Yemen peace talks could resume in Kuwait this month
A new round of UN-brokered Yemeni peace talks could be held by the end of this month in Kuwait, a government official told AFP...
Dubai announces first airport tax on passengers
The emirate of Dubai, whose airport is the world's busiest for international passengers, announced Wednesday it was introducing a tax on travellers to help...
Saudi interior ministry: Orlando shooter visited Saudi Arabia in 2011 and 2012
Omar Mateen, who killed 49 people in a gun attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, travelled to Saudi Arabia in 2011 and...
France rejects criticism of post-attack 'ethnic profiling'
The French government on Wednesday rejected criticism from Europe's top human rights watchdog that it was "ethnically profiling" suspects as part of the state...
Saudia airplanes with images of national landmarks promote tourism
The Saudi Commission for National Heritage (SCNH) launched its cooperation with the Saudi Arabian Airlines on the occasion of the National Day celebration at...
Row over sandy tracks hits Spain-Saudi rail project
It is the biggest contract Spanish firms have ever undertaken abroad, a high-speed railway linking Islam's holiest cities, Makkah and Medina, in Saudi Arabia...
U.S. Secretary Kerry heads for Saudi and France for Syria talks
Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia on Friday and then on to France at the weekend for talks with key...
Tunisia breaks up Daesh recruitment cells, arrests 11 suspected recruits
The Tunisian police has broken up three "cells" that were recruiting fighters for Islamic State and arrested 11 people suspected of trying to join...
Russian warships launched rockets on Daesh in Syria
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a televised meeting on Wednesday that four Russian warships in the Caspian Sea had...
Putin warns of spillover from Afghanistan fighting
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned that violence in Afghanistan could spill over into ex-Soviet Central Asia, a day after the US announced...
