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The A Spaniard who had vowed to walk from France to Makkah to perform Umrah has left Kuwait and entered Saudi Arabia. Ishaq has reportedly walked for more than 9,000 kilometres since he left the French capital Paris, the start of his journey, about five...

Driven by an energetic crown price, the UAE is building bases far beyond its borders TUCKED away behind rows of tin shacks and unkempt acacia trees, a cluster of tumbledown villas, mosques and a synagogue conjures up the grandeur of a port that once marked...

At least 21 people have been killed in an explosion inside a church in the Egyptian Nile delta city of Tanta, local media reported, as state television said another explosion killed 11 in front of a church in Alexandria. The first attack occurred in the...

What would Russia's support for Assad cost Vladimir Putin? By:Roman Dobrokhotov @dobrokhotov Roman Dobrokhotov is a Moscow-based journalist and civil activist. He is the editor-in-chief of The Insider. This week the world witnessed yet another chemical attack in Syria. After horrendous footage from Khan Sheikhoun showed children suffocating...

Suspected Somali pirates have again hijacked a vessel on one of the world's crucial trade routes, authorities said Saturday night, the latest in a string of attacks after several years of silence. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations piracy watchdog said on its website it...

By:Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean started in 2005 by Somalia parities and reached its climax in 2011 when they have attempted to hijack 237 vessels and at year’s end, seized 11 vessels, keeping a total of 216 people...

Ahmed al-Asiri tells London seminar that human rights groups are being duped by Houthi rebels A Saudi general has directly confronted critics of his country’s military campaign in Yemen during a lively seminar in London that saw him pelted with an egg by protesters as...

Earlier this month, a dramatic event occurred in the war in Yemen that could even shock those numbed by the continued pace of civilian casualties. A military craft and helicopter reportedly engaged in an attack on a boat carrying over 140 Somali refugees killing upward...

Divided Arab leaders arriving in Jordan for a summit on Wednesday are seeking common ground to reaffirm their commitment to a Palestinian state, a long-standing goal that U.S. President Donald Trump last month put into doubt. The Dead Sea meeting is expected to have a...

An apparent Saudi-led coalition attack on a boat carrying Somali civilians off the coast of Yemen highlights the need for accountability on the second anniversary of the Yemeni armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.Several witnesses reported that on March 16, 2017, a helicopter...