Former Saudi diplomat award highest Mexican honors

The Mexican government has given a Saudi diplomat one of its top state awards for promoting cooperation between the two nations. Ambassador of Mexico to Saudi...

Oil bounces after producers fail to agree on freezing output

Crude oil prices tumbled but then regained some lost ground on Monday after oil-rich countries failed to reach an agreement Sunday on freezing production. U.S....

Oil giant Saudi Aramco confirms looking into share offers

State-owned Saudi Aramco, the world's largest crude oil producer and exporter, said Friday it is considering a public share offer. The company "has been studying...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives Djibouti's President

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Al-Yamamah Palace here yesterday President Ismail Omar Guelleh of...

Assad says willing to hold early presidential vote

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that he is willing to hold early presidential elections if the Syrian people want them, in remarks released...

ISIS threatens to destroy Saudi Arabian prisons

ISIS threatened to destroy Saudi Arabian prisons holding jihadists after Riyadh's execution of 47 people including 43 convicted al Qaeda militants. The militant group, which has...

Italy demands truth from Egypt over dead student

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday angrily demanded "the truth" from Egypt over the unexplained death of Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni. Speaking to...

Suspected Russia raids kill more than 50 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor

Air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russian jets on a rebel-held residential area in northwestern Syria have killed 51 civilians, a...

Saudi says coalition discussed Syria ground incursion

Defense ministers from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago...

Egypt, Sudan seek to bolster ties after yearslong tension

The leaders of Egypt and Sudan have agreed to mend ties, frayed by repeated failures to reach a deal over an upstream Nile dam...

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