Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Kuwait court convicts five over ISIS fundraising

A lower court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the Islamic State jihadist...

King Salman receives President of Chad in Riyadh

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received Predisent of Chad, Idriss Deby Itno, at Al-Yamamah Palace Sunday. King Salman and President Deby Itno discussed bilateral relations and...

Afghan Taliban splinter faction picks rival leader

A splinter faction of the Afghan Taliban has selected its own leader to challenge the new chief of the militant group, two insurgent commanders...

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...

244 Russians killed in Egypt plane crash, bodies to return home

A Russian cargo plane on Monday brought the first bodies of Russian victims killed in a plane crash in Egypt home to St. Petersburg,...

Saudi Arabia hit by ice flash floods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heXYtvaNVDg Saudi Arabia has been hit by extreme weather conditions this weekend, as seasonal low pressure creates rainfall across Saudi, Iraq and Iran. The icy floods...

Yemen's Houthis say efforts to find political solution have failed

A senior Houthi leader said efforts to convene U.N.-backed peace talks for Yemen were failing and blamed the United States and Saudi Arabia for...

Last British resident freed from Guantanamo Bay arrives in UK

The last British resident to be held at the U.S. prison camp in the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba arrived in Britain on...

Maldives boat blast suspect deported from Malaysia

A man suspected of involvement in the attempted assassination of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen last month was deported on Friday from Malaysia to the...

Knife-wielding Palestinians strike in West Bank, Jerusalem; two dead

Knife-wielding Palestinians attacked Israelis in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday and police said they had shot dead two assailants, in a...

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