Vietnam builds military muscle to face China
Vietnam's military is steeling itself for conflict with China as it accelerates a decade-long modernization drive, Hanoi's biggest arms buildup since the height of...
Beirut blast hammers grain import capacity but supplies still flow, WFP says
BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Beirut port's capacity to handle wheat and other bulk cereal imports has collapsed to about a fifth or less...
Saudi seizes five million amphetamine tablets
Saudi authorities said Sunday that they had seized more than five million amphetamine tablets and arrested 11 people in one of the kingdom’s largest...
Apple, Google to bring smartphone functions to car dashboards
Playing deejay with voice commands will get easier for more Americans this fall as some best-selling cars get updated with software that integrates smartphones...
Foreign toll figures show hajj tragedy deadliest in history
The death toll from last month's stampede at the hajj has risen to at least 1,535, according to tallies given by foreign officials, making...
Egypt's pound flops on black market amid exchange crackdown
Egypt's currency is plunging to new lows on the black market, with traders selling it from between 11 and 11.15 Egyptian pounds to the...
Syria air strikes push Putin's rating to new high – Russian state pollster
Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has hit a record high of almost 90 percent, primarily as a result of his decision to launch...
Belgium police arrest 16, Paris fugitive still at large
Belgian police carried out raids throughout the tense capital, detaining 16 people, prosecutors said early Monday. Paris fugitive Salah Abdeslam was not among those...
Germany vows to stand by refugee policy despite security fears
Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed on Wednesday to stick to her open-door refugee policy, defying criticism at home and abroad which has intensified due to...
'KSA leading efforts to dry up Daesh sources'
The White House has praised the efforts of Saudi Arabia to cut off funding for the Daesh terrorist group, local media reported Wednesday.
“We have...
