Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes
Riyadh (AFP) - Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness -- and fears of economic ruin -- haunt the usually...
Death toll from heavy Afghanistan flooding surpasses 150
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll from two days of heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan rose to at least 150 on...
Last comments on UK’s Brexit
After 47-year membership of the world's biggest trading bloc, the United Kingdom leaves the European Union at 23:00 GMT on Friday.
British and European politicians’...
Hospitals shut, villages isolated in Egypt to slow virus
A Cairo hospital was closed for sterilization late Saturday after two COVID-19 cases were confirmed.
He said no date was yet set for re-opening the...
Yemen truce fragile as rebels threaten Saudi Arabia
A collapsing ceasefire between Yemen's warring parties was to be extended Monday night, as fighting persisted in the north and the rebels vowed more...
Many Afghans view signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal with skepticism
Many Afghans view Saturday's expected signing of a U.S.-Taliban peace deal with a heavy dose of well-earned skepticism. They've spent decades living in a...
Anti-Semitic routine at a Carnival parade in Spain
Rodica Radian-Gordon, Isreal’s ambassador has denounced a Carnival parade routine in a small town that featured men and women dressed up like Jewish Holocaust...
Russian jet downed by Turkey was ‘inside Syria’
The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into...
Price crash in Iraq oil earnings
The second-biggest crude producer in the OPEC oil cartel, Iraq sold 105 million barrels in March, earning $2.99 billion, according to an oil ministry...
Bahraini activist leaves prison
A prominent Bahraini activist, Hajer Mansoor, 51, her son and nephew were sentenced to prison in October 2017 after being accused of planting a...
