Taliban’s truce ended as Afghan violence resumes
The period of partial truce has been shattered by a deadly blast in Afghanistan on Monday and the Taliban ordered fighters to resume operations...
Societe Generale appoints Toussaint as Saudi head
Societe Generale has appointed Antoine Toussaint as its chief country officer and chief executive in Saudi Arabia, the bank said in a statement on...
Filipino murderer put to death in Saudi
A Filipino murder convict was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after failing to meet the demand of the Sudanese victim's family for...
Last British resident freed from Guantanamo Bay arrives in UK
The last British resident to be held at the U.S. prison camp in the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba arrived in Britain on...
Under pressure, some young Iranians persevere, but many want to flee
Some young Iranians are determined to modernise their country and rescue it from economic collapse. But facing relentless US pressure and increasing hardship, many...
U.N. looks to end Syria's war with a gentleman's agreement
Dismissed by critics as a diplomatic dandy, hailed by allies as a creative consensus-builder, Staffan de Mistura takes the hot seat in Geneva on...
180 killed in Houthi push for Saudi territory, in Yemen
About 180 Houthi rebels died in a major push on the Yemeni-Saudi Arabian border yesterday to try to capture territory inside the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabian builders delay payments amid state spending clampdown
Some Saudi Arabian construction companies are struggling to pay their staff on time in a sign of growing pressure on the economy from low...
Major busts in Syria and Lebanon shed light on drug trade
A string of major drug busts in Syria and Lebanon has drawn new attention to the trade in captagon, an illegal substance that has...
Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman says jobs are top priority
Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan bin Salman said Tuesday that after years of his government "throwing funding" into sectors that failed to boost the economy,...
