The FN Speed Team took part in the 7,000-kilometre race in the Saudi desert with two drivers who hold both Belgian and Israeli nationalities, the team's manager Omer Pearl said adding that the drivers had entered the kingdom using Israeli passports.
Known as "Karachi affair", the case is looking into whether the alleged kickbacks from the arms deals financed Edouard Balladur's 1995 presidential election campaign which he eventually lost to late Jacques Chirac.
Weeks after a deal to end the three-year row with Qatar, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said full diplomatic relations will resume with Doha.
Stephane Peterhansel, nicknamed 'Mr Dakar,' won the Dakar Rally for the 14th time, 30 years after his initial success in the most gruelling event on motorsport's calendar.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared the Houthis a “foreign terrorist organisation.” The UN fears that such a designation can worsen the ongoing famine.
The calls from the United Nations three top officials come after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared the Iran-linked Houthis a “foreign terrorist organisation.”
Abu Dhabi is suddenly prioritising the need to improve relations with Ankara, but it has long way to go in convincing Turkey that it's serious.
More than 20 Yemeni farmers are reported to have been killed in what locals are calling a process of 'colonisation' by the Houthis.
First commercial flight between Qatar and Saudi Arabia in three and a half years comes after a landmark agreement that has ended a bitter rift between GCC neighbours, allowing families to reunite.
Drivers arrive at Salwa border crossing in Saudi Arabia from the Qatari land crossing at Abu Samrah for the second day following its reopening after over a three-year Gulf detente.
The novel coronavirus has infected more than 89.7 million people globally and claimed over 1.9 million lives. Here are the updates for January 9:
A series of decisions under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has led the Kingdom down a path of irrelevance.
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