Saudi to overhaul floundering financial district and economic cities
Saudi Arabia is revising plans for a glitzy financial district in Riyadh and the creation of six industrial cities, after the projects were plagued...
19 dead in Tunisia as militants attack barracks near Libya border
Militants attacked a barracks in a Tunisian town near the Libyan border on Monday sparking heavy fighting in which three civilians, three security personnel...
Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi who pushed Bush to invade Iraq dies
Ahmed Chalabi, the smooth-talking Iraqi politician who pushed Washington to invade Iraq in 2003 with discredited information on Saddam Hussein's military capabilities, died on...
“Glimmer of hope” as food and fuel arrives in Yemen ports
A blockade of Yemen's key ports appeared to have been broken on Wednesday as ships arrived with food and fuel for the desperate population,...
Treatment of MERS patients to continue after Haj
Emad Al-Jahdali, deputy minister of health for human capital planning and development and chairman of the Haj Preparatory Committees, said that Custodian of the...
Iran tests missile, ‘breaches U.N. resolutions’
Iran tested a new medium-range ballistic missile last month in a breach of two U.N. Security Council resolutions, two U.S. officials said on Monday.
The...
Syria regime strikes rebel enclave as aid trucks wait
Wafideen Checkpoint, Syria, March 1, 2018 (AFP) - Syrian and Russian forces kept up military pressure on rebel-held Eastern Ghouta Thursday as their controversial...
Germany welcomes 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism
Germany's defense minister said on Tuesday she welcomed Saudi Arabia's announcement of the formation of a 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism.
Ursula von...
Crime rate in Saudi Arabia decreases by 10%
Crime rate in the Kingdom last year decreased by 10.01%, according to Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior.
Addressing a...
Sudan’s PM survived assassination attempt
Sudan's prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, said he survived an assassination attempt Monday after an explosion went off near his convoy in the capital of...







































