Kuwait projects record deficit on falling oil income
OPEC member Kuwait projected a record budget deficit for the fiscal year starting April 1 on the sliding price of oil, the finance ministry...
Gulf Arabs race to release youth potential in age of cheap oil
Like the prototype drone of Emirati student Talib Alhinai, the ambitions of young people across the Gulf Arab states need to soar if they...
Saudi businessmen investing $4 billion in projects in Egypt
Saudi businessmen are investing $4 billion in projects including the Suez Canal, energy and agriculture, and have already deposited 10 percent of that sum...
Britain to host donor conference for Syria refugees in 2016
Britain and Germany said Monday they will co-host along with two other states a major donor conference in early 2016 in London aiming to...
Oil will blow past $80 a barrel in 2016
The next big move in the price of oil will be up. For now, OPEC producers are flooding the market with cheap crude. But...
Rain-seeking prayer held across Saudi Arabia
Muslims across Saudi Arabia performed the rain-seeking prayer in accordance with the Prophetic Sunnah. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques had called for...
Passenger bombed on Somali plane meant for Turkish Airlines
A man suspected of detonating a bomb on a Somali passenger plane had initially intended to board a Turkish Airlines flight, the company's chief...
Ivory Coast resort was 'symbolic' jihadist target
When gunmen from Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb killed 18 people at a beach resort frequented by foreigners in Ivory Coast, the jihadist group...
Saudi-led alliance says completes Yemen prisoner swap
A Saudi-led military coalition said on Monday it had completed a prisoner swap in Yemen, exchanging nine Saudi prisoners for 109 Yemeni nationals ahead...
Tens of thousands flee Syria Assad regime offensive in Aleppo: UN
Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled their homes south of the second city Aleppo since a government offensive there began last week, a...
