
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia on ‘bloody execution spree’
Riyadh has executed 151 people so far this year, the highest in the last 20 years, Amnesty International says.

Riyadh has executed 151 people so far this year, the highest in the last 20 years, Amnesty International says.

Russian Air Force jets have destroyed 448 Takfiri infrastructure facilities throughout Syria over the last three days.

US President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after 13 months.

Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran and Belgium are in talks for possible floating production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) off the Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.

The BDS movement plans to expand its anti-Israeli boycott.

President Ghani denounces the recent beheading of a group of Shia Muslims by militants in southern Afghanistan.

Moscow says the Russian plane crash in Egypt's Sinai could possibly have been an act of terror.

A major US company is to sustain the sensor suite of the F-15 jets belonging to the Royal Saudi Air Force.

The president of the University of Missouri has resigned amid a wave of protests over several racial incidents.

The Russian athletics chief says the anti-doping agency, WADA, is in no position to suspend the Russian federation.

Syrian troops recapture a village in Aleppo from Daesh militants.

Turkish police arrest 38 foreigners who were reportedly seeking to join Daesh in Syria.

More than 30 Tunisian lawmakers have resigned from the ruling party bloc in parliament.

A US military plan to send more forces into Europe to counter Russia is a “military occupation” of the Baltic states, says an analyst.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani will pay an official visit to Italy, Vatican and France.

Some 113,000 passengers are grounded over a strike by Lufthansa cabin crew.

Iran’s Ministry of Energy has signed an agreement with a German company to build 1,250 megawatts of solar energy projects in the hydrocarbon-rich country’s latest move to green its energy supply chain.

Former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell says the Russian jet's crash in Egypt adds to the perception that Daesh (ISIL) is “winning.”