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...
Saudi voters to begin registration in municipal elections
On Sunday in Makkah the registration of voters for the third municipal elections will begin, according to Mayor Osama Albar, who is the chairman...
More than 20,000 Lebanese to be repatriated despite virus
In its first flights in weeks since it closed its international airport to stem the novel coronavirus, Lebanon on Sunday started repatriating nationals who...
Saudi 2016 budget marks end of era for lavish Gulf subsidies
An austere state budget released by Saudi Arabia this week is likely to mark the end of an era for the Gulf's lavish cradle-to-grave...
How to respond to Russia in Syria while avoiding World War III
As Syrian rebels face an onslaught of Russian bombs ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, back in Washington President Barack Obama faces incoming volleys...
Elon Musk offers to make ventilators amid Coronavirus battle
Elon Musk’s, Tesla’s chief executive, offer to make ventilators for Coronavirus sufferers was welcomed by hundreds of Twitter users on Thursday after the United...
Why Egypt has a different take on Russian airstrikes in Syria
Egypt says Russia’s anti-terror airstrikes in Syria will restrict the spread of terrorism and deal a major blow to the Daesh terrorist group in...
Ethiopia, Egypt dam feud drags on
Negotiations between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum have entered a decisive stage in which the parties must express their final stance concerning the controversy...
High-profile Islamic militant executed in Egypt
Hisham el-Ashmawi, a former Egyptian special forces officer turned Islamic militant, was executed on Wednesday.
He was sentenced to death by a military court in...
Jeb Bush takes on Trump
Challenger Jeb Bush locked horns with Republican front-runner Donald Trump in a national security debate on Tuesday but most rivals avoided tangling with the...
