Saudi strips powers from religious police, orders 'kinder' approach
Saudi Arabia has stripped its frequently criticised religious police of their powers to arrest, urging them to act "kindly and gently" in enforcing Islamic...
Qatari exec meets investigators in FIFA bribery case
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, a Qatari soccer and television executive, was questioned Wednesday by Swiss investigators who say he...
Queen Elizabeth has lived through 115 different Arab Leaders
LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II has officially marked 63 years and 217 days of rule, breaking the record as the longest-serving British monarch on Wednesday....
Mummified body found in Iran could be father of last shah
The discovery in Iran of a mummified body near the site of a former royal mausoleum has raised speculation it could be the remains...
Makkah accident dead laid to rest
The morgue in Mina has begun releasing the bodies of the victims of Friday’s crane crash tragedy, with those conclusively identified by their relatives...
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef receives France's top honor
The Legion of Honor award wasn't on the official agenda, but President Francois Hollande reportedly awarded France's highest honor to Saudi Arabia's crown prince...
49,000 children dying of malnutrition linked to Boko Haram
The U.N. children's agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria's Islamic extremist uprising...
Saudi Prince Sultan bin Salman says jobs are top priority
Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan bin Salman said Tuesday that after years of his government "throwing funding" into sectors that failed to boost the economy,...
Richest 62 people own same as half world's population – Oxfam
The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the world's population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich have grown richer and...
Sub-Saharan Africa rates poorly in equal education for boys and girls – U.N.
Less than half of the world's countries have equal numbers of girls and boys in school with not one sub-Saharan African nation achieving equality,...
