What 100,000 U.S. boots on the ground get you in Syria
Speaking in Turkey after the terrible Paris murders of last Friday, President Barack Obama recently opposed any fundamental change in U.S. strategy towards Syria...
Qatar rules out military intervention in Syria
Qatar's Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah has ruled out sending troops to fight Syria's government, Qatari-owned Al Jazeera English quoted him as saying on Wednesday.
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WikiLeaks' Assange calls on Sweden, Britain to allow him freedom after UN panel report
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on Britain and Sweden on Friday to let him freely leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London after a U.N....
New Zealand All Blacks great Jonah Lomu dies aged 40
All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu, whose power and pace revolutionized rugby and whose humility and grace won millions of fans, died early Wednesday, New...
Lebanon risks disappearing without new government, reforms- French foreign minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Thursday that Lebanon risked disappearing due to the inaction of its political elite who needed to...
Riyadh condemns racism against Muslim refugees
Saudi Arabia has expressed deep concern about the “increasing hostile, racist and inhuman rhetoric against refugees in general and Muslim refugees in particular.”
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Egypt tycoon's party eyes economy with election bid
Fireworks erupt at his rallies, his face is plastered across the streets of his Cairo constituency and children wear T-shirts printed with his image.
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Troops enter Yemeni port, opening new front
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces landed by sea at the Red Sea port of Maydee near the border with Saudi Arabia late on Wednesday, residents said,...
Najdi cuisine: A taste of the Saudi highlands
Najd, meaning ‘highland’ or ‘plateau', is Saudi Arabia’s central province, a vast desert heartland located between the western mountains of the Hijaz and the...
Saudi Arabian women are succeeding, author says
A Saudi Arabian sociologist aims to counter stereotypes about her country with a coffee table book profiling successful Saudi women, she said on the...
