SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi diplomat convicted of sex assault
The Saudi diplomat committed the offence while on holiday in a hotel room in the Singaporean island resort of Sentosa in August last year.
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DEFENSE
Flynn puts Iran ‘on notice’ over missile tests
A top adviser to US President Donald Trump says the country has put Tehran “on notice” over Iran’s missile program.
PERSIAN GULF
UAE defends Trump’s travel ban on Muslims
The Emirati FM says Trump’s ban against seven Muslim-majority countries is not an anti-Islam move.
INTERVIEWS
‘Trump visa ban racist policy’
A commentator says Trump’s travel ban targeting seven Muslim-majority countries is a typically xenophobic action and an offensive racist policy.
PALESTINE
EU slams Israel’s new illegal settler units
The European Union has censured Israel’s new illegal settlement units.
INTERVIEWS
Trump’s Muslim ban ‘not smart’
Donald Trump is punishing the wrong people by his entry ban against Muslims, says an analyst.
SYRIA
Militants surrender weapons to Syria govt.
Militants surrender their weapons to Syrian government forces in Wadi Barada valley.
MILITARY
One dead, one hurt in US fighter jet accident
Two F-16s struck a ground-control party during a training flight.
RUSSIA
Russia arrests key cybersecurity experts
Russia arrests three key figures of the cyber intelligence community on suspicion of treason.
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi hails new Pentagon chief ‘ME experience’
Washington and Riyadh have both been sidelined in efforts aimed at bringing an end to the Syria crisis.
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Ukraine fighting death toll reaches 19
The death toll from a fresh upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine has risen to 19 people.
INTERVIEWS
‘Trump pursuing same bellicose Mideast policy’
An analyst says the delivery of the armored vehicles to the militants in Syria shows that Trump is continuing the very same bellicose Middle East policy and that the US is still after destabilizing Syria.
SOCIETY
UN chief to Trump: Lift the travel ban
"I think that these measures should be removed sooner rather than later," Guterres said.
MILITARY
US losing online war against Daesh: Report
The US military’s online war against Daesh is struggling due to data manipulation and corruption, according to a report.
RUSSIA
Russia urges Syria's return to Arab League
The Arab League could play a more important role if Damascus was part of it, Lavrov said.
DEFENSE
Iranian MPs back country's missile program
Iranian lawmakers highlight the country’s missile program as a national deterrence against threats.
INTERVIEWS
‘US to use Iran missile tests to renegotiate JCPOA’
A US-based academic says Washington seeks to use the issue of Iran's missile tests as a leverage to have the upper hand in order to renegotiate the nuclear agreement with Iran.
DEFENSE
US, UK hold drills in Persian Gulf amid Iran warning
Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the Islamic Republic will not allow any vessel to encroach on its territorial waters.
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