Football: Qatar 'singled out' for criticism says 2022 head
Qatar has been unfairly "singled out" for criticism the 2022 World Cup committee chief said Monday, adding that no labourer has died during more...
Erdogan biopic to hit Turkish screens: producer
Shooting will start next week on a feature film tracing the early career of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from his childhood in a poor...
Turkey demands that Russia respect its borders
Turkey's prime minister demanded Wednesday that Russia respect Turkey's borders, saying the nation won't "make any concessions" on matters of border security, after two...
Turkey allows German minister visit after airbase row
Turkey said Monday it would allow Germany's defence minister to visit an air base in the south of the country after sparking a row...
Qatar powers ahead with World Cup preparations
Battered by criticism over human rights, facing investigation over corruption and the financial fallout from an energy price slump, Qatar is forging ahead with...
Kuwait arrests U.K.-based national for sarcastic online postings
Kuwait's Interior Ministry has arrested a Kuwaiti man who had lived in Britain and charged him with publishing "offensive videos and sarcastic comments" about...
Two years of South Sudan war with peace on paper only
They came for a night fleeing fighting, hammering on the gates of the United Nations base as gunmen rampaged through South Sudan's capital killing...
Saudi plans stock market reforms to draw foreign money
Saudi Arabia announced a string of reforms to its stock market that could attract billions of dollars of fresh foreign money and smooth sales...
Modi's Saudi visit part of push to "de-hyphenate" India from Pakistan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday is part of a broader diplomatic offensive to put pressure on arch rival...
Train for pilgrims’ Makkah–Madinah travel by end of 2016
Buses will no longer be used for transporting pilgrims to and fro Makkah and Madinah when the Haramain Highspeed Railway commences operation by December...
