U.S. and Russia aim to choke off ISIS finances
The United States and Russia are drafting U.N. resolutions aimed at ramping up global efforts to choke off ISIS’ sources of financing, both country’s...
Excluding Muslims in India – the Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to...
India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country's citizenship law.
The new law aimed at legalizing the...
Saudi Arabia's new $7bn airport to open mid-2016
Jeddah’s new airport is nearing completion, with a test-run for the airport scheduled for mid 2016. About 85 percent of the new King Abdulaziz...
Dengue cases drop in Jeddah
Cases of dengue fever in Jeddah recently dropped with the city registering between three to five suspected cases, a local newspaper reported.
The drop in...
Egypt begins parliamentary election
Egypt has had no parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically-elected main chamber, then dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, reversing a...
Iran and Russia move closer but their alliance has limits
When Iran took delivery of the first parts of an advanced Russian air defence system this month, it paraded the anti-aircraft missile launchers sent...
Kerry holds out possibility of meeting Netanyahu in Middle East
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday held out the possibility that he may meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Middle...
U.N. plans Yemen peace talks soon, warns of aid obstruction
The United Nations envoy to Yemen was arranging face-to-face negotiations between the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels but warned that a "disastrous humanitarian situation"...
Saudi murderer punished in Taif
Saudi Arabia on Monday executed one of its citizens after he was convicted of running over and killing a fellow tribesman, the interior ministry...
French judge steps up Le Pen investigation over Islamic State tweets
A judge placed France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen under formal investigation on Thursday on suspicion of disseminating violent images over tweets she posted...
