Syrian regime arrests opposition figures on way to Saudi meeting
Syrian authorities on Wednesday arrested two prominent members of the country's domestic opposition as they travelled to Riyadh to meet other regime opponents, a...
Saudi giant SABIC trades lower after profit drop
Shares of Saudi petrochemical giant SABIC traded almost five percent lower on Monday after the firm reported a drop of 19.57 percent in full-year...
British PM: differences over Assad's future narrowing
Differences in opinion over the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been enormous but appear to be narrowing, British Prime Minister David Cameron...
The incorrigible still find ways to illegal Haj
Illegal pilgrims claim they are using Al-Hada-Al-Kar highway to sneak into Makkah for Haj.
They revealed to a local paper that transporters drop off violating...
ISIS leader probably not in convoy hit by airstrikes – Iraqi officials
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was probably not in a convoy hit by air strikes near the Syrian border on Sunday, senior Iraqi...
French FM faces criticism on Iran visit
France's foreign minister traveled to Tehran on Monday promising tough talk on Iran's ballistic missile program but was met with stiff resistance from...
Turkey won't take back migrants already on Greek islands
Turkey will not take back migrants already on Greek islands under a deal proposed to European Union leaders at a crunch summit this week,...
Saudi Arabia donated $115 billion to help 90 countries
Faisal bin Hassan Trad, the permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, said the Kingdom has been the most...
Bahrain bars members of dissolved parties from polls
Bahrain's king on Monday banned members of dissolved opposition parties from running for election, months ahead of parliamentary polls, the official BNA news agency...
Iran: UN nuclear chief’s visit to Tehran no link to US push
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran said Sunday that an upcoming visit this week by the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency to Tehran...
