ISIS eyeing oil targets beyond Syria stronghold: U.S. official
Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly...
George Clooney: Oscars are 'moving backwards'
Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has accused the Academy Awards of "moving in the wrong direction" amid controversy over lack of diversity.
For the second year...
Saudi Post issues stamps commemorating crown princes
The Saudi Post Corporation (SPC) has issued new commemorative stamps to mark the kingdom’s allegiance to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and...
Twitter says sporadic outages in many parts of world resolved
Twitter said on Tuesday it has resolved outages widely reported across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America that were caused by a...
Anti-migrant German populist party surges in local polls
Germany's right-wing populist AfD party made strong gains in local polls in western states on the back of rising support for its anti-migrant rhetoric,...
Riyadh reiterates support to Hadi
Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi on Sunday urged Houthi militias to lay down their arms and resume dialogue to end the conflict, as...
Saudis await Prince Mohammed bin Salam's vision of the future
Saudi Arabians are anticipating with hope, doubt and worry the release this week of a government plan to liberate the kingdom from its reliance...
Prominent Egyptian Islamist critic ordered held for 15 days
Egypt's state security prosecutor on Thursday remanded for questioning a former Islamist presidential candidate who was arrested over alleged contacts with the banned Muslim...
New Saudi performance centre adds to Prince Mohammad bin Salman's power
Hit by falling oil prices, Saudi Arabia has set up a new body that aims to improve the efficiency of government agencies while giving...
IMF cuts Saudi growth forecast on oil slide
Growth in OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia will slow to its lowest rate in seven years, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, as oil prices...
