Facebook and IRS face-off over revenue taxes
A multi-billion dollar dispute between Facebook and US tax authorities began playing out in front of a judge on Tuesday.
The Internal Revenue Service contends...
The trail of Isreali PM Netanyahu
The trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges will open on March 17, the justice ministry said Tuesday.
Netanyahu was charged in...
A private Israeli jet flies over Sudan for first time
In what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called another example of warming ties with formally hostile states, an Israeli aircraft has flown through Sudanese airspace...
Saudi says talks with Huthis progressing
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Saturday that Riyadh was still committed to back-channel peace talks with Yemen's Huthi rebels, despite a recent increase...
Female Turkish novelist accused of Kurdish militant ties
In one of series cases which have fuelled concern among European Union states and rights groups about a deterioration in media freedom in Turkey,...
Coronavirus: Global developments
China reports 242 new deaths and 14,840 new infections in Hubei, the biggest one-day increases since the crisis began.
China's new official toll stands at...
Saudi Arabia is experiencing its coldest weather
In the capital Riyadh, the temperature dipped close to zero and the streets were deserted Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
In Tarif, on the border with...
Iranian-French academic ended a six-week hunger strike in a prison in Iran
Fariba Adelkhah has ended on Wednesday a six-week hunger strike in a prison in Iran as she awaits trial on charges including conspiring against...
Amazon suing Trump over bias and interference
The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October. Amazon later sued, arguing that Trump's interference and bias against the company harmed Amazon's...
Iran plans to launch new satellite amid Washington concerns
On February 1, the head of Iran's space agency said the 113-kilogramme Zafar, "Victory" in Farsi, would be launched into orbit 530 kilometres above...
