Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Daily Archives: June 14, 2014
Saudi excels in criminology
A Saudi student has been honored by Glasgow University in Scotland for excelling at criminology studies. Ibrahim Mufti Al-Inazi, who is studying for a master’s degree in toxicology, was awarded the honor after doing a diploma course in criminology during
17,000 to sue SEC over outages
More than 17,000 citizens here plan to sue the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) because it has allegedly failed to compensate them for losses caused by prolonged power outages a year ago during Ramadan. The power outages last year in several
Jeddah bakeries gear up for Ramadan
Bakeries in Jeddah are readying for the holy month of Ramadan with arrangements in place to meet the high demand on bread during the holy month. Walid Al-Khawariji, director general of the public institution for wheat mills, declared the institution’s
Iraq govt blamed for rebel advance
ROME: Prince Turki Al-Faisal, a former intelligence chief, has blamed the Iraqi government of Nuri Al-Maliki for the loss of wide areas of northern Iraq to militants, saying Baghdad had failed to stop them joining forces with former Baathists from
Guardianship extortion
A 50-year-old businesswoman is suing her 24-year-old brother for allegedly demanding huge sums of money in exchange for his permission to allow her to travel and sort out paperwork at government departments. In the lawsuit filed at the Jeddah General
Medical cover a must for families of expats
The Cooperative Health Insurance Council has urged all private businesses to abide by the law and provide compulsory medical insurance for expat employees and their families. Ibrahim Youssef Al-Raml, a member of the insurance committee at the Jeddah Chamber of
‘Words, not guns, can solve many problems’
Retired Pakistani Army Lt. Gen. Abdul Qayyum, who spent four decades defending his country, is a firm believer in dialogue to resolve conflict. A veteran of two wars, he served as military secretary in the cabinets of Moin Qureshi and
STC restores services in EP
The Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) announced Friday that it has restored all mobile, landline and data services in the Eastern Province. Services were disrupted for three hours on Thursday after a technician and a contractor both cut the optical fiber
Haramain train trial run in 6 months
Testing of the first line of the multibillion-riyal high-speed Haramain railway system will start in six months, according to local media on Friday. The testing will take place on the line between Madinah and King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh.
Asiri village shows life a century ago
The Abha Festival this year includes a heritage village that showcases the way people in the Asir province lived more than 100 years ago, according to the organizers. Moqbil Al-Moqbil, the organizer of the festival, said Al-Soudah village has been
Cartoons are narratives of social observations
For many people, a cartoon is perceived as a drawing or painting intended to present social issues or political events in a satirical or humorous style, but Ali Al-Ghamdi, a Saudi cartoonist with Al-Madina newspaper, said the ideas for a
Maids too prefer to work in big towns
Security forces intercepted a group of people known for smuggling maids from their sponsors’ homes and apprehended them while they were en route to Riyadh from the city of Tabuk. The rising demand for maids ahead of Ramadan each year
Armed robbers arrested in Riyadh
Riyadh police have arrested two Saudis who took money at gunpoint from a shopkeeper in the west of Riyadh. Acting on a tip-off, police chased a Caprice car driving at high speed and apprehended the two robbers who stole SR1,700
Specialists discuss latest in skin therapy
Dermatology is a challenging specialty of medicine, and numerous advances have been made in the area of the therapy of skin diseases. Recently, the Saudi German Hospitals (SGH) organized the 11th annual dermatology symposium and workshop at the hospital’s auditorium
Study: 20,000 elephants poached in Africa in 2013
GENEVA: An international wildlife regulator says more than 20,000 elephants were poached last year in Africa, where large seizures of smuggled ivory eclipsed those in Asia for the first time. Officials with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
Iraq’s top Shiite cleric issues call to stop ISIL juggernaut
• ISIL advances into Diyala province near Iran border • US won’t “rule anything out,” bar troops on the ground • ISIL taking arms seized from Iraqi army into Syria • Global oil price surges, insurgents surround biggest refinery
Saudico hosts Micros IT Gathering in Madina
Saudico Electronic Systems (SES), a leading IT firm in Saudi Arabia, with Micros Systems Inc., a global provider of leading enterprise-wide applications, services and hardware for the hospitality and retail industries, hosted a IT Gathering in Madina. This event was
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