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: November 19, 2014
Saudi king hails Riyadh pact, urges Egypt cooperation
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz praised on Wednesday a recent meeting in Riyadh that saw an end to the rift between the Gulf Cooperation Council and member Qatar, the Saudi Press Agency reported. An unannounced
Saudi Arabia employs 8,000 personnel to serve 6m pilgrims
The Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques is ready to receive more than six million pilgrims with the beginning of the new Umrah season next Sunday. Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the presidency, said that the presidency
Car bomb explodes in Iraqi Kurdish capital: TV
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle in the heart of the usually secure Iraqi Kurdish regional capital Erbil on Wednesday, killing four people, officials said. The bomber hit the main checkpoint on the way to the provincial government headquarters
A question of ‘who discovered America?’
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed I’ve read heavy criticism by a number of Arab authors leveled at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for recently claiming during an Istanbul summit of Muslim Leaders from Latin America that Muslim sailors, not Christopher Columbus,
Why sustainability is more than just a fad
By : Mohamed O. Balfageeh Since the 1970s, we’ve been operating beyond the resources our planet can sustainably provide. Today, we use the equivalent of 1.5 earths to give us the resources we need, and also to absorb our waste.
The dream team of Europe
By : Kemal Derviş When the International Monetary Fund lowered its global growth forecast for 2014 and 2015 from 3.7 percent and 3.9 percent, respectively, to 3.3 percent and 3.8 percent, it cited the euro zone’s increasingly gloomy prospects, including
Obama may shift policy on Assad
By : Osama Al Sharif For the past few weeks the Obama administration has been sending mixed messages on Syria, Iraq and how best to stave off the threat of the Islamic State (IS) in both countries. Naturally these messages
It is time to diversify our sources of income
By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Commenting on the volatility of oil prices, some energy experts say that it is the only consumable commodity that behaves like water in a swimming pool. It is the same if you take water from the
King Abdullah, architect of GCC pact
By : Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi On Sunday in Riyadh, leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) made a critical pact promising a new era of regional and global political and economic stability. The meeting was the initiative of Custodian
Data services: Mobily, Al-Rajhi Bank ink deal
Mobily has signed a communications and IT (CIT) services agreement with Al-Rajhi Bank. Ismail Al-Ghamdi, acting business chief officer, signed the agreement on behalf of Mobily. Ibrahim Al-Rashid, chief officer of IT, signed the deal on behalf of Al-Rajhi bank.
ZTE considers localization as all-time strategy
For ZTE, localization is an all-time strategy. Since the company’s launch in Saudi 2004, ZTE has been training hundreds of local telecommunication talents and providing job opportunities for a large number of university students, said a top executive of the
EasyJet winter bookings rise as competition heats up
LONDON: British low-cost airline easyJet has reported a small rise in winter bookings, shrugging off concerns about an increasingly competitive European travel market. The company also posted a 21.5 percent rise in pretax profit to 581 million pounds ($909 million)
Toyota rolls out mass market fuel-cell car
TOKYO: Toyota said it would start selling the world’s first mass market fuel-cell car in Japan next month and elsewhere in 2015, in what its top executive called an industry milestone. The four-door Mirai sedan, powered by hydrogen and emitting
Saudi exhibition industry keen to build global links
Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiques (SCTA) President Prince Sultan bin Salman has honored Riyadh Exhibitions Company (REC) in recognition of its ongoing efforts in promoting the meetings, incentives, conferencing and exhibitions (MICE) industry in the Kingdom. The event coincided
Viral return? 2nd Egypt bird flu death in two days
An Egyptian woman died of the bird flu on Tuesday, marking the second casualty the virus claimed in two days, Egypt’s al-Ahram state-owned newspaper reported. The 30-year-old reportedly contracted the virus after coming into contact with affected birds, the Ministry
Urgent need for training bankers in Islamic finance
With Islamic finance (IF) and Islamic financial products (IFP) growing popular worldwide, there is an urgent need for training bankers in IF and IFP, says Azmi Omar, director general of Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) and member of Islamic
Iraq’s anti-ISIS strategy ‘bearing fruit’: U.N.
The new Iraqi government’s strategy of enlisting Kurds and local tribes in the fight against Islamists is yielding results, the U.N. envoy for Iraq told the Security Council on Tuesday. Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has made it a priority
Almulla’s back, wins his second Saudi Aramco Invitational title
Othman Almulla, the original poster boy of Saudi golf, has ended years of struggle with his game and looks ready to recapture his lofty place in the sport he so loved. Recently, the talented Almulla celebrated his return to form
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