Saudi Arabia rejects partisan nature of ITV documentary
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia utterly rejects the partisan nature and sensationalist tone of this documentary. It is clear the producers set out to...
Arab League delays decision on new chief after Qatar objections
A vote to choose the Arab League's new secretary-general was delayed on Thursday after Qatar objected to the nomination of Egypt's former foreign minister,...
Ai Weiwei bedecks beard with Lego bricks after firm backs down
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei published photos of himself with Lego hanging off his moustache and beard on Wednesday, celebrating the toymaker's decision to...
Abbas: investigations into Arafat's death will continue
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is continuing the investigation into the death of the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat until it can "reveal the whole truth." In...
Iranian sentenced to death for spying for Israel
Tehran, Oct 25, 2017 (AFP) - Iran said Wednesday it had sentenced a citizen to death for spying for Israel in return for Swedish...
Global watchdog flags slow "too big to fail" bank rule adoption
Many countries have not yet introduced laws allowing regulators to write down bank's debts to avoid taxpayer bailouts and prevent them being "too big...
Invites to Syria talks on hold, agreement on opposition needed
The United Nations said on Monday it would not issue invitations to peace talks between Syria's government and opposition set to begin on Jan....
Turkey will no longer stop Syrian refugees reaching Europe after troops killed
Turkey on Friday raised the death toll from a Syrian government airstrike on its forces in northwestern Syria to 54 this month.
It was the...
’More women suffer from depression than men’
Psychologists said depression is considered one of the widest psychiatric illnesses in Arab and Western communities and hits 9 percent of males and 12...
Russia seeks economic revenge against Turkey over jet
Russia has threatened economic retaliation against Turkey and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but...
