Islamic State rakes in oil earnings of up to $50 million per month
The Islamic State rakes in up to $50 million a month from selling crude from oilfields under its control in Iraq and Syria, part...
Palestinian leaders stay the course as crises mount
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — In three decades of failed peace efforts, the Palestinians have never faced a more hostile U.S. administration, a more...
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women face inequalities in Iraq
Thousands of internally displaced Iraqi women who say they are facing discriminatory practices as Iraq seeks to recover from years of conflict.
Hundreds of thousands...
‘Slipped the net’: Iranian judge’s mysterious death angers activists
Paris (AFP) - The unexplained death of a fugitive Iranian judge, who plunged from a top floor of his hotel in Bucharest last week,...
‘End of the world’: Countdown to Beirut’s devastating blast
BEIRUT (AP) — The 10 firefighters who received the call a bit before 6 p.m. — alerting them of a big fire at the...
Gulf Arabs oppose Russia role in Syria, still bent on Al Assad’s ouster
Russia’s military intervention in support of President Bashar Al Assad has dismayed Gulf Arab enemies of the Syrian leader who say it will prolong...
200 join Saudi Aviation Flight Academy
As many as 200 students have enrolled into different courses at the Riyadh-based Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) with 70 percent of them being...
Power of the press
The number of unlicensed electronic newspapers in the Kingdom has increased dramatically. Most do not even follow the basic professional and moral standards of...
Ben Carson recasts role of Saudi Arabia in hunt for Osama bin Laden
The Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Sunday upended a widely accepted narrative of the hunt for Osama bin Laden that followed the 11...
Is Ramadi the model for defeating ISIS in Iraq?
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) raised their national flag over the Anbar provincial government headquarters in Ramadi on 28 December, marking the return of...
