North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile which travelled some 500 km, just a week after a previous launch sparked international condemnation and threats of tougher UN sanctions. South...
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Trump Announces Plans To Soon Visit Egypt
US President Donald Trump told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday during talks in the Saudi capital that he would soon visit Egypt. "We will absolutely be putting that on the list very...
North Korea Fires ‘unidentified Projectile’
North Korea fired off an "unidentified projectile" Sunday according to South Korean defence officials, a week after its latest missile launch. "North Korea fired an unidentified projectile at...
America To Deport Jailed Illegal Ghanaian Migrants
The fate of illegal Ghanaian immigrants in America remains on the balance as the US embassy to Ghana is predicting more deportations in the coming weeks. So far, hundreds of Ghanaians have suffered...
Trump To Give Speech On Islam In Saudi
US President Donald Trump is expected to underline the need to confront extremism in Islam when he makes a speech in Saudi Arabia later on Sunday. His address, to a summit of regional leaders, will...
SoftBank-Saudi High-Tech Vision Fund Raises $93bn
Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank said, with Saudi partners, it has raised nearly $100 billion in pledges to launch a major global fund for long-term, high-tech investments. The SoftBank Vision Fund...
Trump Seeks To Win Over Muslim Leaders With Islam Speech
US President Donald Trump tells 50 Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia Sunday of his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam" a day after Washington took issue with Shiite Iran. Trump's major speech on...
Controversy Trailing Him, Trump Heads For Israeli-Palestinian Talks
US President Donald Trump heads for Israel and the Palestinian territories Monday as part of his first trip abroad since taking office, hoping to renew peace efforts but with controversy trailing...
Pacific Rim Nations Fight To Save TPP Trade Pact
Asia-Pacific trade ministers agreed Sunday to resuscitate a massive free trade pact thrown into doubt by a Donald Trump-inspired US pullout, as fears rumble of a new global era of protectionism. The...
US Carmakers Downshift On Trump Economic Plan
Steadily rising US auto sales helped fuel the economic recovery, but sales have shifted into lower gear even as President Donald Trump counts on carmakers to provide a lift to his economic plans. And...
Hassan Rouhani Says Voters Rejected Extremism
Mr Rouhani was re-elected with 57% of the vote Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows voters reject extremism and want more links with the outside world. After...
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kanter Says Detained ‘for Anti-Erdogan’ Views
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter was detained and released Saturday at a Romanian airport after being told his passport was canceled, a move the Turkish star said was because of his political...
Blackstone, Saudi Fund To Invest $40 Bln In US Infrastructure
US asset management giant Blackstone and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund announced Saturday they are launching a $40 billion investment vehicle to finance infrastructure renovation in the...
US and Saudi Arabia Sign Arms Deals Worth Almost $110bn
The US and Saudi Arabia signed arms deals worth almost $110bn on Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump's visit to the traditional US ally. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that...
Trump Tells Pentagon To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters
President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped foreign fighters from returning home. Instead of targeting jihadists as they leave...
US, Saudi Arabia Sign $110b Arms Deal Amid Trump Visit
On the first stop of his inaugural foreign trip, President Donald Trump signed his name Saturday to a nearly $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia effective immediately — plus another $350...
Elvis’ Rolls-Royce Tours Trump America In Cannes Doc
A documentary premiering at Cannes Saturday takes a road trip through Donald Trump country in Elvis Presley's old Rolls-Royce, depicting the King's rise and fall as a symbol for a vanishing American...
US, Saudi Agree Arms Deals Worth Almost $110 Billion
Washington has agreed arms deals with Saudi Arabia worth almost $110 billion, a White House official said Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump's visit to the traditional US ally. "This...
US First Lady Ignores Trump Criticism and Shuns Headscarf
Melania Trump was dressed elegantly in all-black when she and her husband landed in Saudi Arabia Saturday morning, but the first lady chose not to cover her head. When she emerged from Air Force One...
First Lady’s Saudi Style A Big Deal
What women wear can often be the focus of critique and controversy -- all the more so when the woman is an ex-model, married to the US president and disembarking in Saudi Arabia. The question of what...