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: January 4, 2015
Indonesians top list of Umrah arrivals
A total of 1.1 million Umrah visas have been issued until Friday, said a top official. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Albejaoa, director of the Haj Ministry’s branch in Madinah, said that 580,000 Umrah pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia. Hotels
Govt to create 300,000 jobs for Saudis
Minister of Labor Adel Fakeih has revealed that the government plans to create jobs for 300,000 Saudis in the private sector. Economy and Planning, Finance and Labor Ministries would launch 36 initiatives as part of the scheme. This includes expanding
At least 20 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya
Islamist militants have abducted 20 Egyptian Christians in Libya in recent days, a source close to the government said Saturday. Earlier, Witness Hanna Aziz told The Associated Press that gunmen in the Libyan city of Sirte went room to room
Dammam Women’s Market set to open
The Eastern Province municipality has begun renting out shops at the newly established Dammam Women’s Market following the completion of all major construction work. Ziad bin Abdul Karim Al-Suwaidan, the EP Investments general manager, said that the project is set
Iran says no deal with U.S. to ship enriched uranium to Russia
Iran denied on Saturday that it had reached an agreement with the United States to ship its surplus enriched uranium to Russia under new concessions aimed at clinching a comprehensive nuclear deal with six world powers. The Associated Press, citing
New KSA missions in Iraq to boost ties
A Saudi delegation is set to visit Iraq this week in order to prepare the ground for the reopening of the Saudi Embassy in Baghdad, 24 years after the Kingdom closed its diplomatic mission there. Riyadh has also announced plans
Turkey resorts to running double-shift classes for Syrian refugee children
Turkey’s education ministry has started to run double-shift classes for Syrian refugee children, in a bid to cope with the deluge of migrants from the war-torn country. Turkish students in several provinces now attend classes before noon and refugee-students attend
New drive against illegals
Inspection teams aim to intensify their efforts to streamline Saudi Arabia’s labor market, according to local media. The Labor Ministry’s first campaign against undocumented migrant workers, carried out in cooperation with the Interior Ministry, proved to be a success, say
Father of pilot held by ISIS pleads: he is ‘your son’
The father of the Jordanian pilot captured by the ISIS of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) late December pleaded on Saturday to the militants to treat his son well. 1st Lt. Mu’ath al-Kassasbeh 26-year-old Jordanian is the first known foreign military
Turkey permits first new church in 90 years
Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government has authorized the building of the first church in the country since the end of the Ottoman empire in 1923, AFP has learned. The church is for the country’s tiny Syriac community and will be built in
Saudi delegation to head to Iraq for talks on reopening embassy
A Saudi delegation will travel to Baghdad this week to start preparations to reopen an embassy in the Iraqi, the Saudi Press Agency said on Saturday, citing an official source in the foreign ministry. It said Saudi Arabia also plans
Iran rejects controversial new hijab law
A draft law that would give greater powers to Iran’s police and volunteer militias to enforce women’s compulsory wearing of the veil has been ruled unconstitutional, state media reported Saturday. Under Islamic law in force in Iran since the 1979
Yemen arrests three foreigners over possible al-Qaeda links
Yemeni police have arrested three foreigners in the capital Sanaa after one of them was found to have al-Qaeda material in his possession, the Interior Ministry said. The foreigners, a Bulgarian, Belgian and Somali, were aged between 22 and 48,
PK becomes highest grossing Bollywood film
MUMBAI: Even as protests against the film continued, the producers of the Aamir Khan-starrer ‘PK’ said on Friday that the film has broken ‘Dhoom 3’ record to become the biggest earner in Bollywood by collecting Rs. 278.52 crore since its
Sanam Saeed ties the knot
KARACHI: The ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’-fame Pakistan’s silver screen actress Sanam Saeed started a new career of her life by tying the knot with a Karachi-based banker. Sanam, who is considered one of the most talented young actresses, has married to
Selena removes mosque pic after backlash
LOS ANGELES: Pop star Selena Gomez’s photograph featuring lower half of one of her legs at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi had to be removed from a social networking website after the “Come and Get It” hitmaker
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