Lira slumps after Turkey’s Erdogan says interest rates ‘evil’
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday declared that interest rates were the "mother and father of all evil", a controversial comment that prompted a...
Netanyahu request to delay trial rejected
On Tuesday, An Israeli court on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to delay the start of his corruption trial.
Netanyahu's lawyers had appealed...
ISIS frees 270 kidnapped people in eastern Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Tuesday released 270 of an estimated 400 civilians, most of them women and children, kidnapped at...
Saudi pilot loses life in Taif crash
A Saudi pilot died in a helicopter crash during a routine training flight in Taif on Sunday, a source at the Ministry of Defense...
After Assad audience, Russia eyes seizing diplomatic initiative on Syria
The Kremlin believes it has taught Washington an object lesson in how to take on Islamist militants in Syria. Basking in the afterglow of...
China says Muslim practices to be protected during Ramadan
Officials from China's traditionally Muslim region of Xinjiang say they will not interfere with fasting and other standard religious activities during the Islamic holy...
Emirates airline's H1 profit surges 65% to $849 mn
Dubai's Emirates airline said Thursday its net profit surged 65 percent in the first half of the financial year to $849 million (781 million...
Sudan peace talks break without deal: African Union
Peace talks between Sudan's government and rebels have adjourned without a deal after a week of negotiations in Ethiopia, African Union mediators said Tuesday.
Rebel...
Israeli soldier wounded in West Bank Thursday dies: army
An Israeli soldier critically injured by a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Thursday died of his injuries on Saturday, an army statement...
Lebanese man stranded for 42 days in Ecuador airport
A Lebanese man has been stuck in immigration purgatory at an airport in Ecuador for 42 days after losing his passport and being returned...
