Michelle Obama heads home from curtailed Middle East tour
Michelle Obama left Qatar on Friday almost 48 hours later than scheduled after bad weather forced her to extend her stay in the Gulf...
17,000 public sector employees studying abroad on scholarship
The number of Saudi employees in the public sector who have been approved for foreign scholarships reached 16,903 employees over the past five years.
According...
Three-year program to train Saudis for job market
A newly-launched program under the title “Our Youth Our Future” will provide three-year training to Saudi youth at six different training academies under the...
Lebanese parliament to tackle pressing financial issues at first session in a year
Lebanon's parliament convened on Thursday for its first legislative session in more than a year to pass financial laws the paralysed state urgently needs...
Qatar frees Dutch woman held after rape report
A Dutch woman held in Qatar for nearly three months after telling police she had been raped there was released on Monday after receiving...
Kuwait orders Philippines ambassador to leave in domestic workers dispute
Kuwait on Wednesday ordered the Philippines ambassador to leave within a week and recalled its own envoy for consultations after embassy staff tried to...
Saudi construction company Binladin terminates 50,000 jobs
Construction company Saudi Binladin Group has laid off 50,000 staff, a newspaper reported on Friday, as pressure on the industry rises amid government spending...
Under pressure, some young Iranians persevere, but many want to flee
Some young Iranians are determined to modernise their country and rescue it from economic collapse. But facing relentless US pressure and increasing hardship, many...
Lebanon signs offshore drilling deal amid row with Israel
Lebanon Friday signed its first contract to drill for oil and gas off its coast with a consortium comprising energy giants Total, ENI...
Algeria’s Sonatrach says 2 oil leakages occurred at the OK1 pipeline due to bad...
CAIRO (Reuters) - Algeria's Sonatrach said on Friday that two oil leakages occurred at the OK1 pipeline due to bad weather.
Sonatrach added in a...
