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Arabs

Qatar seeks Kuwaiti mediation after powerful Arab nations shun it

1 year, 4 months ago

DOHA/DUBAI: Qatar's ruler postponed an address to his country on Tuesday over its sudden and damaging diplomatic isolation from other leading Arab nations, in order to allow Kuwait some time and room to mediate. In a sign of the potential…

Arab foreign ministers condemn Khamenei attack on Saudi Arabia

2 years, 1 month ago

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers weighed in Thursday on a bitter dispute between Tehran and Riyadh over the hajj pilgrimage, after Iran's supreme leader questioned Saudi Arabia's management of Islam's holiest site.

Ramazan-time Euro 2016 fever sweeps Arab world

2 years, 3 months ago

KUWAIT CITY: From Dubai to Tunis, Euro 2016 football fever is sweeping the Arab world, filling cafes and restaurants and overshadowing the nightly television soap operas that normally dominate Ramadan viewing.

Gulf Arabs oppose Russia role in Syria, still bent on Assad's ouster

3 years, 23 days ago

DUBAI: Russia's military intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad has dismayed Gulf Arab enemies of the Syrian leader who say it will prolong the war and keep Syria firmly in the orbit of their arch regional rival Iran.

Study reveals how humans tamed wild horses

3 years, 9 months ago

MIAMI: Humans tamed horses some 5,500 years ago, and an international study of ancient and modern horse genes Monday sheds light on the traits people saw as valuable, including speed, vigor and learning ability.

Arabs to present draft on Palestinian state to U.N. Security Council within days

3 years, 10 months ago

CAIRO: Arab League foreign ministers endorsed on Saturday a draft resolution setting a timeframe for the creation of a Palestinian state and said they would formally present it to the United Nations Security Council for a vote within days.