Topic: Saudi Arabia
A U.K. man says he plans to make the first round-the-world trip in a customized rotorcraft known as an autogyro. Norman Surplus says he hopes to kick off his 27,000 mile (43,000 kilometer) circumnavigation from the seaside town of Larne in Northern Ireland. The Switzerland ...
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces launched an attack Thursday to recapture a government building occupied by separatists in the south of the country, setting off a gunfight that killed two people, a local official and witnesses said. Two protesters were shot dead as security forces tried to quash a separatist demonstration in another southern province. Elsewhere in Yemen, thousands gathered for ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday appealed to Saudi leaders to back a US-led drive for tough sanctions against Iran in a visit to Riyadh and came away "hopeful," his press secretary said. Gates met King Abdullah and the Saudi crown prince as part of President Barack Obama's diplomatic push for fresh UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear ...
