Biggest 2016 risk may be the one just behind us: Oil
The biggest financial risk in 2016 may be the one that's been on stage all year.
In Britain's popular Christmas pantomime shows, audiences scream out...
Palestinians divided over Coronavirus
Gaza, measuring 375 sq km, is home to around two million Palestinians. Since 2007 it has been under the control of the militant group...
UN envoy says radically more must be done for Middle East peace
Palestinians in Gaza are growing ever more desperate and unless "radically more" is done to address the situation, it is only a matter of...
Turkish gold trader testifies on bank exec’s role in sham food sales
A Turkish-Iranian gold trader testifying for U.S. prosecutors in a New York court on Friday gave his most detailed account yet of how he...
Saudi king establishes anti-corruption prosecution units
Saudi Arabia's king has established special anti-corruption units of prosecutors to pursue embezzlement cases in the kingdom after a recent crackdown.
King Salman's decision was...
Palestinians: Hamas militant’s body to be returned to Gaza
The Palestinian ambassador in Malaysia says the body of a Hamas militant killed last week in Kuala Lumpur will be repatriated to the Gaza...
Saudi-led coalition help Yemeni forces re-capture Houthi strongholds
Pro-government forces backed by the Saudi-led coalition on Monday captured “balaq” mountain and “Marbat Al-Dam" two of the Houthi rebel’s remaining strongholds in Yemen’s...
Weapons bound for Yemen seized on Iranian boat
Saudi-led coalition forces said on Wednesday they had seized an Iranian fishing boat loaded with weapons on its way to deliver them to Houthi...
Oil rises as Syria fighting intensifies
Crude prices rose on Friday as fighting in Syria intensified, but remained on course to end the week largely unchanged as a hurricane was...
Boost for higher education
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman approved the formation of an interim committee to manage higher education affairs. The committee, which will...
