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: July 2014
Hackers take over Israel army Twitter account
Internet hackers briefly took over an Israeli army Twitter account, the military said Friday, posting an alarming message that a nuclear facility had been hit by rocket fire. Israeli news website Ynet posted a screen shot of what it said
Creative Thinking: A spot on the paper
By: Elsa Franco Al Ghaslan I often wonder about the “blindness” that seems to afflict mankind. It is not a physical kind of ailment. It is a spiritual disease that prevents us human beings from enjoying life. How? By blocking
Gold ends stabilize; silver rise on stockists buying
Gold ended steady at Rs. 28,400 per ten gram in the national capital on Friday in the absence of worthwhile activity even as it edged higher overseas. On the other hand, silver shot up on increased buying by stockists and
ICC Cricket World Cup trophy to visit India this month
The Cricket World Cup trophy will be in India from July 19-23 during its visit to countries that will participate in the extravaganza to be staged in Australia and New Zealand early next year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said
AAP petitions for fresh polls
A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party MLAs led by national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee and requested him to dissolve the Delhi Assembly and get fresh polls conducted at the earliest. While pushing its case for
Europe’s busiest airports boost screening over US fears
PARIS: France on Friday said it is boosting passenger screening at its airports, responding to a request from Washington for extra security for US-bound flights over fears Islamist radicals could be plotting new attacks using hard-to-detect bombs. The French move,
Ex-editor Coulson gets 18 months for hacking
LONDON: Andy Coulson went from the editor’s office at Britain’s best-selling newspaper to the corridors of 10 Downing St. as Prime Minister David Cameron’s communications chief. On Friday, he went to prison for conspiring to hack phones. Coulson was sentenced
Another lonely Ramadan
By: Syed Aijaz Zaka They say books are our best friends. Having lived and grown up with them all these years, I can vouch for the fact. If not our best friends, they come nearly as close to being what
Shahrukh to receive Entertainer of Indian Cinema award
MUMBAI: Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan will be honored with an Entertainer of Indian Cinema award on Saturday at the 8th Annual Vijay Awards, Indiatoday.in reported. “We have constituted a new award called ‘Entertainer of Indian Cinema’, which will be given
Will Iraq ever be fixed?
By: Jamal Doumani Is Iraq headed for national fracture? Will it, after the current vacuum created by its sectarian divide is filled, find a way around its social contradictions? Will it, in other words, stumble upon a kind of deux
Broken wings and shattered dreams
By: Bikram Vohra It happens to the best of us. We are derailed from what we are doing and the light at the end of the tunnel becomes a train bearing down upon us. Things change in a few seconds
IS now controls all of Syria’s main oil fields
BEIRUT: Militants seized an eastern Syrian oil field early Friday as they try to consolidate their control of an area along the length of the Euphrates river stretching through Syria and Iraq. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
Other Side of the Mirror: Mixing with the money mandarins
By: Bikram Vohra I wasn’t very good at money matters when I was a youngster. And I wasn’t very good with money matters when I was middle aged. Now, as I totter into antiquity I am still not very good
3 ‘killed’ in blast at Egyptian house used for bomb-making
CAIRO: Three people are believed to have been killed in an explosion early on Friday at a house south of Cairo used for making bombs, the Egyptian state news agency MENA reported. The explosion was in a brick building in
The Kingdom’s generosity
By: Arab News Iraq is in turmoil for reasons that are all too tragically clear. But dwelling on its eight years of misgovernment under Premier Nuri Al-Maliki and the tragic list of missed opportunities, is not of itself going to
Syrian air raid kills 4 near Lebanese border town
BEIRUT: At least four people were killed and seven wounded in overnight air raids by Syrian forces on mountains and valleys near the Lebanese town of Arsal, security sources said on Friday, the latest spillover of violence into the border
3-year service must for a sabbatical
The Saudi Ministry of Civil Service has announced that employees must spend at least three years in service in order to be eligible for study leave. Employees may be granted study leave without pay if they hold at least a
More labor law violations uncovered
The Labor Ministry and security forces have continued to conduct routine raids across the country in Ramadan as part of its crackdown on illegal workers. In Jeddah, inspectors found 132 violations at 307 establishments, while in Makkah 88 violations were
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