Syria talks timetable slips as U.N. seeks political framework
U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura will travel to Damascus and Tehran and meet other regional officials to seek a common understanding on a political...
ISIS release new video threatening more attacks
The Isis militant group has released a new video in the French language, celebrating the Paris attacks and threatening more violence to come.
The footage,...
Haj pilgrims pray for peace in the war-ravaged Middle East
Pilgrims from around the world gathered before dawn on Wednesday in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer...
Saudi King Salman visits Egypt
Despite years of mutual frustration and disappointment over diverging priorities, Saudi Arabia and Egypt remain fundamental to each other's security, a message King Salman's...
Only five non-member countries attend oil meeting with OPEC
Only five non-OPEC countries have sent representatives to a meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC oil market experts that began on Wednesday at the petroleum...
Can Qatar deliver on its worker ‘revolution’?
Doha, Oct 28, 2017 (AFP) - When the labour minister of World Cup 2022 host Qatar met one of the country's most vocal critics...
5 tonnes of drugs seized at Beirut airport
Lebanese customs seized five tonnes of Captagon amphetamine pills and hashish at Beirut airport on Tuesday, concealed in primary school desks that were to...
Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally after silent protest
A Muslim woman was kicked out of a Donald Trump presidential campaign rally after staging a silent protest against the Republican frontrunner, who has...
‘No Saudi is involved in Bahrain terror cases’
A Saudi diplomat has said that there are no Saudis among those accused in terror cases through the use of the Internet in Bahrain...
Iraq's oil exports in February fall below planned levels
Iraq's Oil Ministry said Tuesday that crude exports averaged 3.225 million barrels a day in February, far below levels planned to provide the nation...
