Gulf Arabs race to release youth potential in age of cheap oil
Like the prototype drone of Emirati student Talib Alhinai, the ambitions of young people across the Gulf Arab states need to soar if they...
Syrian man with Kurdish militia links behind Ankara bomb attack
A Syrian national with links to Syrian Kurdish militia carried out the suicide bombing in Ankara that targeted military personnel and killed at least...
Italy demands justice for student slain in Egypt
An outraged Italy demanded on Monday that Egypt catch and punish those responsible for the death of student Giulio Regeni, whose tortured, half-naked corpse...
Aid airdrops to Syria's besieged are 'too dangerous'
As images and reports of starvation in besieged Syrian communities drew an international outcry and two rare aid convoys this month, an urgent question...
Children starving amid 'alarming' Somalia drought
Over 58,000 children will starve to death in Somalia without urgent support, the United Nations warned Monday, amid severe drought in the impoverished and...
Oman and Assad discuss solutions to Syria conflict
Oman's foreign minister and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met in Damascus on Monday and discussed ideas that have been put forward to address the...
Mars mission: Small step for the UAE, giant leap for the Arab world
After two days of debate on the ever-growing security threats facing the Middle East, the Al Arabiya News Global Discussions Forum ended on a...
Football: French anthem to be played at Premier League games
The French national anthem will be played before all English top-flight games this weekend as a mark of solidarity over the Paris attacks, the...
Jaish al-Islam rebel group denies Russia hit oil stash
Syrian rebel group Jaish al-Islam denied on Tuesday a Russian defence ministry report that its jets had destroyed a stash of oil products belonging...
Fire hits UAE residential tower, no casualties reported
A major fire broke out in a residential tower at Ajman in the United Arab Emirates late on Monday, the latest in a series...
