A Saudi soldier died in a gunbattle with militants in the western Taif region outside Mecca Sunday, state news agency SPA said. Two assailants opened fire on a police station before retreating to the mountain village of Thaqeef where the soldier, named as private Saeed al-Harithy, was killed in...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused European countries of hypocrisy in pressing his country on terror laws while "sidelining democracy" at home in their own fight against terrorism. "Those who criticise us are reduced to sidelining democracy and freedoms when bombs...

(Al Arabiya English)- The election of Sadiq Khan as London’s first Muslim mayor has been welcomed by all walks of life from popstars and sporting personalities to human rights lawyers and US presidential hopefuls. His victory was significant, not only because the Labour Party - of which he...

Unidentified gunmen killed eight policemen including an officer in an attack on a police vehicle in Helwan, south of Cairo, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.