Eldest Son of Ruler of Dubai Suddenly Dies of Heart Attack at 33
Sheikh Rashid Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (33), the 2nd eldest son of Dubai ruler, suddenly died of heart attack on Saturday morning.
Saudi Arabia is on Nuclear and Weapon Shopping Spree
As the US-Iran nuclear talks wind to their conclusion, Saudi Arabia is on a shopping spree and loading up on nuclear and weapons inking deals with United States, France, Russia, Japan, South Korea, China, Pakistan and Argentina.
Israel ex-PM Ehud Olmert given prison sentence
A court in Jerusalem has sentenced the former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to eight months in prison for fraud and breach of trust.
Iran eyes $200 bn investment in oil
Iran is planning to invest $200 billion in its oil sector over the coming 6 years, a deputy minister of petroleum said.
No inspection of military sites, interview with nuclear scientists: Iran’s Araqchi
Iran has reiterated that it will neither allow access to its military sites nor any interview with its nuclear scientists according to Iran's senior nuclear negotiator, Abbass Araqchi.
Egypt reopens Gaza crossing for first time in months
Rafah Crossing has been closed since March, preventing many Palestinians returning to Gaza.
Iraq regains ground from ISIL; mass deaths reported in Palmyra
Iraqi forces recaptured territory from advancing ISIL fighters near the recently-fallen city of Ramadi, while in Syria the government said the fighters had killed hundreds of people since capturing the town of Palmyra.
Over 1,000 people killed by Saudi-American aggression in Yemen: Houthis
"The Saudi aggression has left 1,114, including 154 children and 114 women, dead since it began on March 25," the Health Ministry, which was taken over by the Houthis, said.
Gaddafi’s home town Sirte falls to ISIS in anarchic Libya
ISIS fighters became a major force last year in Derna, a jihadi bastion in Libya's east, and quickly spread to the biggest eastern city Benghazi, where they have conducted suicide bombings on streets divided among armed factions.
President al-Assad: Axis of Resistance firmly established beyond ignoring
President Bashar al-Assad said the Axis of Resistance with Iran has been firmly established on the international level and can no longer be ignored by any party.
Half of Syria under ISIL control
ISIL militants dramatically expanded their control over eastern Syria, seizing the regime’s last remaining border crossing with Iraq one day after they took control of the central city of Palmyra, a world heritage site.
ISIS destroys 3,000 year-old artifacts in the name of Islam
A video footage has emerged, published by ISIS, showing the group taking sledgehammers and pickaxes destroying Assyrian artifacts and priceless art dating thousands of years old in the name of Islam.
