Algeria's Bouteflika dissolves DRS spy unit, creates new agency
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has dissolved the long-standing military spy directorate known as the DRS, creating a new agency under the control of the...
Saudi to host Syria rebel talks
A Syrian opposition meeting due to begin in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday marks the most serious effort yet to unify President Bashar al-Assad's fragmented...
UAE energy minister expects oil prices to recover this year
United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said Tuesday he expects a recovery in plummeting oil prices before the end of the year.
“I am...
New study links cell phone tower radiation to diabetes
A renowned professor of King Saud University (KSU) here has warned of radiation danger from cell phone towers, saying that the radiation emissions from...
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...
Erdogan takes to Twitter to hail poll win
He once wanted to "wipe out" Twitter and compared social media to a "murderer's knife", but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan couldn't resist sending a...
U.N. warns of dire food situation in Yemen’s Taiz
The U.N. World Food Program on Friday appealed for safe access to the Yemeni city of Taiz, saying that fighting between warring factions had...
Iran, Morocco report highest death toll in Haj stampede
Seven countries have claimed that their citizens were among the 717 pilgrims killed in Thursday’s Haj stampede in Mina, with Iran reporting 131 deaths.
Morocco...
Greece “Shipping ban” over Migrants’ crisis
Facing a migration surge from Turkey, Greece's defense ministry on Thursday announced a week-long shipping ban around Aegean islands, excepting only EU and NATO...
University of California board weighs statement on anti-Semitism
The governing board of California's flagship public university system is to vote next week on a statement condemning anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Jewish...
