Saudi foreign minister says Russian actions in Syria "very dangerous"
Russia's actions in Syria are fuelling the country's war, which can only be ended with an unconditional exit of President Bashar al-Assad, Saudi Foreign...
Saudi banks still strong despite oil slump
Saudi Arabian banks' financial cushion and the government's commitment to keep spending should enable them to weather a prolonged slump in oil prices, even...
Israeli MPs vote to make Arabic language classes compulsory in schools
Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to make Arabic classes compulsory for students from the age of six, in a move backers hoped would help improve...
Syrian gov’t plans to retake north Homs from rebels next-minister
The Syrian government plans to recover an opposition-held pocket north of Homs city soon after it completes surrender deals with armed groups around the...
UAE plane crashed in Yemen due to technical fault, pilots killed
Two pilots died when a United Arab Emirates Mirage plane crashed in Yemen on Monday due to a technical fault while conducting military operations...
Sepp Blatter faces judgment by FIFA ethics court he created
Sepp Blatter attempted to save his presidency on Thursday at the FIFA ethics committee he helped create and whose authority he does not recognize...
US special forces traveling 'very soon' to Syria
Dozens of US special operations forces will arrive in Syria "very soon," as promised by President Barack Obama's administration, a senior official said Sunday.
The...
BP boss forecasts balanced oil market in second half of 2016
BP boss Bob Dudley said Wednesday he was "very bearish" on oil prices for the first half of 2016, but forecast supply and demand...
Sheikh Salman submits candidacy papers to FIFA
The president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, has formally entered the race to become FIFA...
Iran could send military advisers to Yemen
A delegation from the Houthi movement is in Saudi Arabia for talks on ending Yemen's war, two senior officials said, in what appeared to...
