PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Petrochemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) said it is halting plans to develop a $5.3 billion methanol complex in the energy-rich Caribbean nation of Trinidad ...

RIYADH — The Directorate of Saudi Customs reported that a total of 34 million items were seized by its officers at the Kingdom's entry points in the first six months of 2015. It said this was in ...

CARACAS — At one of Caracas’ biggest public hospitals, most bathrooms are closed. Patients fill jugs from a tiny tap on the ground floor that sometimes has a trickle of water. Operations are postponed ...

MANAMA — Authorities in Bahrain announced on Thursday the arrest of seven people suspected of carrying out or plotting attacks in the country. Five of those detained were believed to have formed a ...

RIYADH — The Ramadan floodlights cricket tournament, organized by Royal Academy of Cricket, began here last week. Seven teams taking part in the tournament are Fuchs, AXA Insurance, Sanad Aster, Royal ...

ARBIL — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, his office said on Wednesday. "The time has come and the ...

AL-DARB — Eight people were sentenced to 10 days in prison for joyriding near Rijal Alma’a bridge, Jazan Province. They were among 24 others who were joyriding and referred to Al-Darb Police. Jazan ...

Mina — Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and interior minister who is also the Head of the Supreme Haj Committee, praised the security forces and the personnel of various military sectors ...

RIYADH — Wasta (nepotism) has topped all other forms of corruption in the Kingdom, according to a study conducted by the Center of Studies and Research at the Prince Naif Arabic University for ...

JAZAN — People have resumed their lives in the border villages in Al-Dayer Bani Malek district, south of Saudi Arabia, after the Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi rebels commenced. Saudis ...

COLOMBO — The Maldives’ foreign minister on Tuesday accused a former president of politicizing a 30-day medical leave from prison by engaging in lobbying and a media campaign in the United Kingdom.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — An Israeli rights group on Wednesday criticized the government for what it called a deliberate policy of launching air strikes on homes that killed hundreds of civilians during ...