UK foreign minister discusses climate change in Gulf
Speaking from a Gulf nation whose skyscrapers rose on oil wealth, Britain's foreign secretary called Thursday on the rest of the wealthy Arab world...
More than 114,000 flee Yemen war: UN
More than 114,000 people have fled war-torn Yemen, and the figure could reach at least 200,000 by the end of 2016, aid officials said...
Classes suspended as cold wave grips Saudi Northern borders
Snow blanketed parts of the Northern Border Province and authorities have suspended classes in all schools on Thursday.
There was moderate snowfall in rural complexes...
Egypt court jails belly dancer for debauchery in social media crackdown
CAIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A high-profile Egyptian belly-dancer, Sama el-Masry, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($18,500)...
Eastern Province governor honors Khaled Al-Malik
Eastern Province Gov. Prince Saud bin Naif honored Al-Jazirah Editor in Chief Khaled Al-Malik for winning the 2015 Mediterranean Award for Journalism and Creativity.
The...
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...
Malaysia elephant sanctuary trumpets effort to cut human-animal conflict
A herd of elephants tramp through jungle before lumbering into a river under the watchful gaze of their keepers, training at a Malaysian sanctuary...
German Turks plan to sue far-right AfD for “camel driver” slur
Germany's Turkish community plans to bring criminal charges against a senior member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for calling Turks "camel drivers"...
Turkish soap operas latest casualty of Mideast conflicts
A major Middle Eastern satellite network now believed to be majority-owned by Saudi Arabia has stopped airing Turkish soap operas, the latest entertainment casualty...
New visa benefits for Saudi-friendly firms
The recently introduced fast-track recruitment system is a reward for private firms that fulfill the Saudization quota, an official of the Ministry of Labor...
