GCC parliaments stress regional security
The parliaments from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are intent on developing plans to tackle several problems in the region, including the Palestinian...
No sign of Saudi rescuing oil market
Low oil prices have pushed top exporter Saudi Arabia to hasten difficult economic reforms and cut spending on popular benefits, but it has few...
Saudi Arabia jails eight over Khashoggi murder, fiancee decries trial
RIYADH/BEIRUT, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian court on Monday jailed eight people for between seven and 20 years for the 2018 murder...
Iran’s Rouhani says talks possible, if U.S. returns to 2015 nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) - If the United Sates wants an agreement with Iran, first it should return to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers...
ISIS car bomb in Syrian capital kills 10
A suicide car bomber dispatched by the Islamic State group struck near a police officers' club in the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing at...
Israel selling Uzi-maker IMI Systems to private firm
Israel is selling state-owned IMI Systems, maker of the Uzi submachine gun, to defence company Elbit Systems for more than half a billion dollars,...
Europe's leading human rights court upholds France's ban on headscarves
Europe’s leading human rights court upheld France’s ban on headscarves in the case of a social worker who was fired because she refused to...
UK Foreign secretary says helping Saudi-led Yemen campaign
British troops are helping identify targets for a Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen and haven't found any "deliberate" breaches of humanitarian law, Foreign Secretary...
Kuwait condemns Manila ban on Filipino workers
Kuwait's foreign minister on Tuesday condemned what he called an "escalation" by Manila after the Philippines expanded a ban on its nationals working in...
Protests over food distribution result in seven deaths – Afghanistan
The government in Afghanistan has been distributing food aid around the country as the restrictions imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic have led to many...
