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Sisi in Riyadh to patch-up Saudi-Egypt rift

( The New Arab )- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Riyadh on Sunday for talks with Saudi King Salman in a bid to end to an ongoing rift between Cairo and the Kingdom. The visit comes in response to an invitation extended by King Salman earlier this month when the two...

Abu Sayyaf militants behead kidnapped Philippine soldier

A Filipino soldier kidnapped last week in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf militants was found beheaded, the military said on Sunday, hours after government troops killed three more members of the ISIS-linked group in a clash elsewhere. The head of Sergeant Anni Siraji of the Army's...

Qataris kidnapped in Iraq speak of joy at release

Two Qatari hunters who endured a 16-month hostage ordeal in Iraq spoke Sunday of their joy at being released, in the first public comments since the group were freed. Mohammed Marzouki was among 24 Qataris and two Saudis who were on a hunting trip in a mainly Shiite area of southern Iraq...