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 »
EU complaint of dumping based on ‘erroneous data’
Prince Saud bin Khalid Al Faisal, deputy governor of the Investment Commission, has revealed that the European Union’s complaints of dumping of Saudi products was based on erroneous facts and figures presented by a Saudi academic in his working paper.
Nine Russian strikes ‘hit Syrian hospitals’
Nine Russian air strikes have hit hospitals or field clinics operating in war-torn Syria, killing civilians and medical staff, a Syrian medical organization said late Thursday. The Syrian-American Medical Society, which operates several facilities in Syria, said a deadly strike
New Jeddah airport to be ready by mid-2017
The new upgraded King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah will open for full operations in mid-2017, according to the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA), the country’s regulatory body. Construction on the new facility and testing of all equipment would
KSA, Hungary sign atomic energy deal
The Kingdom has signed a cooperation agreement on the peaceful use of atomic energy with Hungary in order to diversify its energy sources to achieve its Vision 2032. The vision aims to replace 50 percent of dependence on traditional fossil
Kurds say joint raid with U.S. in Iraq aimed to free their fighters
U.S. and Kurdish special forces who raided a compound in northern Iraq were acting on intelligence that Kurdish fighters were being imprisoned there by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a source in the Kurdistan Region Security Council said
Eight Iranians killed in Syria
Eight Iranians, two of them Revolutionary Guards forces, have been killed in Syria in recent days after Tehran increased its advisory missions to help Damascus, a guards spokesman said Friday. “Two guards forces, Abdollah Bagheri and Amin Karimi, were killed
Heavy casualties feared after blast at mosque in northeast Nigeria
Heavy casualties were feared on Friday after a blast ripped through a newly commissioned mosque in the Adamawa state capital Yola in northeast Nigeria, rescue workers told AFP. The explosion happened at about 2:00 pm (1300 GMT) at the Jambutu
Man dedicates inventions to king
Saudi national Turki bin Saad Al-Fasam has invented an armored security vehicle and a mobile security cabin which he dedicated to the Saudi leadership. “I dedicate my two inventions to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince
Palestinian factions call for ‘day of rage’
Palestinian factions called for mass rallies against Israel in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in a “day of rage” on Friday, as world and regional powers pressed on with talks to try to end more than three weeks
1,938 bodies of expats repatriated this year
The Forensic Medicine and Mortuary Department (FMMD) in the capital disclosed here this week that it was able to send this year 1,938 bodies of expatriates who died in the Kingdom to their countries of origin. The department stresses the
Rockets kill nine at Libya protest against U.N. deal
At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured in Libya’s second city Benghazi on Friday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported, when rockets hit a protest against a U.N. proposal for a unity government to end a political crisis.
Debate rages over school fees
While many parents have accused private schools of exorbitant fee increases, Education Ministry officials have said the issue has been blown out of proportion, while several schools have rejected these claims. In addition, officials have said that fee increases are
‘No common position’ on Assad after meeting
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Friday after attending a meeting in Vienna on Syria that he and his fellow participants had not reached consensus on the political fate of President Bashar al-Assad, Russian news agencies reported. He was
Woman invades male territory in Riyadh
The job of washing cars is generally considered a male profession. However, poverty has forced a woman in her twenties to invade this territory. Fatma, who lives in a neighborhood in southern Riyadh, washes cars in the street using a
Obama names envoy to run anti-ISIS campaign
President Barack Obama on Friday tapped veteran Iraq expert Brett McGurk to coordinate the troubled U.S. campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, the White House said. Announcing the departure of General John Allen, who steps
Former bodyguard of Iran’s ex-president killed in Syria
A former bodyguard of Iran’s hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been killed in Syria while defending a religious site near Aleppo, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday. “Abdollah Bagheri Niaraki, who for a while was the bodyguard
27,000 SIM cards seized
More than 27,000 SIM cards have been seized in raids on different unauthorized shops here and over SR300,000 recovered from two men suspected to be selling SIMs illegally. Maj. Gen. Abdul Hadi Al-Shahrani, Madinah region police chief, had ordered the
Four hurt in failed Cairo bomb disposal near pyramids
Four people including two Egyptian policemen were wounded Friday in a failed attempt to dismantle a bomb outside a Cairo hotel near the pyramids, a security official said. Two policemen and two hotel security guards were wounded as they tried
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