Egypt Red Sea islands’ transfer to Saudi Arabia quashed
An Egyptian court declared void on Tuesday a maritime border accord with Saudi Arabia that would have seen Egypt lose control of two Red Sea…
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Jordan soldiers killed in Syria border bomb attack
A car laden with explosives killed a number of Jordanian border guards outside a camp for Syrian refugees near the boundary between the two countries…
Explosion at Dubai restaurant leads to evacuation of building
A gas pipe exploded in a restaurant in Karama early on Tuesday, injuring one person. The explosion happened around 7am, Dubai Civil Defence said. “There…
Six Flags Entertainment plans to expand to Saudi Arabia
U.S. theme park company Six Flags Entertainment Corp plans to expand to Saudi Arabia, its chief executive told Saudi-owned Arabiya TV on Monday, bringing roller…
Baku, Azerbaijan: 10 of the city’s most curious tourist attractions
Baku, which hosts the Grand Prix of Europe this weekend, shot to prominence on the world stage for twice, and both were unlikely reasons: an…
Iran threatens tiny Bahrain
The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has issued a warning to Bahrain suggesting there could be armed resistance across the country after Manama stripped the…
Jagland: “The issue of “Armenian genocide “is best left to historians”
The question of studying the events of 1915 in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War is best left to historians. According to the…
US-Israel 10-year military aid deal is ‘very close’ to completion
A new decade-long US defense package to Israel worth billions is “very close” to completion, a senior Israeli official in Washington told The Jerusalem Post on…
Palestinian PFLP prisoners on hunger strike in Israel
At least 65 Palestinian prisoners have declared an open-ended hunger strike in solidarity with activist Bilal Kayed, who was put on administrative detention last week…
Dubai to get waste-to-energy plant by 2020
Dubai will have the largest plant in the Middle East to convert waste to energy by the second quarter of 2020. The plant will be…