Riyadh slams Iranian condemnation of mass executions
Saudi Arabia has condemned Tehran’s official reaction to the execution on Saturday of 47 people - including a prominent Shia cleric - convicted of...
Pentagon to submit Guantanamo closure plan
Military officials are poised to submit to Congress a much-anticipated report on how to close the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman...
Divorced women deserve better treatment in society
OFFICIAL statistics show an increase in the number of women who get divorced at a young age. Although the majority of them are educated...
Iran denies claims of forces in Syria, Yemen
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Tuesday his country had no troops or military advisers in Syria or Yemen, the RIA news...
Kuwait arrests U.K.-based national for sarcastic online postings
Kuwait's Interior Ministry has arrested a Kuwaiti man who had lived in Britain and charged him with publishing "offensive videos and sarcastic comments" about...
Saudi Arabia criticises U.N. over Yemen blacklisting
Saudi Arabia has rejected a United Nations report that criticised the military coalition it is leading in Yemen, saying it was based primarily on...
Saudi police arrest 9 American 'terror' suspects
Saudi authorities have arrested nine American citizens among 33 "terror" suspects rounded up over the past week, the Saudi Gazette newspaper reported Sunday.
Four Americans...
Oil prices fall before US energy report
Oil prices fell Wednesday as traders awaited the release of US crude inventory data, which are expected to show a further rise in stockpiles.
At...
King of Jordan warns Israel against changing Al-Aqsa status quo
Jordanian King Abdullah II again warned Israel Thursday against any move to change the status quo at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, while reiterating calls...
Truck bomb blast kills dozens in northeast Syria city
A large truck bomb blast claimed by Islamic State (ISIS) killed nearly 50 people and wounded scores more in the northeastern Syrian city of...
