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Yemen prisoner swap expected on Wednesday

Loyalists and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen are expected on Wednesday to exchange hundreds of fighters held captive following weeks of mediation, tribal and military...

Saudi Arabia warns Umrah firms against shabby lodging for pilgrims

The Hajj Ministry has warned Umrah companies not to lodge their pilgrims in unsuitable accommodations in Makkah and Madinah and threatened violators with severe...

Turkey has "serious worries" about Syrian ceasefire

Turkey has serious worries about the plan to halt violence in Syria because of the fighting on the ground, President Tayyip Erdogan's aide and...

Inquiry for the hajj

If Saudi Arabia is to host the annual hajj, it must ensure pilgrims' safety. It says much about the animosity between Iran and Saudi Arabia...

Trump elephant trophy-hunting move sparks stampede of outrage

Conservation groups decried U.S. President Donald Trump's decision this week to allow trophy hunters who kill elephants in two African countries to bring home...

Saudi Arabia slams terror attack in Mali

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Arabia condemned on Friday the terrorist attack on a hotel in the country’s capital Bamako which resulted in killing,...

About 20 killed in strikes on ISIS in Iraq’s Mosul

About 20 people, including at least 12 civilians, were killed on Monday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in two air strikes that...

Oil prices move up from 12 year lows as China shares rise

Oil prices rose modestly on Friday, still within reach of 11 and a half-year lows, boosted by a recovery in Chinese shares, but persistent...

’More women suffer from depression than men’

Psychologists said depression is considered one of the widest psychiatric illnesses in Arab and Western communities and hits 9 percent of males and 12...

New Saudi energy minister shows he takes OPEC seriously

For OPEC watchers, every little detail matters. When the oil producer group holds its half-yearly meetings, what time the ministers arrive in Vienna, how they...

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