Oil prices trading below $43 in Asia
Oil prices traded below $43 in Asia on Friday as U.S. markets took a break for Thanksgiving and Russia ruled out a military strike...
Humiliated Blatter says only FIFA Congress can bar him
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday he believes that only the Congress of football’s governing body, and not its Ethics Committee, can...
Algeria jails former counter-terror chief for 5 years
Algeria’s former counterterrorism chief has been sentenced to five years in prison for destroying documents and disobeying military orders, his lawyer said.
Abdelkader Ait-Ouarabi, better...
Train for pilgrims’ Makkah–Madinah travel by end of 2016
Buses will no longer be used for transporting pilgrims to and fro Makkah and Madinah when the Haramain Highspeed Railway commences operation by December...
Saudi Arabia expects 25 percent rise in Umrah pilgrims
The electronic Umrah system, which has been approved as of this season, will organize the sector and get rid of brokers, Saudi authorities have...
Kurds claim victory over ISIS in Iraq’s Sinjar
Massoud Barazani, president of Iraq’s autonomous region Kurdistan, said in a press conference on Friday that the country’s northern town of Sinjar has been...
Israel soon to open Abu Dhabi office for renewable energy
Israel's Foreign Ministry says the country will soon open an office at a renewable energy agency in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates' capital...
U.S. soldiers in Syria to back anti-ISIS Kurds
U.S. soldiers are in Kobane, the town in northern Syria nearly destroyed in fierce fighting with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group,...
Russia seeks economic revenge against Turkey over jet
Russia has threatened economic retaliation against Turkey and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but...
France and Russia agree to exchange intel on ISIS
France and Russia will exchange intelligence on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, as well as other militant groups to improve the effectiveness of...
