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
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 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 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 »
Category Archives: Columns
Two choices for Modi’s India
By : Syed Aijaz Zaka For someone who has seldom missed an opportunity to tear into Pakistan and Bangladesh, accusing the Congress government of being ‘soft on the terrorists,’ (“They are killing Bharat Mata’s sons on the border and you
Other Side of the Mirror: Good man walking
By: BIKRAM VOHRA I hate walking. My wife is a walker. She has converted one daughter into a walker and is working on the second. I have resisted it for ten years. If human being were made to walk they
Council to resolve family disputes proposed
The Ministry of Justice has proposed setting up a special council to resolve family disputes, including cases involving divorce, drug abuse and other social problems. The council would oversee dispute resolution across all government departments, the ministry said in its
Shisha cafe culture may spread MERS faster
The shisha cafe culture may further exacerbate the spread of the coronavirus in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries, said a senior physiology professor at King Saud University (KSU) on Wednesday. Sultan Ayoub Meo, professor and consultant at KSU’s
Asir seeks investors for souvenir shops
Tourism experts and economists have urged investors to place their money in souvenir shops in Asir because they could make returns of between 30 and 100 percent. Muhammad Al-Ammra, director of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) in
Govt survey of car dealer services is ‘misleading’
The former chairman of the national committee for car dealers at the Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) has strongly criticized a recent survey conducted by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on dwindling automobile customer satisfaction, saying the misleading survey is
Many Saudi women becoming sole breadwinners
Many assume that women who are obliged to financially support their families are either divorcees, widows or single. Yet many married women are increasingly forced to fend for their families simply because their spouses do not provide for them, either
Filipino nurse dies of coronavirus in Jeddah
A Filipino nurse who was working at a leading private hospital in Jeddah died after she became infected with the coronavirus. Twenty-eight-year-old Michelle Coloquio was admitted to King Fahd Hospital on May 7 after contracting the deadly virus and died
Singh’s revolt adds to Modi, BJP woes
By: Rajeev Sharma The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), currently India’s main opposition party and a hot favorite of poll surveys, political analysts and even bookies to form the next government in the April-May general election, is going through its own
Fake currency issue worries India ahead of elections
By: RAJEEV SHARMA Fake Indian currency notes, or FICN as it is known in the intelligence/security jargon, is a menace that has been dogging India since the advent of cross-border terrorism almost three decades back. But now this menace
Nobody killed the Congress
By: Rajeev Sharma The jury met in New Delhi on May 19. Its single-point objective was to investigate the bloodbath caused by the just-concluded Indian elections in the Indian National Congress. The jury comprised of the two Gandhis: Sonia and
Sharif’s quest for peace with India
By: SALAHUDDIN HAIDER By extending an olive branch, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had thrown the ball in Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s court. However, that was partly reciprocated Wednesday when Modi invited Sharif for May 26. Only time
Overqualified Saudis
By : ABDULLAH SAYEL Out of 3,445 vacancies in government jobs, 1,010 jobs remain vacant for an astonishing reason. What we need to know now is that 2,210 male candidates and 225 female candidates were found suitable for 2,435 vacancies.
HotSpot: Modi’s drumbeat
By: BIKRAM VOHRA What if they were not crocodile tears that Modi cried for Advani, even as he sought a handkerchief and sipped water and cracked his voice with emotion in a scene so bizarre and yet so effective.
Renewed call on OPEC
By: ALSIR SIDAHMED Once again the world looks around and calls on OPEC to be ready and pump more oil to compensate for possible supply shortage and ease the tight market, thus confirming its position as supplier of last
The Role of Women
Under Islam, women are accorded respect and rights which, until relatively recent times, were denied to the vast majority of women in the West. Whether single or married, under Islam, women are considered individuals with their own inalienable rights. Their
‘With Love, From Thar’
By: Tariq A. Al-Maeena IN the southeastern part of Pakistan lies the Thar region. It has been hit by one of nature’s woes, a drought that has disrupted the lives of thousands of people who live in the area,
Does Modi’s victory mean an end to Congress Party?
By: Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi AFTER the landslide victory scored by the nationalist opposition party —the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — in the general elections, the hardcore Hindu politician Narendra Modi is going to swear-in as the new prime minister of
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