:: 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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Thai police said Monday they were seeking two Americans after the body parts of several babies — probably stolen from a medical museum — were found in five parcels destined for the United States. The two men, aged 31 and
A female student who was administered the wrong vaccination in her school was admitted in critical condition at Al-Hada Military Hospital in Taif recently. Khaled Al-Shehri, a relative of 12-year-old Thikra, demanded an investigation saying that she had gone to
LONDON: British progressive rock group Pink Floyd topped the album charts for the first time in nearly 20 years on Sunday with “The Endless River,” the Official Charts Company said. The newly-released album, which the band says will be their
PARIS: A new pop-up shop in the hip Marais district of Paris is giving people the opportunity to immortalize themselves with a tiny printed 3D figurine for the not so tiny price of 230 euros ($286). The studio, called “Le
SYDNEY: “Unbroken,” a film Angelina Jolie directed about the plight of an American Olympian turned World War II prisoner, helped her tackle motherhood, the Oscar-winning actress said on Monday. Hundreds of fans crowded outside a Sydney theater to welcome Jolie
The International Union of Muslim Scholars and its chairman, Qatar-based Egyptian cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi, expressed “astonishment” on Monday at being designated a terrorist body by the United Arab Emirates. On Saturday, the UAE government formally endorsed of the designation of
Five members of an Iraqi family who refused to marry off their daughter to a fighter in the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been executed by the militant group in a “horrific crime,” Iraq’s Human Rights Ministry
The Nigerian army has regained control of Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamic extremists more than six months ago, said army officials. The army wrested back control of Chibok on Saturday, about 48
A female suicide bomber blew herself up Sunday at a mobile phone market in northeast Nigeria, killing several people, witnesses said. The attack happened in the town of Azare in Bauchi state, which neighbors the three states worst hit by
The 2014 Human Development Report by the UN Development Program reported that Saudi Arabia achieved a significant progress by ranking in the 34th globally, compared to its previous 57 rank in the UNDP report of 2013. Such a rank boosted
By : Saad Dosari One of the theories trying to explain people’s attachment to sports stipulates that it brings out the primitive man in all of us. For a lot of supporters, it is not the game that is bounded
Several thousand people demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday in support of independence for the disputed territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in northwestern Africa. About 3,000 protesters marched from Atocha railway station to the central Plaza de la
By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim During the past 10 years, the Saudi government initiated many mega projects to modernize the civic infrastructure. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah personally launched many development projects in various spheres of life like
By : Khaled Almaeena A front-page headline in a local Arabic paper drew the attention of readers to 2,622 cases of financial and administrative corruption, most of them at the ministries of municipal affairs, health and education. According to the
BRISBANE: G-20 leaders, which collectively comprise 85 percent of the world economy, wrapped up their annual summit on Sunday with agreement on a wealth of issues, primarily economic. Here are the main outcomes: The leaders of the world’s most powerful
By : Mohammed Fahad al-Harthi The ninth summit of the G-20 heads of government to be held in the Australian city of Brisbane on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 is different from the crisis meeting held in 2008 to save
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), and an accompanying delegation visited Qatar on Saturday. During the visit, Prince Alwaleed met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. The
By : Maria Dubovikova On Sept. 30, Sweden recognized the occupied state of Palestine, becoming the first EU member to do so. Prior to the establishment of the union, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania, Poland and the Czech Republic had already
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