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By Habib Toumi Employment will be sponsored by recruiting agencies Manama: The general understandings of the convention regulating the recruitment of Somali citizens to work Saudi Arabia have been completed, a Somali diplomatic source said. “The Somali labour minister will visit the kingdom soon to finalise the...

Turkish president lashes out at US-led forces as Russia says new Washington defence policy would empower "jihadists". Turkey and Russia have separately accused the United States of backing what they call "terrorist groups" in Syria, on the same day they agreed to push for talks...

For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been forced to walk a thin line. Hardline conservatives within the country, and even within the governing coalition, want Netanyahu to dismiss the idea of a Palestinian state altogether. But much of the international community continues to...

By Polina Devitt and Andrew Osborn | MOSCOW A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board, Russian authorities said. The...

By:Patrick Strickland Ahmad al-Kharoubi, 19, killed during protest against home demolition by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian teen during clashes that erupted when soldiers arrived to demolish the home of an alleged attacker. Israeli court rules against Palestinian family's...

Movement of buses out of Syrian city resumes after harsh weather and obstacles disrupted effort on Wednesday. Thousands of civilians and fighters are still waiting to be evacuated from the last rebelbastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather are complicating the finalphase of...

Saudi King Salman ordered the country's officials to stop implementation of all agreements between Riyadh and Cairo until further notice. Al-Bawaba al-Fajr news website quoted an Egyptian diplomatic source as saying that most agreements signed between Egypt and Saudi Arabia have been suspended at the...

With a Japanese mother and African American father, Ariana Miyamoto has become the first bi-racial woman to be crowned Miss Japan. The question of whether a person of mixed race should be eligible to win the competition has since provoked a heated argument on...

Russia's Turkey envoy Karlov dies after being shot at Ankara exhibit, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman announces ANKARA-Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov has died after being shot multiple times at an art exhibition in Turkey's capital Ankara on Monday evening. The announcement came from Russia's Foreign...

By Elana Beiser and Elisabeth Witchel Deadly violence against the media eased in 2016 from recent record levels as the number of journalists singled out for murder declined. The number of journalists killed in the line of duty is on track to decline in 2016 from...