Saudia eyes Asian ventures, low-cost unit under 2020 plan
Saudia is open to forging joint-venture (JV) agreements with unspecified Asian carriers as its five-year turnaround plan moves from a predominantly restructuring phase into...
Five Saudi soldiers martyred
Five Saudi soldiers laid down their lives defending the Kingdom on Jazan border with Yemen, armed forces headquarters announced late on Sunday.
Yemen’s internationally recognized...
Two women die of MERS in Riyadh, Saudi
Two elderly Saudi women died from Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus virus (MERS-CoV) Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Health Ministry reported that the victims were...
Cameron urges Saudi Arabia not to execute Shi'ite protestor
Prime Minister David Cameron urged Middle East ally Saudi Arabia on Sunday not to go ahead with the execution of a Shi'ite Muslim sentenced...
Jordan official: Extremism a result of no Palestinian state
Jordan's foreign minister says that Palestinian statehood is the most important issue now facing the world and that it fuels extremism gripping the Mideast.
Nasser...
Syrian Kurds claim Turkish army attacks border positions
Kurdish fighters in northern Syria have accused the Turkish military of attacking their positions near a border town at the weekend.
There was no immediate...
Calls to extend corona lockdown by two weeks in Lebanon
Before the pandemic erupted, Lebanon was struggling with its worst economic crisis in decades, with 45 percent of the population facing poverty according to...
Palestinians to sue Britain over 1917 pledge on Jewish state
The Palestinian president says he will sue Great Britain over the 1917 Balfour Declaration and its support for a Jewish national home in the...
Trump pleads for life of condemned Iranian wrestler
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump pleaded Thursday for the life of an Iranian wrestler condemned to death after being convicted of murder.
"Hearing...
Yemen: Government calls for joint Arab force to monitor withdrawal of Houthis
The UN envoy to Yemen is working with the government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the governments of the Gulf states to...
