Saudi entertainment chief sacked after conservative backlash
Saudi King Salman has sacked the head of the country's entertainment authority after religiously conservative citizens took to social media to denounce a Russian...
Taking anti-depressants during pregnancy may double autism risk
Women who take certain common antidepressants while pregnant may face almost twice the risk of having a child with autism, a study said on...
UK website aimed at parents who fear children may join ISIS
Britain launches a new website on Tuesday which aims to educate Muslim teenagers against groups like ISIS, as the government backed the right of...
Female genital mutilation to be criminalized in Sudan
Sudan is working to criminalize the widespread practice of female genital mutilation after the transitional government approved a landmark draft law.
Under the proposed amendment...
Ministry opens all job opportunities for women
Under pressure from the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Saudi Ministry of Labor has dropped a clause which protected women workers from hazardous and...
Tunisia use ‘keeper ruse to break Ramadan fast
Players for World Cup-bound Tunisia broke their Ramadan fast during two warm-up matches after the goalkeeper feigned injury, coach Nabil Maaloul told AFP Tuesday.
Maaloul...
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 job creation dries up as oil price slumps
Saudi Arabia's plans for economic reform foresee winding down 'jobs for life' in an inefficient state bureaucracy and replacing them with new careers in...
Recruitment companies fail to bring in maids
Saudi giant manpower recruitment companies, which have been established with huge capitals to end the problem of foreign manpower recruitment, too have failed to...
Queiroz, Iran in Ronaldo’s crosshairs as Portugal target last 16
Cristiano Ronaldo will look to fire his country into the last 16 of the World Cup on Monday at the expense of former Portugal...
