Saudi Arabia launches initiative to improve country’s lifestyle
Saudi Arabia plans to spend 50 billion riyals ($13.33 billion) by 2020 on an initiative to promote entertainment, health, sports and education as part of…
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Ramadan school timings announced in Dubai
The KHDA has asked schools to halt all physical education classes during the Ramadan period. Students in Dubai will have shorter school days during Ramadan,…
US military cargo plane crashes near airport in Georgia killing five
An Air National Guard C-130 cargo plane on a training mission crashed Wednesday along a road near a Georgia airport, killing at least five National…
Israel Lied
Let’s leave aside our discomfort at the sight of the prime minister’s Office Depot performance. That’s a matter of style and taste. But it’s impossible…
World Cup 2018: ISIS issues chilling threat to football fans ahead of tournament
An image released by the pro-ISIS Wafa Media Foundation via an Indonesian cell shows the terrorist cell in khakis squaring up against the Russian squad…
US judge orders Iran to pay $6 bln to families of 9/11 victims
A federal US judge has ordered Iran to pay $6 billion to families of the victims of 9/11 after he found various government entities were…
Drive-by shooting kills eight north of Baghdad
Iraqi officials say gunmen in two speeding cars opened fire on civilians near a town north of Baghdad, killing at least eight people and wounding…
Why Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey Are Battling Over Somalia
A battle for access to seaports is underway in one of the world’s unlikeliest places: Somalia, now caught up in a regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and…
Turkey’s iron lady: ‘It’s time for the men in power to feel fear’
Meral Akşener stood near a statue of the Turkish republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in the Black Sea town of Giresun earlier this year, as…
Egypt’s jailed journalists: In numbers
The UN cultural agency, UNESCO has awarded its World Press Freedom Prize to imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, despite criticism from the government of Abdel…