France should not host Euro 2016, says Just Fontaine
French football great Just Fontaine has said France should not host the European Championships next year after the Paris terrorist attacks.
The 82-year-old, who scored...
Germany warns of risk of US-Russia conflict over Syria
Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday warned of the risk of a US-Russian conflict breaking out over Syria, as he readied to travel...
Saudi Arabia opens retail sector to more foreign investment
Saudi Arabia has approved rules opening its retail sector to greater foreign investment, official media said on Tuesday, as part of wide-ranging economic reforms.
The...
Western Addiction to Bombing Doesn't Absolve Islamic World of Own Mistakes
Egyptian journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Dessouki believes that so long as the West and the Muslim world continue to focus all their energy on blaming...
Oil prices slightly up in Asia but gains limited
Oil prices were higher in Asia Friday, but gains were limited in a market burdened by a persistent oversupply.
A continued rise in US commercial...
Morocco arrests four militants with suspected Islamic State ties
Moroccan police have arrested four people suspected of belonging to a militant cell linked to the Islamic State group, the interior ministry said on...
Israeli Security Cabinet convening in underground bunker-media
Israel's Security Cabinet, a forum of senior ministers headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has begun holding its weekly meetings in a secure underground...
Saudi denies coalition hit Yemen MSF hospital
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday denied that coalition air strikes hit a hospital in Yemen run by medical charity MSF after the attack was condemned...
Iraqi California student says airline removed him for speaking Arabic
A University of California, Berkeley student and former Iraqi refugee says he was unfairly removed from a flight in Los Angeles this month because...
UAE says Iraq election shows waning Iranian influence
A senior United Arab Emirates (UAE) official said in remarks published on Thursday that Iraq's parliamentary election, won by a block led by nationalist...
