Italy’s premier urges Lebanon to form Cabinet, start reforms
BEIRUT (AP) — Italy's prime minister said Tuesday his country will support Lebanon’s economic and social growth, expressing hopes that a new government is...
How the Kremlin turns extremist attacks to its own advantage
As French President Francois Hollande visits both Washington and Moscow to solicit aid in fighting Islamic State (IS), which has claimed responsibility for the...
Saudi women workforce in the front line
There has been a significant increase in the number of Saudi women being employed in the private sector during the current Hijri year, according...
Israel demolish the homes of two Palestinians
Over accusation of involvement in a bomb attack last year that killed an Israeli teenager in the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces on Thursday...
Israel legalises hundreds of West Bank settler homes
Israel has retroactively legalised some 800 homes in four settlements in the occupied West Bank, the interior ministry said.
They included 377 homes in the...
Syria denies ever using chemical weapons in civil war
Syria on Monday denied ever using chemical weapons in its four-year civil war, telling a global watchdog it is cooperating fully with the destruction...
Qatar rules out military intervention in Syria
Qatar's Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah has ruled out sending troops to fight Syria's government, Qatari-owned Al Jazeera English quoted him as saying on Wednesday.
A...
Saudi women take victory laps as driving ban ends
Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads early on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world's last ban on female drivers, long...
Libya rivals agree on a lasting ceasefire
Representatives of the conflicted parties in Libya have agreed a lasting ceasefire, the UN's Libya envoy said on Tuesday.
The talks started on Monday and...
ISIS destroys bridge as Iraqi forces close in on Ramadi
Besieged Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Ramadi destroyed a lock on the Euphrates River that served as a bridge as government...
