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 »
Category Archives: Variety
Mass murderer Charles Manson gets marriage license
Mass murderer Charles Manson has been granted a marriage license, and would be allowed to wed in prison, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said on Monday. Manson, 80, was issued a marriage license by Kings
Paris pop-up offers ‘mini-me’ versions of shoppers
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
Potential cloning of a mammoth raises ethical questions among scientists
In a remote Siberian island, scientists found a thousands of years old woolly mammoth whose body had been exceptionally well preserved by the chunk of ice it spent the last 40,000 years in. Now, the Independent reports, scientists are trying
Online retailers selling Obama’s APEC look
Online retailers in China are using U.S. President Barack Obama’s photo snapped in last week’s APEC summit to sell traditional Chinese outfits. As per APEC custom, world leaders assembled in front of the international press posing in the host country’s
Napoleon’s hat fetches 1.9m euros
PARIS: One of Napoleon’s famous two-pointed hats was sold on Sunday to a South Korean collector for 1.9 million euros ($2.2 million) at an auction outside Paris. The black felted beaver fur “bicorne” hat is one of only 19 examples
Erdogan says Muslims, not Columbus, discovered Americas
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that the Americas were discovered by Muslims in the 12th century, nearly three centuries before Christopher Columbus set foot there. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century. Muslims
Pronounced dead, 91-year-old Polish woman awakens
A Polish doctor says she has been in “deep shock” since learning that a 91-year-old woman she pronounced dead woke up in a morgue several hours later. The doctor – identified in the media as Wieslawa C. – said on
Urban elite go in search of ‘pedal chic’
Bikes with alligator skin saddles, frames adorned with 24 carat gold leaf, or just two wheels designed to your very own personal specifications. From Paris to Tokyo via Milan, designer and customized bikes costing thousands of dollars are the latest
Historic photos of dead Che Guevara resurface in Spain
Lost for half a century, historic photographs of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara taken by an AFP photographer shortly after his execution have come to light in a small Spanish town. The dark-bearded guerrilla leader lies in a stretcher with his
Alleged tiger on the loose near Disneyland Paris
An alleged tiger on the loose near Disneyland Paris crossed a major highway and slinked past a gas station Friday, still eluding the 200 French police and military forces trying to hunt it down. A helicopter buzzed over the woods
5-year-old becomes world’s youngest computer specialist
A Pakistani schoolboy has set a new world record by becoming the youngest qualified computer specialist after passing a Microsoft Windows exam, UK’s daily the Telegraph reported Friday. Ayan Qureshi, who is just five-years-old, passed the test to become a
World’s tallest and shortest men meet on Records Day
The world’s tallest and shortest men came face to face — well, face to shin — on Thursday to celebrate the 10th annual Guinness World Records Day. The little and large act met as people across the globe tried to
Egypt-inspired probe Rosetta to land on comet
The European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission will release its Egyptology-inspired probe on Nov. 12 on to the surface of a comet the spaceship has been chasing for the past decade. Named after an obelisk found in 1815 Egypt by a
Celebrated timepiece, French Crown jewel set for auction
GENEVA: A brooch commissioned by a French empress, or perhaps an iconic watch considered the most complicated ever made entirely by hand? The list of spectacular pieces on sale at Christie’s and Sotheby’s traditional autumn jewel and watch auctions in
100-year-old woman celebrates birthday with sky dive
Eleanor Cunningham of Howes Cave, New York, has bested former President George H.W. Bush. He celebrated his 90th birthday by skydiving; she made the big leap to mark her centennial. Cunningham kissed her 7-month-old great-great-granddaughter before suiting up for her
Lebanon police foil ‘stuffed potato’ drug smuggling attempt
Using a number of potatoes cleared to enter a prison in Lebanon, a man attempted to hide a marijuana-like product in the starchy vegetable, Lebanese news website Naharnet reported. Authorities foiled the 22-year-old’s plan, in which he had squeezed hashish
‘Everything I Never Told You’ is Amazon’s book of the year
NEW YORK: “Everything I Never Told You,” the debut novel by author Celeste Ng about a teenage girl growing up in a mixed race family in the American Midwest in the 1970s, was named Amazon’s best book of 2014 on
Tower of London’s poppy installation creates national sensation
Standing in the Tower of London moat alongside three generations of his family, David Woodrow stared out at a sea of red ceramic poppies and struggled to hold back the tears. The poppy exhibition at the Tower of London has
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