Crown prince pledges a modern Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Oct 24, 2017 (AFP) - Powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged a "moderate, open" Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, breaking with ultra-conservative clerics...
Yemen's warring sides agree to release child prisoners
The parties to over a year of civil war in Yemen have agreed to release all child prisoners they are holding, U.N. envoy to...
Ankara bombings were ordered by ISIS to disrupt vote: Turkish prosecutors
A sleeper cell acting on orders from the Islamic State (IS) group carried out the massive bombings on a peace rally in Ankara this...
Refugee influx to shake up Germany's Muslim community
Germany's Muslim community is bracing for a culture shock when masses of Arab migrants join millions of residents of Turkish origin.
But experts suggest the...
Saudi to ban foreigners from selling mobile phones, create jobs for citizens
In an effort to provide more jobs to Saudi Arabian citizens, the kingdom will ban foreign workers from selling and maintaining mobile phones and...
Italy extracts 217 bodies from sunken migrant ship
Italian navy officials say they have recovered 217 bodies from the hull of a migrant ship that sank off Libya last year in a...
Tunisian lawmaker escapes assassination attempt
A lawmaker with Tunisia's main political party said he escaped an assassination bid unharmed while driving to work in the coastal city of Sousse...
Five Years On: Where is Egypt Today After Its Arab Spring?
On Monday, Egypt marks the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring revolt, a wave of uprisings, riots and civil wars, which swept through the...
'Bachelor ban': Qatar considers family-only mall days
Qatar's only directly elected body is to vote on introducing family-only days at major shopping malls in a move dubbed a "bachelor ban" that...
Oil prices down as Turkey fears ease
Oil prices extended their decline in Asia Tuesday as the global glut returned to focus, while worries about the effects of Turkey's coup on...
