AFC moves Saudi-Iran Champions League ties to neutral venues
Saudi Arabian clubs will play Champions League matches against Iranian teams at neutral venues this year because of the lack of improvement in relations...
Turkey to release 38,000 prisoners, makes space in jails after coup
Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens of thousands of people suspected of...
46 migrants drown, 16 missing, off shore of Yemen
Forty-six migrants drowned and 16 are missing after their boat capsized off the shore of Yemen on Wednesday, the United Nations Migration Agency said.
At...
2 car bombs in eastern Turkey kill 6, wound over 120
Two car bombings targeted police stations in Turkey, killing at least six people and wounding over 120, officials said Thursday.
A car bombing attack on...
Egypt arrests aide to barred presidential challenger
Egyptian police on Tuesday arrested former anti-corruption chief Hisham Geneina after he suggested that a presidential hopeful he campaigned for possessed damning material against...
Saudi Arabia to raise domestic petrol prices by 'up to 40%'
Saudi Arabia will raise domestic petrol prices by up to 40 per cent, AFP has reported, citing the kingdom's state press agency, SPA.
Initial reports...
Gulf-backed Yemeni forces seize city from Al Qaeda
Yemeni forces backed by Apache helicopters from a Saudi-led coalition wrested the city of Houta from al Qaeda fighters after a gun battle on...
Turkey calls for Muslim anti-terrorism body at OIC meeting
Muslim nations have agreed to establish a Turkey-based body to fight terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday as he urged the countries'...
Tension rises between Pakistan and India
Relations between the nuclear-armed neighbors; Pakistan and India escalated in February last year, with India launching an air strike inside Pakistan after accusing its...
China fears regional conflict as Saudi Arabia severs ties with Iran
China said on Monday it was concerned about the prospect of an intensification of conflict in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic...
