Monday, October 19, 2026

Eastern Libya urges Egypt to send troops if Sirte attacked

CAIRO (AP) — The speaker of Libya's east-based parliament urged Egypt on Wednesday to make good on its threat to send troops to fight...

NATO cannot limit missile defenses to please Russia, U.S. says

NATO allies cannot agree to Russian demands to limit their missile defenses because of the threat posed by North Korea, a senior U.S. State...

Prince Khaled inaugurates annual Souk Okaz festival

Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal inaugurated the activities of the ninth edition of the 10-day annual Souk Okaz festival at Al-Arfa outside Taif on...

German ISIS rapper killed in airstrike in Syria

A German rapper who joined the Islamic State group and publicly threatened President Barack Obama was killed in a US air strike in Syria,...

1,776 drug smugglers arrested in 8 months, says Saudi Interior Ministry

Saudi authorities have seized 22.4 million amphetamine pills and arrested 1,776 drug smugglers during the last eight months of the past Hijri year, the...

Venezuela proposes non-OPEC oil producers attend Vienna meeting

Venezuela has proposed that non-OPEC oil producers attend the group's June meeting in Vienna to continue "dialogue and coordination," according to a letter from...

Saudi Arabia to allow full foreign ownership in retail

Saudi Arabia will ease restrictions on foreign investors to let them own 100 percent of retail and wholesale businesses, the government said on Sunday...

Iran fires 2 missiles marked with 'Israel must be wiped out'

Iran reportedly test-fired two ballistic missiles Wednesday with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out" written in Hebrew on them, a show of force...

"Zero chance" of Syria talks without goodwill steps from Damascus-opposition negotiator

There will be no Syria peace talks if the government does not take humanitarian steps outlined by the U.N. Security Council, including a halt...

Erdogan: Turkey suffering 'one of biggest terrorism waves in its history'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday his country was suffering "one of the biggest waves of terrorism in its history", vowing to crush...

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