:: 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
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:: 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
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:: 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
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:: 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
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:: 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
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A man dressed in the same attire worn by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a U.S. white supremacy group, walked into Australia’s parliament on Monday, according to local media. He was accompanied by two other men, one in a Muslim
The photographer who captured Beyonce’s sweeping Mrs. Carter World Tour lost her battle with cancer this week, passing away at the age of 33. British-Egyptian Yosra el-Essawy lost her battle with Stage 4, inoperable esophageal cancer on October 25. The
Lebanese troops entered a Tripoli neighborhood Monday where thousands of civilians had fled deadly fighting with al-Qaeda-linked militants who have battled the army across the northern city for three days. The troops met no immediate resistance as they moved into
Iran’s judiciary chief has tasked his deputy to lead an investigation into several acid attacks on women that have sown fear across the Islamic republic and provoked rare protests in cities. With political attention increasingly focused on the attacks —
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), attended a dinner at the French presidential palace, The Elysee. The event marked the inauguration of the Institutional Investor Roundtable (IIR) headquarters with an official invitation from French President François
Though her fans may think she’s worthy of many awards, U.S. comedian Mindy Kailing is yet to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. That’s what one man has hopefully learned by now, after mistaking Kailing for 17-year-old Peace Prize winner Malala
US Saudi cultural attaché Mohammed Al-Eissa said that about 100 Saudi students on scholarships to the United States return home annually because of reasons that include violating immigration rules, marital disputes and depression and ethical problems. Al-Eissa was speaking to
A space craft named after the Nile’s Isle of Philae will land on a comet following a 10-year mission through space aimed to unlock some of the universe’s secrets, the Guardian reported. As part of the Rosetta Mission, organized by
The General Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Residence in Bahrain has said that travelers entering the island nation through the King Fahd Causeway will not pay the new visa fees that came into effect Saturday. Some 100,000 travelers passed through
The National Water Company (NWC) disclosed on Sunday that it has saved more than 433 million cubic meters of water over the past five years — worth some SR2.6 billion — thanks to network repairs made in Riyadh, Jeddah, Makkah
The Human Resources Department will organize the 6th edition of its Forum focusing on challenges facing the Saudi market and human resources under the aegis of the Labor Minister Adel Fakeih at the Hilton Hotel in Jeddah from Nov. 16-19.
India has chosen to buy anti-tank guided missiles from Israel, rejecting a rival U.S. offer, as the right-wing government clears projects worth $13.1 billion to modernize its ageing military, official sources said Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government will buy
Pakistan’s military said on Sunday it had killed 18 militants in air attacks in a troubled tribal district near the Afghan border. The strikes took place Saturday night in Khyber district, where the Taliban and another banned militant group the
Acting Health Minister Adel Fakeih has announced that primary health care centers across the Kingdom will revert to the one-shift work system from Sunday through Thursday. The decision will come into effect from the month of Safar of the Islamic
In an urgent letter sent to Washington on Sunday night, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Americans to intervene in what he termed as “Israeli escalation in East Jerusalem.” Abbas warned that if Israel continued with its current measures, including proposals
Pilgrims are now frequenting currency exchanges in their thousands in downtown Madinah to change their currencies to help them shop in the Taiba market. Numbers of such pilgrims have skyrocketed with large groups of pilgrims and visitors to Madinah arriving
It is hard to imagine that a shy, giggly woman like Ghada Al-Mohammedi is responsible for creating the colorful and expressive paintings currently on display at the French Consulate General in Jeddah. The paintings convey a powerful call for equality
Seasonal administrative committees at the General Directorate of Passports in Al-Shumaisi and Taif have charged 218 citizens and 36 residents with smuggling illegal and unlicensed pilgrims into the holy sites during Haj. The director general of the Passport Department in
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