Jordan breaks up Sudanese camp ahead of planned deportation
Jordanian troops have dismantled a tent camp housing hundreds of Sudanese men, women and children. A government spokesman says about 800 will be deported...
China's retail investors seek safety first
As China's legions of retail investors flee the country's tumultuous equity markets, pushing stock prices down around 15 percent so far this year, money...
Israel confirms plans to seize West Bank land
Israel confirmed on Thursday it was planning to appropriate a large tract of fertile land in the occupied West Bank, close to Jordan, a...
Saudi women say municipal elections 'opens up windows'
For Haifa al-Hababi, candidacy in Saudi’s upcoming municipal elections - which are the first polls in the conservative kingdom’s history where women can run...
Al-Hilal welcome neutral venues against Tractor Sazi
Twice continental champions Al-Hilal have welcomed the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) decision to have neutral venues for Champions League matches between teams from Saudi...
Palestinians set fire to Jewish shrine in West Bank
Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the West Bank on Friday as the Islamist group Hamas called for a day of rage...
Russia's Syria force grows to 4,000, U.S. officials say
Moscow's military force in Syria has grown to about 4,000 personnel, but this and more than a month of Russian air strikes have not...
Syria air strikes: David Cameron warns of long campaign
The mission to target so-called Islamic State militants in Syria could take some time and will require persistence, PM David Cameron has said.
RAF Tornados...
Syrian rebel fighters are in Libya, Erdogan confirms
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed for the first time on Friday that Syrian fighters are in Libya alongside training teams dispatched by Ankara.
"Turkey...
Middle East department store chain dumps Trump products
U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's anti-Muslim comments cost him business in the Middle East on Wednesday, with a major chain of department stores halting...
