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...
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...
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...
Jaish al-Islam rebel group denies Russia hit oil stash
Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam denied on Tuesday a Russian defence ministry report that its jets had destroyed a stash of oil products belonging...
European arrests target 'darknet' selling drugs, arms, fake ID
Police in seven European countries raided operators of "darknet" online platforms trading in weapons, illegal drugs, fake IDs and counterfeit money, arresting nine suspects,...
Bodies of stampede martyrs to be buried in 6 cemeteries in Makkah
The Makkah Secretariat is preparing 74,700 graves across six graveyards which could accommodate some of the martyrs of the stampede in Mina among others,...
’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...
