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South Korea has participated in a multilateral naval exercise involving US, Japanese and British forces to crack down on Somali pirates around the Gulf of Aden, the military here said Friday. South Korea sent the 4,400-ton destroyer Choe Yeong to the Thursday drills, which also...

By Associated Press June 26 CAIRO — With soccer sponsorships, record-setting skyscrapers and wintertime golfing, the United Arab Emirates has projected an image of comfort and opportunity in a volatile region. But the quiet expansion of its military footprint is drawing a different kind of...

Allied foreign ministers meet in Moscow over Syrian war and warn Washington following cruise missile strike on airbase. Russia has denounced last week's US attack on Syria and warned further such action would derail global security. The US has said its strike on a Syrian air...

MAKKAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered the extension of Eid holidays for all public sector employees by one week. Government offices, which were scheduled to reopen after Eid holidays on July 2, will now open on July 9. Eid Al-Fitr...

Qatar and Russia announced the new agreement, which will see closer trade ties, during a visit by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the Gulf Nation on Wednesday. Lavrov made the commitment after a meeting in Doha with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. investigators accused a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition of carrying out a deadly March attack on a Somali migrant boat off Yemen and said the alliance had become a cover for some states to avoid individual blame, according to a...

WRITTEN BY Abdi Latif Dahir @Lattif The semi-autonomous region of Puntland in northeastern Somalia signed a 30-year concession agreement with the Dubai-owned P&O Ports firm in early April, to develop and manage a multipurpose port in Bosaso city. The development of the seaport will take place in...

By Tariq Alfaham NEW YORK, 22nd September, 2017 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates, UAE, participated in the Ministerial Meeting on Somalia, which was held on the sidelines of the 72nd Session of the United Nations, UN, General Assembly, in New York, on Thursday. Fares Al...

The US and Kuwaiti leaders voice optimism for a diplomatic solution to ongoing dispute between Qatar and its neighbours. US President Donald Trump has offered to mediate in the three-month diplomatic dispute between Qatar and its neighbours, saying "we will be most successful with...

  State outlets in countries allied to Syrian president carry unanimous condemnation of US-led strikes on Syria. State media outlets in Russia, Iran and Syria have been carrying heavy condemnation of US-led air strikes on Syrian government positions. US, French and British forces launched the attacks in response to...