UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites
BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says Tehran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where Iran is suspected of...
Aid rushed to Yemen island after cyclone displaces over 40,000 – U.N.
Aid flights rushed food and tents to the Yemeni island of Socotra, local officials said on Wednesday, after it was hit by a rare...
Prince Alwaleed and French PM discuss economic ties
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received at his office in Riyadh French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
He was accompanied by...
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...
Qatar National Bank investigating alleged data breach
Qatar's largest bank is investigating a security breach that appears to have exposed sensitive personal data for what could be hundreds of customers, including...
Obama and Saudi King to raise support for Syrian opposition
U.S. President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Salman committed to increase support for "the moderate Syrian opposition" in a call on Tuesday and...
Saudi Arabia says cinemas will be allowed from early 2018
Saudi Arabia said on Monday that public cinemas would be allowed in the conservative kingdom for the first time in over 35 years, and...
Algeria jails former counter-terror chief for 5 years
Algeria’s former counterterrorism chief has been sentenced to five years in prison for destroying documents and disobeying military orders, his lawyer said.
Abdelkader Ait-Ouarabi, better...
Angry talk of Western conspiracy over plane crash in Egypt
Egyptian media have reacted with fury as Britain and the United States increasingly point to a bomb as the cause of the Oct. 31...
Anti-corruption official abducted in Libya
On the latest twist in a long-running contest over the country’s vast wealth, one of Libya’s top anti-corruption officials was abducted by a militia...
