Saudi Arabia today registered 1,258 new coronavirus cases, a significant decline in the daily reported cases since the outbreak of the COVID-19 contagion. This pushes the total number of confirmed ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia is GCC most attractive FDI destination in Q1
The projects’ investment cost was down by 79.3%. Saudi Arabia was the top GCC state investing overseas with a share of 49%, followed by the UAE with 38%, Bahrain with 10%, Qatar with 2%, and Kuwait ... ( read original story ...)
ISIS Jailbreak in Afghanistan Prompts Mass Manhunt For Escaped Prisoners
The group's Afghan affiliate claimed responsibility for the attack on a prison in Jalalabad and said it had freed hundreds of inmates. ( read original story ...)
Prison Raid Mars Relative Calm In Afghanistan After Ceasefire
At least 29 people have been killed in a raid on an Afghan prison claimed by the Islamic State group, officials said Monday, as the country waited to see if a government ceasefire with the Taliban ... ( read original story ...)
Jailbreak Attack by ISIS Rages On in Eastern Afghanistan
Officials scrambled to recapture hundreds of prisoners after a car bombing at the 1,500-inmate prison in Jalalabad turned into an ongoing gun battle between militants and guards. ( read original story ...)
Islamic State attack on Afghanistan prison kills at least 29 people
Afghan troops seize prison in Jalalabad after assault left more than 50 people injured ... ( read original story ...)
Afghan forces besiege prison seized by Islamic State fighters
Afghan security forces laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to ... ( read original story ...)
Islamic State jailbreak in Afghanistan kills 24
At least 24 people were killed after a jailbreak involving Islamic State fighters led to a gunfight with Afghanistan’s security forces on Monday (August 3). The attack began on Sunday (August 2) ... ( read original story ...)
Attack on prison in Afghanistan continues; at least 11 dead
Afghan officials say that a complex attack by the Islamic State group against a prison in eastern Nangarhar province that began on Sunday evening has continued into Monday ... ( read original story ...)
Mountain lovers wed above the clouds in Kurdish Iraq
Avid mountaineers Salar and Soma met while trekking in Iraqi Kurdistan, so it was only natural they would get married amid its majestic peaks, some 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) above sea level. After a ... ( read original story ...)