A Palestinian child on Wednesday succumbed to injuries he sustained last week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.  “Odai Abu Khalil, 15, was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers last Friday near the Beit El settlement north of...

A spokesman for Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon movement -- which came in first in May 12 parliamentary polls -- has said that his party will not let Iraq turn into a launchpad for attacking other countries of the region. In televised comments on Wednesday, Sairoon spokesman...

Saudi Arabia is looking to the entertainment sector with a view to diversifying its economy away from petroleum, which has recently suffered from a decrease in international prices. Since Mohammad bin Salman was made crown prince last summer, the kingdom has stepped up its search for...

Palestine has submitted its instrument of accession to Chemical Weapons Convention to European Union, the international watchdog said on Wednesday. In a statement, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Palestine “deposited on 17 May 2018 its instrument of...