Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait

Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait

In a heartfelt gesture of solidarity, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their deepest condolences to the Emir of Kuwait on Monday following the passing of Sheikh More »

Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis

Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday during Abbas’ visit to Russia. Arriving on Monday, Abbas aims to discuss the ongoing Gaza conflict with More »

Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives

Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives

Saudi Arabia has firmly aligned itself with the recent joint statement made by President Joe Biden of the United States, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, More »

Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment

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 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 »

 

Monthly Archives: June 2014

Other Side of the Mirror: That flipping phone

By : Bikram Vohra Never be a nice guy. Nice guys don’t find trouble, trouble finds them. You know how some people have that ghastly tonal choice on their mobiles and you wonder what motivates them to opt for it?

Assad’s reelection: A parody of democracy

Hassan Barari

By : Hassan Barari In war-torn Syria, Bashar Assad has been reelected for another seven-year term. Describing holding of elections — in such a way and against the backdrop of a protracted bloody conflict — as a futile exercise would

Grads face a grim future

By : Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg This is the graduation season and families are celebrating the success of their children. University graduates are basking in the glow of admiration from family and friends as they celebrate getting their diplomas after years

How can SME growth in the Kingdom be unlocked?

By : John Sfakianakis SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are key to an economy’s growth and account for 60 percent to 70 percent of jobs in most Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, with a particularly large share

Memoirs of a Saudi Ph.D. student: The art of stepping back

By : Htoon Kadi I have always believed that women are excellent at multitasking. It is amazing how they manage to cook, feed a baby, talk on the phone and watch television at the same time with much ease. I

Waiting for our team to win World Cup

By : Saad Dossari Within a few days, most of the people across the world will be gathering around their television sets to watch 32 nations competing for the World Cup on the playgrounds of Brazil. Depending on one’s perspective,

Uncalled-for rules will not help us progress

By : Sabria S. Jawhar The Labor Ministry has decided it’s more important to protect women from the mysteries of interacting with men than with trifling things like employee rights. In its wisdom that signals that it’s still 1979, the

What we can learn from Finland?

By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Until the 1970s, Finland had one of the most bureaucratic and centralized education systems in Europe. It was not because the Finnish people or the government lacked the will or desire for a better education system

MoH reports 5 new cases of MERS

The Health Ministry reported five new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) on Saturday. Four of them were detected on Friday evening, it said. In the new case on Saturday, a 41-year-old Saudi national in the eastern city of

Makkah police gear up for holy month

More than 2,000 police personnel will soon join the Makkah police force as part of a plan to be implemented on the first day of Ramadan to facilitate the Umrah season in the holy city, said Director of Makkah Police

Sovereign fund to manage growing budget surplus

Saudi Arabia is preparing to launch its first sovereign wealth fund to manage budget surpluses from a rise in crude prices estimated at hundreds of billions of riyals every year. The Shoura Council is due to discuss a draft law

Recruitment applications to be submitted online

Starting Sunday, employers and individuals will have to submit their recruitment applications online at the Labor Ministry’s website through a new service, said Labor Minister Adel Fakeih on Saturday. According to a statement, the new service will be implemented in

Ramadan grocery price hike irks Jeddawis

Shoppers in Jeddah are concerned about the rising prices of commodities, particularly food items ahead of the holy month of Ramadan and criticized the annual pre-Ramadan phenomenon of price hikes. They complained about the nearly 40 percent increase in prices

King Khalid Medical City to be ready in 2018

Dr. Ibrahim Al-Arifi, the Executive Director of Clinical and Medical Affairs at King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam, said that work on establishing the King Khalid Medical City will begin at the end of 2014. Al-Arifi said that Saudi Aramco

Water minister signs contracts worth SR616m

Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah Al-Hussein signed 20 water and sewerage projects worth SR616 million in various provinces recently. The first contract for taking potable water to Al-Kharj in Riyadh province is worth SR479 million while the SR 36 million

Janitor jailed for forging degree

The Jeddah Administrative Court has fined an Asian woman janitor SR1,000 and sentenced her to one year in prison to be followed by deportation on charges of forgery, local media reported. The court earlier convicted her of forging a bachelor’s

10 backers of Brotherhood handed death

CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced 10 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death in absentia on Saturday, but postponed sentencing of the movement’s leader and other senior members on trial in the same case, judicial sources said. Those sentenced

64,478 traffic offenses during exams

The Riyadh Traffic Department reported 64,478 cases of traffic offenses during exams in Riyadh, local media said. The traffic offenses included irregular parking 13,116 cases, window tinting (11,446), breaking traffic signals (10,135), use of mobile phones (9,617), over-speeding (8,776), driving

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