Palestinians fume after FIFA's relocation game with Saudis
FIFA's decision to move the Palestinian team's World Cup qualifying match against Saudi Arabia to a neutral site was "unjust and reprehensible," the head...
Makkah-Jeddah train every 10 minutes
There would be trains between Makkah and Jeddah every 10 minutes once the Al-Haramain high-speed railway project is completed.
Trains between Makkah and Madinah would...
U.N. says 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded at Jordan border
Around 12,000 people who have fled the war in Syria are stranded at the Jordanian border, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday,...
420,000 die from tainted food annually, a third of them young children: WHO
Some 600 million people get sick from eating contaminated food each year, and around 420,000 die, the World Health Organization said Thursday, adding that...
Saudi vote campaign for women enters final day
Saudi Arabia's first election campaign open to women ends on Thursday but voters see little chance of a breakthrough for female candidates.
More than 900...
In ISIS battle, Cairo struggles to rally armed Sinai tribes
An Egyptian military effort to recruit and arm tribal fighters to take on Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the Sinai is failing, according to...
Saudi-led coalition help Yemeni forces re-capture Houthi strongholds
Pro-government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition on Monday captured “balaq” mountain and “Marbat Al-Dam" two of the Houthi rebel’s remaining strongholds in Yemen’s...
Egypt’s former anti-graft chief taken to military prosecutor, family says
Egyptian police took a former anti-corruption chief to the military prosecutor's office on Tuesday, his family said, detaining a prominent figure who helped...
Air Power Remains America’s Best Weapon for Halting Islamic State
A year into the coalition campaign, air power has proven an effective instrument to both weaken Daesh and aid friendly forces. But with sectarian divisions...
Talks on ending Syria conflict to include Iran
Iran will be invited to participate in talks in Vienna on Friday to discuss ending the conflict in Syria, a dialogue aimed at finding...
