International

RIYADH, Jan 9, (Agencies): The GCC Ministerial Council (Foreign Ministers) on Saturday denounced Iran’s “blatant interference” in the internal affairs of Saudi Arabia. The Council’s …

MAINZ, Germany, Jan 9, (Agencies): Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday backed a sharp toughening of expulsion rules for convicted refugees, saying that even those who …

More than a million Filipino Roman Catholic devotees jammed Manila’s streets Saturday for an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Christ that was held …

NEW YORK, Jan 9, (AFP): A man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group shot and seriously wounded a police officer in Philadelphia, opening …

ANKARA, Jan 8, (Agencies): Turkish troops have killed 18 members of the Islamic State (IS) group after the jihadists launched an attack on a camp …

RIYADH, Jan 8, (Agencies): Three civilians including a child have been killed by shelling from Yemen in a border region of Saudi Arabia, official media …

CAIRO, Jan 8, (AFP): The Islamic State group claimed Friday to have staged an attack on an Israeli tourist bus in Cairo a day earlier …

BRUSSELS, Jan 8, (Agencies): Investigators searching an apartment in Brussels uncovered the fingerprint of a fugitive in the Nov 13 Paris attacks, as well as …

RIYADH, Jan 7, (Agencies): Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said a war between his country and Iran would be the beginning …

WASHINGTON, Jan 7, (AP): The Republican- led House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday approved legislation that would give the US Congress greater oversight of the …