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  • Gaza
    After more than 2,100 deaths, the Gaza war ends where it began

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel had dealt Hamas “the greatest blow since the organization’s founding.” But in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader there, praised the 1.8 million residents of Gaza as “the true heroes.” It was Haniyeh’s first public appearance since the war began seven weeks ago.

  • Coffee
    Saudi Arabia biggest coffee consuming country in world | Economy | Saudi Gazette

    The study showed also that the consumption of coffee per capita amounts to 3 kg per year. According to the same statistics, Saudi people spend annually more than SR1 billion for the preparation of coffee and its components. The Kingdom imports on an annual basis more than 26,000 tons of cardamom, ginger and saffron with a total value exceeding SR4.5 billion, while the number of coffee shops in Saudi Arabia increases more than 10 percent per year

  • Housing
    Over 600,000 Saudis Eligible For Housing Aid -Ministry

    More than 600,000 Saudi Arabian families have been found eligible for housing aid under a new scheme designed to ease a shortage of homes which has depressed living standards and is politically sensitive for the government. Out of a total of 960,397 applications under the scheme, known as ESKAN, 620,889 were found eligible, the Ministry of Housing said in a statement on Thursday.

  • Afghanistan
    U.N. says ‘not possible’ to finish Afghan vote audit by September 2

    Afghanistan's U.N. representative told President Hamid Karzai on Thursday it was "not possible" to finish an audit of a disputed election by Sept. 2, when Karzai had hoped to see a new leader inaugurated, Karzai's office said.

    The United Nations is supervising the audit of votes from a run-off ballot between the two candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. They have both claimed victory in the election intended to mark the country's first democratic transfer of power.

  • Turkey
    Erdogan sworn in as new Turkish president

    Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's outgoing prime minister, has been sworn in as president during a ceremony in the capital Ankara, extend his more than a decade-long domination of the country's political scene.

    Erdogan, 60, took his oath of office on Thursday, ushering in a new era for Turkey, where he is expected to push for a new constitution and seek to further transform the country with development projects.

  • Iran Negotiations
    Reports propose compromise for Iran nuclear deal

    As negotiators from Iran and six world powers prepare to resume talks next month, two new papers by prominent arms-control experts close to the negotiations offer prescriptions for how to overcome key obstacles to reach a nuclear deal.

  • Counter-Terrorism
    Saudi Arabia Arrests ISIS Recruiters

    Saudi police have arrested eight people in the northwest suspected of recruiting young people to join the Islamic State jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the interior ministry said Tuesday.

  • E-Commerce
    Saudi Arabia moves to regulate e-commerce

    Darab added that other countries which have legislation and a regulatory framework for e-commerce do not see any official interference by any governmental bodies into buying and selling, only within an organizational capacity. He said that such a stance toward e-commerce would not only allow it to thrive in the Kingdom, but would also ensure that instances of online fraud and scams, as well as money laundering and any other illegal activities, are reduced.

  • GAZA
    Cheers and gunfire echo through Gaza as truce announced

    Hamas -- as it has after every battle with Israel -- declared victory.

  • Foreign Policy
    America’s Middle East Scorecard: Many Interventions, Few Successes

    Yet with so much trouble scattered over such a vast landscape, an alternative critique holds that the U.S. can't possibly keep the lid on a region going through a maelstrom of historic proportions that's beyond the control of any outside power.