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 »
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Cambodia’s migrants face an uncertain future
[wpResize] Thousands of Cambodian labourers have fled Thailand, fearing a ‘crackdown’ denied by Thai authorities. Sa Keo, Thailand/Poipet City, Cambodia – Seven hours after being crammed into a truck with scores of other arrested Cambodian migrant workers, Rim Khim arrived
Facebook comes back online after half-hour outage
[wpResize] Facebook experienced an outage this morning that meant users around the globe were unable to log on to the world’s largest social network for 30 minutes. ‘Earlier this morning, we experienced an issue that prevented people from posting to
Soaring demand for China’s low-cost airlines
[wpResize] Demand for discount travel reaches dizzying heights, as 415 million Chinese are expected to fly annually by 2016. Shanghai, China – Seventy-year-old Wang Zhenghua, founder and chairman of Spring Airlines, China’s largest low-cost carrier, has a simple
Mauritanians head to polls amid dissent
[wpResize] Mauritanians head to the polls this weekend to elect their next President, but the result is widely seen as a foregone conclusion. Incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appears set for an easy victory on June 21, as opposition
Muslims demand UN probe into Sri Lankan violence
[wpResize] BERUWALA: The main Muslim party in Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition Wednesday demanded a UN probe into one of the country’s worst-ever religious riots, as President Mahinda Rajapakse toured the violence-hit resort region. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) said
Syria bomb kills 20 in camp near Jordan border
[wpResize] AMMAN: Syrian Army helicopters bombed a refugee camp along the Jordanian border on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, mostly children and women, residents and opposition activists said. They said the army dropped several barrel bombs — highly destructive
Libya: US violated sovereignty with suspect’s capture
[wpResize] TRIPOLI: US commandos violated Libya’s sovereignty when they seized the suspected ringleader of a deadly 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Special forces carried out Sunday’s stealth operation under cover of
12 handed death for killing Egypt officer
CAIRO: An Egyptian judge convicted 12 people Wednesday of murdering one of the most senior police officers to be killed in the country in recent months, sentencing them to death. The ruling session was aired live on Egyptian television. As
40 Indian construction workers kidnapped in Iraq
Whereabouts unknown and no ransom demand received• Some 46 nurses stranded in rebel-controlled Tikrit NEW DELHI: Forty Indian construction workers have been kidnapped in Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul, which fell to Sunni insurgents last week, India’s foreign
Row over human rights: GCC puts off EU talks
A high-profile meeting between the foreign ministers of the GCC and the EU has been canceled allegedly due to some differences including a row over human rights. The talks, scheduled for June 23 in Luxembourg, were “postponed at the GCC’s
‘70% of gas stations owned by expats’
About 70 percent of fuel stations are owned by individual expatriates as cover-up businesses, local media reported recently, quoting an industry source. There are about 9,000 gas stations in the country of which 90 percent are owned by individuals, said
Israeli crimes in occupied territories denounced
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday urged the international community to shoulder its responsibility toward halting the dangerous Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people. “Israeli forces have been committing horrendous crimes against the Palestinian civilians under the pretext of the disappearance
Working women juggle demands of family and jobs
Working women often have the unenviable task of trying to find time for family and demanding careers. Latifa Alabdelkadir, a fashion designer, says there is no doubt working women have to sacrifice time spent at home. “My work limits the
Expats can now lead prayers during Ramadan
Saudis and expatriates take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Grand Mosque in Riyadh in this August 19, 2012, Reuters file photo. The Ministry of Islamic Affairs on Wednesday said expatriates in the Kingdom would now be allowed to
Prince Miteb bears expenses for girl’s psychiatric treatment
Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, minister of the National Guard, has recently come to the rescue of a little girl named Shouq. He issued a decision to have the girl treated at the King Abdullah Medical City and undergo psychiatric treatment
Madinah man wins Range Rover in SRMG contest
A Madinah man has won a luxury SR390,000 Range Rover in the subscription competition run by Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG), the parent company of Arab News and a range of other top publications in the region. An ecstatic
Private firms to help reduce litigation time
Jeddah is leading other Saudi cities in the move to enter into a partnership with the private sector to subpoena opponents in lawsuits in courts, following in the footsteps of Amman and Dubai, the only two other Arab cities to
Sign language OK’d by civil status department
The Ministry of Interior’s civil status department has moved to approve a new mechanism of sign language to communicate with individuals with hearing disabilities to complete their procedures for civil status. The move aims to ease the procedures for this
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