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No more "free" Saudi money for Egypt, says Saudi businessman

Saudi Arabia's financial support for strategic ally Egypt will no longer involve "free money" and will increasingly take the form of loans that provide...

Israel warned at UN against annexation but US gives green light

United Nations (AFP) - The United Nations and European and Arab powers on Wednesday warned Israel that its plans to annex Palestinian land would...

Saudi King tells Trump that kingdom is eager to achieve fair solution to Palestinian...

CAIRO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday that the kingdom was...

Saudi-Iran tensions overshadow Asian soccer tournaments

The political tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran may filter onto the soccer pitch in the coming weeks with teams from the two nations...

Pilgrims sans permit, facilitators face heavy fines, imprisonment

The Ministry of Interior has announced that heavy penalties await pilgrims who try to perform Haj next month without the necessary permits. On its Twitter...

Foreign Policy lists Deputy Crown Prince among 2015’s top influencers

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, has been listed by US magazine Foreign Policy as being one...

Gunmen kidnap at least 26 Qatari nationals in Iraqi desert

About 100 gunmen kidnapped at least 26 Qataris from their desert hunting camp in Iraq near the Saudi border in the early hours of...

Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up

New air strikes and barrel bombs pounded Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday as government forces pressed a three-week advance that splintered the rebel enclave...

Libyan lawmakers say majority back unity plan, but no vote yet

Libya's internationally recognised parliament, which was forced out of the capital by factional violence, failed to vote for a unity government this week, but...

Europeans must guarantee benefits to Iran of nuclear deal – Zarif

European powers must give Iran guarantees that it will receive the economic benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister said on Tuesday,...

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