Michelle Obama heads home from curtailed Middle East tour
Michelle Obama left Qatar on Friday almost 48 hours later than scheduled after bad weather forced her to extend her stay in the Gulf...
Iran appoints new commander in Syria
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is appointing a new commander for its operations in Syria, replacing a senior general who died in October,...
From assaults to graffiti, French Muslims take hit after attacks
Anti-Muslim incidents including attacks on women and hateful graffiti have flared up across France in the week since Islamist militants killed 130 people in...
Gulf banks eyeing prospects in Iran
Gulf banks including Dubai's largest lender Emirates NBD are already meeting prospective clients and taking legal advice about entering Iran's financial system now that...
Saudi Arabia blames Houthis for continuous blocking of relief aid delivery
Saudi Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Multilateral Relations Prince Turki Bin Mohammad Bin Saud said Friday Houthi rebels were still blocking delivery of humanitarian supplies...
Qatar labour reforms are a 'sham', say activists
Rights groups on Wednesday dismissed as a "sham" long-awaited reforms of Qatar's much-criticised "kafala" labour system for foreign workers, which critics have likened to...
Olympics: Qatar wants to host Summer Olympics
Qatar has a "vision and target" of hosting a Summer Olympics and will bid to hold future games, a senior member of the Gulf...
Top Saudi clerical body renews fatwa against Pokemon
Saudi Arabia's top clerical body has renewed a 15-year-old edict that the Pokemon game franchise is un-Islamic, Saudi media said on Wednesday, although the...
Search stepped up for Serbian embassy staff kidnapped in Libya
Security services on Monday stepped up efforts to locate two Serbian embassy staffers kidnapped the previous day in the Libyan coastal city of Sabratha,...
Riyadh to host Gulf summit on Dec 10
Gulf monarchs are to hold annual summit on 10 December, the Saudi capital, three weeks before the target date for bringing together international government...
