Houthis blocking supply routes: UN
A senior UN official has accused the Houthi group of obstructing the delivery of humanitarian supplies to civilians in Taiz and warned that up...
Iraq blames Iran after thousands of pilgrims storm border crossing
Iraq’s interior ministry blamed Iranian authorities for allowing tens of thousands of Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims to storm a border crossing and enter the country...
Russia and Turkey refuse to back down in row over jet downing
Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its air force would keep flying...
Iran president decries U.S. ‘terrorism’ after Trump remarks
Iranian President Hassan Rowhani has accused the United States of having “created terrorism” as he reacted to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for a...
Kurds attack Syrian air base held by insurgents
Kurdish fighters backed by Russian airstrikes launched an attack in northern Syria on Wednesday in an attempt to capture a military air base held...
Huge reserves, low public debt strong features of KSA economy
Some international rating agencies and institutions such as the IMF are being criticized for practicing a double standard when dealing with economic scenarios in...
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...
Breast cancer awareness at Fakeeh hospital
Doodle for a Cause is the name of the breast cancer awareness campaign launched last Wednesday by Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in cooperation with...
Al Yasmin students sparkle in science event
Scientific advancement should aim to affirm and to improve human life. Keeping in view these words and the theme for this year’s 25th Annual...
Kuwait approves Iraq war reparations payment delay to 2017
Kuwait says it has agreed to let Iraq postpone a final batch of Saddam Hussain-era war reparations it is owed until early 2017.
The official...
