Saudi forum smooths way for US investors in Kingdom
The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) in collaboration with the Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) and the US-Saudi Business Council will host the...
Kuwait court convicts five over ISIS fundraising
A lower court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the Islamic State jihadist...
Aramco appointment confuses UN Human Rights meeting
The new appointment of veteran engineer, Nasser Bin Hassan Al-Amin as CEO of Aramco, was used to defend Saudi Arabia's position in a meeting with...
Al-Jazeera says to cut around 500 jobs
Qatar's state-funded broadcaster Al-Jazeera on Sunday announced a fresh round of job cuts with around 500 positions being lost, most of them at the...
Samsung flags 15% rise in Q4 operating profit
Samsung Electronics on Friday flagged a 15 percent increase in 2015 Q4 operating profit, rounding off a year in which the world's largest smartphone...
Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest", passes away age 74
The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring...
Fire hits UAE residential tower, no casualties reported
A major fire broke out in a residential tower at Ajman in the United Arab Emirates late on Monday, the latest in a series...
Turkey car bomb attack kills two police, wounds 35
A car bomb and rocket attack by Kurdish militants in Turkey killed two police officers and wounded 35 people in the southeastern province of...
Syrian army, Islamic State wage fierce battle in south Damascus
The Syrian army and its allies engaged in a fierce battle on Saturday with Islamic State fighters in an enclave south of Damascus held...
UAE, Israel health ministers agree to enhance cooperation on health
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates and Israel on Monday agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the health sector following an accord between...
