Trump pullout from Iran deal signals Mideast strategic shift
US President Donald Trump's rejection of an accord curbing Iran's nuclear activities and the escalation in hostilities between Iran and Israel that followed herald...
Declare war on deviant thoughts ‘to defeat foes of Islam’
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has called on preachers in the Kingdom to fight deviant thoughts and values that are not Islamic.
“This is...
Assad says Brexit vote shows UK leaders "disconnected from reality"
Syria's president heaped scorn on British politicians for allowing the vote on leaving the European Union, saying lawmakers who had criticised his handling of...
US-backed forces give ISIS '48 hours' to leave Syria's Manbij
US-backed Syrian fighters on Thursday gave Islamic State group (ISIS) jihadists 48 hours to leave their stronghold of Manbij in an effort to "protect...
World Health Organisation: Processed meat linked to cancer; red meat is risky too
Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO)...
SNC: Will for Syria political solution exists
Head of the Syrian National Coalition Khaled Khoja, who is currently in Saudi Arabia for the Riyadh conference, said there’s a common vision towards...
Farage tells MEPs: 'You are not laughing at me now'
Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party, on Tuesday told a jeering European Parliament he had had the last laugh after Britain...
Saudi landmarks impress pilgrims
The city’s coastline, landmarks and mosques have impressed several Chinese and Indonesian pilgrims.
Lee Shing, a Chinese pilgrim, thanked God and the Saudi government for...
Attorneys urge appeals court to block Iraqi deportations
A civil rights attorney contends that the Trump administration tried to rush deportations of Iraqis who faced torture, sexual slavery and beheadings in their...
Syrian daily dismisses talk of early presidential elections
Syrian government forces gained new ground, capturing a strategic northern town on Thursday, while a state-owned daily dismissed as "premature" all talk about early...
