Egypt begins parliamentary election
Egypt has had no parliament since June 2012 when a court dissolved the democratically-elected main chamber, then dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, reversing a...
Prince Saud’s services recalled
The Arab International Relations Council in Kuwait recently honored the late Prince Saud Al-Faisal for his contribution to regional and global diplomacy.
Those in attendance...
Egypt receives first of two French Mistral warships
Egypt on Thursday received the first of two French Mistral helicopter carriers and said the second would arrive in September as part a deal...
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...
Prince Mohammed to meet Obama and Ban on U.S. visit
Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince flew to the United States on Monday for meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban...
U.S. brings ambitious Syria peace plan to UN
Senior international envoys gather in New York Friday to seek UN backing for an ambitious US and Russian plan to bring about a negotiated...
ISIS claims responsibility for attack in Homs, Syria
ISIS said it was responsible for a suicide attack in the Syrian government-controlled city of Homs on Tuesday that killed several people.
The Islamist militant...
SAUDI ARAMCO CHAIRMAN DEFENDS OIL GIANT'S POSSIBLE IPO MOVE
The chairman of Saudi Arabia's state oil giant says plans for a possible initial public offering are not being driven by a need for...
Libya says oil production up at 300,000 bpd
Crude production in oil-rich but conflict-ridden Libya is now more than 300,000 barrels per day since a new terminal opened in the east, the...
Turkish authorities find bodies of 27 migrants, search for survivors
Turkish authorities said they found the bodies of 27 migrants, at least three of them children, at two separate locations on the Aegean coast...
