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On Saudi Arabia's headline index, 167 stocks fell as investors feared the easing of Iranian sanctions raised the prospect of a surge in oil supplies.

The measures expected to be announced Thursday are part of a plan to revive the North African nation’s waning tourism industry.

Concerns are mounting about whether the country's Muslim separatist groups are setting up a wilayat, or ISIS satellite.

Egypt’s housing ministry agreed Monday with one of China’s largest construction companies to build sanitation networks for 260 villages.

The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that Russian airstrike hit a school in the town of Anjara in Aleppo province.

Russian and Western governments have maintained that Metrojet flight 9268 was brought down by a bomb.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says his country would discuss potential actions against Iran with its allies across the region and around the world.

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's critics say his administration has become more authoritarian since a military coup brought him to power.

Edward Archer said after the shooting of a policeman that he had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The country is battling a wave of Islamic extremist attacks that began in remote regions of the Sinai Peninsula but is rolling toward the capital.

The official indicates the airstrikes may have harmed the Islamic State group less than other rebel organizations in Syria.

Cairo is wary of allowing Turkish aid groups access to the Gaza Strip because it may embolden Islamists in the Sinai Peninsula.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a Friday attack at a Red Sea resort in Egypt.

Once completed, the project could eventually connect gulf countries with the European power grid.

The Thursday attack that targeted a bus as Israeli tourists were boarding is expected to put a dent in Egypt's struggling tourism industry.

The schools will be built in Reyhanli, where 65,000 refugees include 41,000 school-aged youngsters.

The ship was believed to be en route to Syria, where Russia has continued an intense military campaign against rebel groups.

The Islamic State group has looked to impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law on vast swathes of Syria by any means.

Attacks, rather than technical difficulties or weather problems, were responsible for more aviation deaths than any other factor in 2015.

2015 has been a year when security concerns have dominated in many parts of the world.

The attack occurred Tuesday night near the citadel of Derbent — reportedly Russia's oldest city — killing one person and injuring 11 others.