Abbas asks UN for international protection as violence rages
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday in Geneva for the creation of a "special regime" for the protection of his people, as a wave...
Prince Naif inspects preparedness of Haj security forces
Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier, minister of interior and chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, on Thursday inspected the preparedness of the...
Saudi court upholds death sentence for Shi'ite cleric
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed this year on Shi'ite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr who had...
UN says all sides in Libya may be committing war crimes
All sides in Libya's conflict are committing breaches of international law that may amount to war crimes, including abductions, torture and killing of civilians,...
Afghan ceasefire a ‘stepping stone’ to peace talks: analysts
A successful ceasefire between Afghan security forces and the Taliban starting next week could help lay the groundwork for talks to end the nearly...
Second day of protesters Iraq protesters clashes with security forces; many are wounded
At least 17 protesters were wounded, including six with bullet wounds, the source said.
The young demonstrators have mostly thrown rocks at riot police but...
Paris and Riyadh strategic alliance further reinforced
French Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Bertrand Besancenot said that France and KSA have a strategic partnership that is characterized today by a new momentum....
Top U.S. general: Iraq did not ask for Russian strikes
U.S. Marine General Joseph Dunford played down the chances of any Russian air campaign in Iraq in the near future as he made his...
Prince Mohammed due to meet on Yemen with U.N. chief
Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince is due to meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, the kingdom's ambassador said, after the United Nations...
Sudan’s PM survived assassination attempt
Sudan's prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, said he survived an assassination attempt Monday after an explosion went off near his convoy in the capital of...
