UN expects 600,000 migrant arrivals from Turkey over next 4 months
Up to 600,000 migrants and refugees are expected to cross from Turkey to Greece and onwards over the next four months, the UN said...
Saudi Arabia says sending special forces to Syria under discussion
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states are discussing sending special forces to Syria as part of U.S.-led efforts to fight Islamic State, Foreign...
Security Council asks U.N. to submit plan to support Yemen peace
The United Nations Security Council asked Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday to submit a broad plan within 30 days detailing how his Yemen envoy...
Freedom still eludes Moroccan held 13 years in Guantanamo
A former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay has been held for more than six weeks without formal charges in Morocco despite what his lawyers say...
Turkish interior ministry reinstates 155,350 passports
Turkey's interior ministry revoked the cancellation of 155,350 passports following the end of two-year-old state of emergency, the ministry said on Wednesday.
The passports were...
Oil prices dip as Saudi Arabia rules out intervention
Oil retreated after Saudi Arabia's influential oil minister said Tuesday it was up to the market to determine prices, effectively ruling out an intervention...
Online iqama services drive local agents out of business
JEDDAH: The new online service of Passport Department, including renewal of residence permits and other procedures related to expatriate workers, closed the door of...
Security authorities seize 534 counterfeit Haj visas
Director General of Passports Maj. Gen. Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al-Yahya said arrival procedures for pilgrims from outside the Kingdom were completed on Sunday with...
Oil rises after Saudi Arabia reiterates willing to work with non-OPEC
Oil prices turned around to rally on Monday after the Saudi Arabian cabinet said in a statement the kingdom remained ready to work with...
Fire sweeps through Saudi hospital wards, 25 dead
A fire tore through the intensive care unit and the maternity ward of a Saudi hospital before dawn on Thursday, killing 25 people and...
