at least one person and...
Iraqi California student says airline removed him for speaking Arabic
A University of California, Berkeley student and former Iraqi refugee says he was unfairly removed from a flight in Los Angeles this month because...
Trump vows to undo Obama's climate agenda in appeal to oil sector
Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to roll back some of America's most ambitious environmental policies, actions that he said...
Iraq Kurds repel major ISIS offensive
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces repelled a multi-pronged offensive by ISIS in the northern province of Nineveh Wednesday, officials said.
One of the targeted areas included...
Syrian government 'to let aid into besieged Madaya'
The Syrian government has agreed to allow aid into the besieged rebel-held village of Madaya, the UN says, amid reports of residents starving to...
Saudi job creation dries up as oil price slumps
Saudi Arabia's plans for economic reform foresee winding down 'jobs for life' in an inefficient state bureaucracy and replacing them with new careers in...
