Mosque torched near Bethlehem in suspected hate crime
BETHLEHEM: A West Bank mosque was set alight in a village near Bethlehem…
IS jihadists kidnap 90 Christians in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT: Jihadists from the Islamic State group have kidnapped at least 90…
Al-Azhar chief urges education reform to curb extremism
MAKKAH — The head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious seat of learning,…
US hints at delayed troop pullout from Afghanistan
KABUL: President Barack Obama’s new Pentagon chief said on Saturday that the United…
Saudi business delegation to Expo Pakistan 2015 to further strengthen bilateral trade ties
RIYADH — A 40-member Saudi businessmen delegation visiting Expo Pakistan 2015 trade…
Afghan-Pakistan ties ‘never better’, Nisar tells Kerry
WASHINGTON: Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have never been better, Interior Minister…
Iraq UN ambassador accuses IS of harvesting organs
Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad al-Hakim, asked the Security Council…
Anti-IS coalition chalks out strategy in Riyadh
Military chiefs from more than 22 countries battling the Islamic State (IS) group began…
New Pentagon chief Ashton Carter sworn in
WASHINGTON: Ashton Carter was sworn as the new US defense secretary on Tuesday…
‘US summit not to blame Islam for terrorism’
WASHINGTON: A three-day summit, which begins in the US capital on Wednesday,…
