'Safe transportation' scheme for Saudi women set to launch in Riyadh
The Ministry of Labor will soon start implementing the ‘safe transportation’ scheme for Saudi women working in the private sector.
In the first phase of...
Kuwait steps up deportations of expat workers
Kuwait has stepped up deportations of expatriate workers this year, a newspaper in the Gulf emirate reported Friday, with most expelled for outstaying their...
Al-Falih outlines Health Ministry’s rapid response during Haj 2015
Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih has expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those who died in the Mina stampede and wished a speedy...
Libyan official: '70 percent' of last ISIS bastion liberated
U.S.-backed forces in Libya have liberated "70 percent" of the city of Sirte, the Islamic State group's (ISIS) last bastion in the North African...
Tired of cheap oil, Saudis eye price boost to drive Aramco IPO
Two years after triggering an oil price war, Saudi Arabia has seemingly had enough of cheap crude amid budget pressures, fear of a future...
Israeli opposition leader wants to begin separating from Palestinians
Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog said Wednesday that no peace deal was possible for now and his country must begin unilaterally separating from the...
ISIS claims suicide attack on Pakistan consulate in Afghan city
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday that was followed by a deadly gun...
Why terrorism will only get worse
Dr. Ali Ahmad Al-Kheshaiban
Al-Riyadh
When we talk about extremism, we should also ask what transformations we have gone through while fighting extremism? Why have our...
Russia airstrikes kill 21 civilians in Aleppo, Syria
At least 21 civilians, including three children, were killed Thursday in Russian strikes on rebel-held districts of Syria's Aleppo city, a monitor said.
The Britain-based...
Governor of Aden survives car bomb attack in Yemen
The governor of the southern Yemeni city of Aden survived a car bomb attack targeting his convoy on Friday, security officials and eyewitnesses said.
A...
