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: July 2, 2014
SCE secretary-general lauds Filipino engineers
Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) Secretary-General Ghazssi Al-Abassi recently lauded Filipino engineers and architects for playing an active role in updating themselves on the latest developments in their profession. “They hold seminars and conventions monthly, which makes them more effective
Philippines labor office ‘forced to move from diplomatic quarter
The Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Riyadh (POLO-Riyadh) has allegedly been forced to move from its office in the plush Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh because of violent incidents that had taken place there during last year’s labor correction campaign. The
Jeddawis want Ramadan cannon back
Elderly Jeddah residents would like to see a return of the cannon that was used to announce iftar and sahoor during Ramadan years ago. “The cannon was one of the pillars of the month of Ramadan, not only in the
King pledges $500m for crisis-hit Iraqis
Saudi Arabia pledged $500 million in humanitarian aid for Iraq on Tuesday to be disbursed through the United Nations to those in need regardless of sect or ethnicity, said a source at the Foreign Ministry. King Abdullah “has ordered $500
Israeli tyranny rapped
The Council of Ministers on Monday denounced the brutal attacks launched by the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians and urged the international community to take prompt action to stop such tyrannical measures and collective punishment being practiced by Israeli
King names new intelligence chief
JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has tapped the former deputy defense minister to lead the Kingdom’s intelligence services. The king named Prince Khaled bin Bandar to the post of chief of general intelligence in a decree
EP crackdown on illegals nets 70,000
Saudi Arabia has intensified its campaign against residency and labor law violators, with security forces and Labor Ministry officials having launched joint raids to arrest illegals. Col. Ziyad Al-Raqeeti, Eastern Province police spokesman, said more than 70,000 illegals have been
Siqaya service back in Holy Mosques to revive tradition
A Saudi charity organization aims to revive the Siqaya service, an old tradition that has become obsolete by time where pilgrims, guests and visitors of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah were offered water during
E-governance still needs to go a long way
Government services in this part of the world are facing so many challenges; focusing on speed, efficiency, and lifting the hefty hand of bureaucracy on the governmental processes are few examples. Going smart or transforming to e-government in the days
Israel threatens to hit Hamas
JERUSALEM: Israelis prepared to bury three teenagers who had been kidnapped over two weeks ago on Tuesday, as the air force targeted dozens of locations in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said, in a surge of violence that followed
Lanka delays digging up mass grave
COLOMBO: A magistrate has postponed Tuesday’s scheduled start of an operation to exhume a suspected mass war grave on Sri Lanka’s east coast after police said they needed more preparation time, an official said. Authorities had been due to begin
Sudan cracks down hard on opposition
KHARTOUM: Sudanese state security agents have arrested seven more members of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party, following its leader’s detention last month, a senior party official said on Tuesday. “One of our members was arrested early today in Khartoum,” the
Di Maria’s last-gasp winner breaks Swiss hearts
SAO PAULO: Angel Di Maria’s extra-time winner kept Argentina’s World Cup dream alive on Tuesday as they scrambled into the quarter-finals with a dramatic 1-0 win over Switzerland. Argentina had failed to muster much by way of chances but just
Younis returns as Pakistan’s cricket coach
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis said Tuesday he has returned for his second coaching stint with a positive frame of mind and wants to bring more aggressiveness to the squad ahead of next year’s World Cup. Younis led the
Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe
PARIS: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was detained Tuesday and reportedly questioned by financial investigators in a corruption probe that could cloud his chances of a political comeback. The detention — a very unusual move for such a high-level figure
Maaden signs SR18.9bn financing deal for key phosphate project
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Maaden) has signed a financing deal worth SR18.9 billion ($5 billion) with commercial banks and the Public Investment Fund to back its SR28 billion ($7.5 billion) phosphate production project in the Kingdom. The project in
Govt ready to deal with heat, coronavirus in Makkah
The Ministry of Health has drawn up an integrated plan to provide comprehensive health care services to the increased number of Umrah pilgrims and visitors to the Grand Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan. The ministry has also made
Madonna donates to hometown Detroit
DETROIT: Madonna, who was “inspired” during a recent visit to Detroit, is donating money toward the construction of a new youth boxing gym and buying iPods, iPads and other supplies for students at a school in her hometown, according to
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