Saudi to overhaul floundering financial district and economic cities
Saudi Arabia is revising plans for a glitzy financial district in Riyadh and the creation of six industrial cities, after the projects were plagued...
Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram fighters, frees 900 hostages
Cameroon troops killed around 100 Boko Haram Islamist fighters from Nigeria, freed almost 900 hostages and seized Islamic State (IS) flags last week, the...
Algerian billionaire Rebrab buys media group
Algerian billionaire Issad Rebrab, the country's wealthiest entrepreneur, has bought the El Khabar media group for around 40 million euros ($45 million), the group...
Battle-weary Syrian forces struggle despite Russian air war
Devastated by years of fighting, Syria's battle-weary armed forces are struggling to make significant gains despite intense Russian air support for a series of...
Saudi security forces kill suspected militant in Taif
Saudi security forces said on Monday they had killed a suspected militant during a siege which followed an attack on a police station in...
Saudi Aramco to expand as oil demand grows
State oil giant Saudi Aramco, which could soon become the world's largest listed company, will keep expanding despite low crude prices, its president said...
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...
Assad: Western nations quietly collaborating with Syrian regime
Western nations publicly critical of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime have been quietly sending security officials to collaborate with his government, Assad said in...
Yemen government and Houthis agree on prisoner swap
Yemen's warring parties agreed on Wednesday to exchange hundreds of prisoners in a move aimed at supporting U.N.-sponsored peace talks which resumed for a...
Isis video 'shows killing of five men it says spied for UK'
Isis militants have released a video, featuring a man and young boy speaking with British accents, purportedly showing the killing of five men who...
