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: World
Italy’s singing nun releases first album
ROME: Cristina Sciuccia, the singing nun who won Italy’s version of The Voice, on Tuesday releases a first album containing an unlikely cover of Madonna’s 1984 hit “Like a Virgin.” On her way to victory in the television singing contest,
Bollywood ban on female make-up artists quashed
MUMBAI: India’s Supreme Court Monday quashed a union rule which for decades sought to prevent women working as make-up artists in the country’s Hindi film industry known as Bollywood. Judges banned the discrimination on film sets along gender lines, following
Grande, Minaj shine at MTV awards
LONDON: Pop stars Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj sparkled at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday, held in the Scottish city of Glasgow for the first time. After opening the show with a thumping performance dressed in a futuristic
‘Big Hero 6,’ ‘Interstellar’ soar at BO
LOS ANGELES: A team of animated Marvel characters rocketed past a group of wormhole-bound astronauts at the weekend box office. Disney’s animated adventure “Big Hero 6,” featuring the inflatable robot Baymax and his prodigy pal Hiro from the Marvel comic
Germany marks 25 years since fall of Berlin Wall
BERLIN: As Germany celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Sunday, Elke Rosin recalled how lucky her family had been. Her pet parakeet and a few personal belongings were all that Rosin managed to grab
U.S. faces last best chance on Iran nuclear deal
The Obama administration is facing its last best chance to curb Iran’s nuclear program – not just to meet an end-of-the-month deadline for a deal, but also to seal one before skeptical Republicans who will control Congress next year are
Catalonia leader urges ‘definitive referendum’ on independence
The leader of Spain’s Catalonia region, Artur Mas, called on Sunday for a “definitive referendum” on independence, after defying the central government by voting in a symbolic breakaway ballot. Mas said the crowds lining up to vote in Sunday’s non-official
Obama says anti-ISIS campaign now in new phase
President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the deployment of an additional 1,500 American troops to Iraq marks a “new phase” in the campaign against militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. “Phase one was getting an Iraqi
India a key market Sharjah free trade zones
Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) organized road shows in Ludhiana and Chandigarh and participated exhibition in New Delhi recently. “India is a key-market for HFZA. Based on mutual interests, the UAE enjoys a warm economic relationship with India. Currently, a
‘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
British detectives question ‘terror plot’ four
British authorities extended the detention of four men, held on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, for seven days during which detectives will begin another round of questioning, Agence France-Presse reported. The four men, whose ages range between 19-27, were
The 5G network: When will it launch and what is it?
The internet has come a long way. More than a third of the world’s population is online, smart devices are growing ever-more popular, and mobile broadband subscriptions are expected to grow to 7.9 billion by 2019 from the current 2.9
Ericsson pushes eastwards to capitalize on hunger for advanced networks
Founded in 1876, Sweden’s Ericsson has seen it all. The telecom company has in recent years seen a push eastwards, the significance of which was highlighted with North American operators cutting investment in high-speed networks. The world number one mobile
Trading in shares of Kingfisher suspended
NEW DELHI: Trading in the shares of bankrupt Kingfisher Airlines will be suspended, India’s two main trading exchanges announced Saturday, putting another nail in the coffin of the carrier founded by self-crowned “King of Good Times” tycoon Vijay Mallya. The
Customs impasse is WTO’s ‘most serious crisis’
BEIJING: An impasse over a global pact to streamline customs procedures poses “the most serious crisis the WTO has faced” and has paralyzed all negotiations in the trade body, its chief Roberto Azevedo said. A draft of the so-called Trade
Pakistan wins Chinese investment worth $42bn
BEIJING: China has promised Pakistan investment worth $42 billion, an official said, as Islamabad promised to help Beijing fight what it calls a terrorist threat in its far-west. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif oversaw the signing of 19 agreements and
Despite election defeat, foreign policy is not ‘game over’ for Obama
From marauding jihadists in Iraq to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and beheadings of Americans in Syria, a world in crisis has fanned perceptions of an overwhelmed U.S. president and contributed to a Republican sweep of U.S. midterm elections. But the
Sri Lanka: UN rights chief’s language went too far
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Saturday accused the UN human rights chief of using “intemperate language” to vilify a member state when he said the island nation was attacking the integrity of the world body’s investigation into alleged wartime abuses. In
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