Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Monday appointed market regulator Mohammed al-Jadaan as the country’s new finance minister. Al-Jadaan replaces Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf who has held the position since 1996. In a royal decree announced on state television, Al-Assaf was made minister of state and will remain a ...
The Pentagon said on Monday that a near miss between Russian and US warplanes over Syria this month was the closest the two air forces have come to a midair mishap in the war-torn country. The incident occurred in eastern Syria on October 17, when a Russian jet that was ...