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Israel approves 176 settlement homes for east Jerusalem: official

Jerusalem, Oct 25, 2017 (AFP) - Israeli authorities on Wednesday approved a major expansion of an east Jerusalem settlement, signing off on plans to...

Erdogan chairs symbolic first meeting of Turkey cabinet

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday personally chaired the first meeting of the new Turkish cabinet, in a symbolic move showing his desire to...

Britain says Islamic State 'likely' brought down Russian plane

Britain said on Thursday there was a significant possibility that Islamic State's Egyptian affiliate was behind a suspected bomb attack on a Russian airliner...

Belgian man named as Mastermind of the late Paris terrorist attacks

An undated photograph of a man described as Abdelhamid Abaaoud that was published in the Islamic State's online magazine Dabiq and posted on a...

Saudi crown prince to meet with Trump amid marathon US tour

Saudi Arabia's young crown prince has an ambitious list of to-dos: modernize his conservative kingdom, weaken Iran's hand across the Mideast and, this week,...

Kremlin says Turkey's Erdogan requests meeting with Putin in Paris

Russia said on Friday that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had requested a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Paris on Nov. 30. "A...

FIFA confirms final five for presidential vote

FIFA on Tuesday confirmed the final five candidates to take over from the banned Sepp Blatter as head of the world body one month...

Saudi Arabia to appoint women to serve female hajj pilgrims

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj has formally requested the Ministry of Civil Services to facilitate the appointment of women employees at its branches so...

39,959 Saudi youths benefit from training program

As many as 39,959 young Saudis have benefited from various technical training programs designed for the needs of the local market. The trainees not only...

400 Saudis victimized in Manila in a year

Saudi Ambassador in Manila Abdullah Al-Basiri warned Saudi tourists against fraud attempts in the Philippines. He said that around 400 cases of fraud have...

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