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Yemen experienced a rare tropical cyclone with winds more than 100km and up to 240km per hour; making it one of the most powerful recorded storms to hit the poverty and war-ridden nation. The cyclone baptized Chapala made landfall in Read more
China has asked for an upgrade of its military ties with Iran to add up to the two countries’ strong bilateral cooperation in trade, energy and economic sectors. Visiting Iran’s Air Force Commander, Brigadier General Hassan Shahsafi, and his Chinese Read more
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) rating agency decided to downgrade Saudi Arabia’s long term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings from AA- to A+ on Friday citing the effects of the low oil prices but authorities in Riyadh are not Read more
U.N secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the participating countries in the Vienna talks on the war on Syria to show “flexibility” in order to make progress since “there is no military solution.” The talks starting this Friday are grouping Read more
Rafik Hariri International Airport had lately its largest drug seizure after it discovered that 40 suitcases filled with amphetamine together with some cocaine were about to be shipped aboard a private jet carrying a Saudi prince and four other Saudis Read more
Following Russia’s unwelcomed intervention in Syria, Qatar hinted that it could intervene in the war-torn country, probably in support of the rebels opposed to Assad’s regime, although it said it is rather for a political solution to Syria’s civil war. Read more
Saudi Arabia has expressed the wish to see Iran change its policies and stop meddling in the affairs of other countries to pave the way to improving relations between the two states. This came in a statement by Saudi Arabia’s Read more
Shia worshippers in Saihat, eastern Saudi Arabia, were attacked on Friday by an armed man wearing an explosive belt. He killed at least five people and wounded nine before he was killed. The attack was claimed by a new group Read more
Bahrain has dismissed reports made by U.S television channel Fox News that member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are planning to buy Israeli developed Iron Dome missile defense system through U.S intermediary as untrue. Bahraini Minister of Information, Read more
The United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) informed the congress that Saudi Arabia wants to purchase UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters with several upgrades in a deal estimated to be worth around $495 million. The congress has thirty days to Read more