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Saudi air defence says missile fired from Yemen intercepted in northeast Riyadh Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibiity for an explosion in Riyadh, saying they fired a long-range ballistic missile that travelled 500km over the border with Saudi Arabia. Al Masirah, a TV network run by the Houthi...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — “Welcome to the future of Saudi Arabia,” a Saudi tour guide intoned last week as she led guests into a showroom advertising values not traditionally associated with the kingdom: gender equality, environmental sustainability, and technological innovation. After an IMAX-style introductory video,...

It is a minor miracle that countries have kept to their borders as resentments simmer DAVID PILLING A remarkable thing about Africa is just how stable its borders have been. Unlike Europe, where frontier-altering wars raged for centuries, where Yugoslavia shattered into pieces just a generation...

Mohammed bin Salman tells the Guardian that ultra-conservative state has been ‘not normal’ for past 30 years Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has vowed to return the country to “moderate Islam” and asked for global support to transform the hardline kingdom into an...

GENEVA — In a joint operation funded by the United States, the U.N. migration and refugee agencies have repatriated 134 Somali refugees from war-torn Yemen. A refugee boat carrying 73 men and women and 61 children left the Yemeni port of Aden on Monday and is...

The two countries are bound by a fraternity of faith and humanity Top political leadership in Somalia has expressed gratitude to the rulers of the UAE for their unstinted humanitarian efforts aimed at alleviating suffering in the African nation. A high-level delegation visiting Abu Dhabi...

Deputy Governor General of Sistan and Balochestan province for security and disciplinary affairs said on Tuesday that arrest of Konarak Port sailors by Somalia in trans-coastal waters is illegal and Foreign Ministry is following up the case. Ali Asghar Mir-Shekari said that on September 27...

Turkish leader links Israel's Mossad to Kurdish referendum, while Iranian president blames 'foreign sectarian plot'. By:Ted Regencia   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for "more decisive action" in response to the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)'s attempt to split from Iraq, as he joined his Iranian counterpart...

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's economy has slipped back into recession as the oil sector stagnates and the government sector is hit by austerity policies designed to curb a state budget deficit caused by low oil prices, official data showed on Saturday. Gross domestic product, adjusted for...

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has met with Saudi King Salman Abdulaziz on Wednesday during his two-day official visit to the Kingdom amid tensions over Somalia's neutral position in the Gulf crisis. Farmajo said the talks with King Salman was fruitful and the two countries...