Syrian opposition says truce not respected, conditions unfavourable for talks
Syrian opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia and their allies had carried out 90 air strikes in the country since...
Israel to build new fence; 2 Palestinians die in West Bank
Two Palestinians were shot and killed in separate incidents Thursday in the West Bank as Israel announced plans to build a new fence near...
Calls for boycott of Oscars grow over diversity of nominees
Amid calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards over its all-white acting nominees and Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith both announcing they...
Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine by Russian-built Buk missile, Dutch report says
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its...
Israel court releases 4 in Netanyahu aides’ corruption case
An Israeli court has released four of the seven suspects held in a high-profile corruption case involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's confidants after a...
France sees 'alarming' rise in Islamophobia acts after Paris jihadist attacks
France saw a sixfold rise in anti-Muslim acts in the first quarter of the year, fueled by the Paris jihadist attacks, the National Observatory...
France's Hollande urges de-escalation of Russia-Turkey tensions
French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday world powers must work together to prevent a further worsening of relations between Russia and NATO member...
Saudi lab ranked ‘among the best’
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has ranked the laboratory of the National Guard’s King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) in Riyadh as one of...
Saudi King Salman is committed to diversifying the economy
Saudi King Salman said on Wednesday the kingdom was committed to implementing programmes to diversify sources of income in order to reduce its dependence...
Crime rate in Saudi Arabia decreases by 10%
Crime rate in the Kingdom last year decreased by 10.01%, according to Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior.
Addressing a...
