Focus on jobs at heart of Saudi reforms
Saudi Arabia plans to spend billions of riyals on technical training and other initiatives to boost the number of its citizens in private sector...
Saudi fiscal reserves slide to 4-year low on weak oil
Saudi Arabia's fiscal reserves dropped to a four-year low last year as the government sought to finance a budget deficit caused by plunging oil...
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Ukraine, Uruguay win U.N. council seats
Egypt, Japan, Senegal, Uruguay and Ukraine were elected to the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, pitting Kiev against veto-power Russia in what Ukraine's...
800,000 'illegal entries' to EU in 2015
Migrants have made some 800,000 "illegal entries" to the European Union so far this year, the head of the bloc's border agency Frontex said...
What the West should have learned from its long ‘war on terror’
Behind President Barack Obama’s Sunday night speech lies an awkward reality. Ever since 9/11, the West has been fighting two in some ways separate,...
EU foreign chief due in Saudi for talks on Iran, Yemen
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini was due in Saudi Arabia on Monday to explain the agreement she helped broker on Iran’s nuclear program,...
France's Hollande to strike against ISIS "Again and again"
France and its allies are prepared to strike against Islamic State militants "again and again", President Francois Hollande said on Monday.
"ISIS is provoking us...
Nokia gains control of Alcatel-Lucent
Finland's Nokia said on Monday it has gained control of French rival Alcatel-Lucent following its 15.6-billion-euro ($17 billion) all-share offer and the two telecom...
Gunmen attack checkpoint, inflict casualties in Yemeni city
Masked gunmen staged a deadly attack on Friday at a checkpoint in a historic Yemeni city, setting of a car bomb and exchanging gunfire...
Saudi-held Syria opposition meet should invite Syrian Kurds, says leader
Syrian Kurds need political and military representation at a Syrian opposition conference organised by Saudi Arabia next month because they are a main partner...
