Saudi postpones hearing for women activists
Court cites 'private reasons’ and fails to provide a new date
Akavi, kidnapped by IS, may be alive: Red Cross
The NZ nurse was abducted in late 2013 in the northwest Syrian city of Idlib
Erdogan seeks annulment of Istanbul polls
Initial results show the main opposition narrowly won control of the city
2 Bangladeshis die in Qatar road crash
Two other expatriates are critically injured
Turkey rules for partial Istanbul vote recount
Initial count showed the main opposition candidate earned a narrow victory
US hackers helped UAE spy on media
The chairman of Al Jazeera and a BBC host are among prominent Arab media figures surveilled by the Gulf state during a 2017 standoff with Qatar
Turks begin voting in local polls
President Erdogan could lose in big cities
Saudis gained access
to Bezos' phone
Saudi government had access to Bezos' phone and gained private information from it, says security consultant Gavin De Becker
Saudi women’s rights activists granted release, but their trial continues
A Saudi court Thursday temporarily freed three of the women’s rights activists standing trial in a case that has drawn international criticism of the kingdom’s human righ...
18 die in Iran flash floods
Around 100 more injured after floods in southern Fars province
IS defeated, say US-backed forces in Syria
The Syrian Democratic Forces announced end of caliphate after taking final shred of territory
Hunger still stalks Yemen's remote villages
Yemen's war is grinding into its fifth year as peace efforts stall
Saudi prince’s brutal campaign
He authorised the secret campaign to stifle dissent a year before the killing of Khashoggi
Battle on for last IS Syria enclave
More than 60,000 people have fled the enclave in the past two months
Nightclub shooting in Mexico kills at least 15
A group of armed men pulled up at the La Playa Men's Club in the city of Salamanca, burst into the premises and opened fire, local media reported
2 US children feared trapped in IS village
A Florida man of Bangladeshi-origin says his wife took their children to Syria after joining the Islamic State four years ago
Saudi Arabia approves tourism visa
World’s top oil exporter tries to diversify its economy and open up society
Saudi Arabia names princess as US envoy
It is the first time a woman has been appointed to such a post
Israel's first lunar lander goes into space
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on a mission that can make the Jewish state the fourth nation to achieve a controlled touchdown on moon’s surface
Land mines block Saudi-led assault in Yemen
Saudi-backed forces sending untrained soldiers to clear minefields, sometimes using only their bayonets
Egypt’s el-Sissi can rule until 2034
‘Arab Spring in reverse!’, tweets an exiled leader as parliament, controlled by intelligence agencies, changes the constitution
