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 »
Pilgrimage of the disabled
By : Talal Alharbi Haj is mandatory for Muslims who are capable with respect to health, finances and safety, once in a lifetime. Thanks to the excellent arrangements made by the Kingdom, we witness a large number of pilgrims on
Confronting Russia now is too late, too difficult
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed Recent American press reports are full of opinions stating that the current American administration’s way of dealing with the Syrian crisis has been wrong since the beginning. Most of these opinions believe that America’s absence brought
Tragic story of an Indian maid
By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim At the time of submitting this article, I heard two different versions of a tragic story about an Indian maid who came to Saudi Arabia to take care of a 70-year-old Saudi woman who lives alone
UN and neighborhood gentrification
By : Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg When you step into the United Nations complex in New York, there is very little that betrays the humble beginnings of its Turtle Bay neighborhood. In 1945, the UN founders were at a loss to
Social media behind most cases of domestic violence, says Saudi study
A recent study on domestic violence revealed three out of 10 domestic violence cases are caused by social media misuse, Makkah daily reported. Sociology professor and family consultant Abdulrazaq Al-Mubarak said the study is timely as many women and children
Russian police foil ‘terror attack’ planed in Moscow
Russian police have arrested a group of people they said were planning a terror attack on Moscow, the country’s anti-terrorism committee said Sunday, without giving details about the group’s motives. “After a series of investigations by the security services, a
Maldives warns India over pressure to free ex-president
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Sunday warned India’s foreign minister against external interference in the islands’ affairs, his office said, as international pressure mounts to release his jailed predecessor. The president told Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj that all nations should
Obama thinks Trump ‘won’t be next president’
President Barack Obama said Donald Trump was “the classic reality TV character” who had tapped into something real in the Republican Party but was unlikely to end up as president. “He is a great publicity-seeker – and at a time
Communist leader Oli chosen as new Nepal PM
Nepal’s Parliament Sunday chose communist leader KP Sharma Oli as prime minister, tasked with unifying the quake-hit country after a new constitution triggered deadly protests, a border blockade and a nationwide fuel shortage. Oli, of the Communist Party of Nepal
Britain urged to accept more Syrian refugees
Britain must accept more Syrian refugees faster in response to a humanitarian crisis of people fleeing conflict, a group of over 300 lawyers demanded in a statement released Monday. The group, which includes a former president of Britain’s supreme court
41 killed in Lake Chad blasts blamed on Boko Haram
Forty-one people were killed in triple explosions in a Chadian city on the shores of Lake Chad, blamed on the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram, the government said Sunday. Another 48 people were wounded, the Chadian government said in a
Merkel says no plans to raise taxes over refugee influx
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday her government had no plans to impose a tax hike to cope with a record influx of asylum seekers, firmly denying reports that Berlin and the European Commission were mulling a special refugee solidarity
Belarus set to give President Lukashenko fifth term
President Alexander Lukashenko was expected to win a fifth term in Sunday’s election with ease, but he said anything much less than 80 percent of the vote would be a sign that his support was slipping. The authoritarian leader faced
After bombings, thousands in pro-Kurdish demo in Paris
Several thousand mainly Kurdish demonstrators marched through Paris on Sunday to protest against what they called the Turkish government’s “politics of war”, a day after 95 people were killed by suspected suicide bombers in Ankara. The protesters carried a giant
Zionist aggression slays pregnant woman, baby
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a pregnant Palestinian woman and her toddler, drawing a warning Sunday from Hamas, as unrest spun further toward a full-scale uprising. After days of unrest in the West Bank and Israel, Gaza has been
Syrian troops gain as Putin defends Russian strikes
Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes advanced against insurgents in the center of the country as President Vladimir Putin defended Moscow’s intervention in the conflict, saying it would aid efforts to reach a political settlement. Putin said Moscow’s objective was
Dubai shows ability to be disability friendly
A major initiative was launched on Sunday to turn Dubai into a disability friendly city by 2020. The aim of the Dubai Inclusive Development Forum 2015, organized by the General Secretariat of the Executive Council of Dubai on Oct. 11-12,
‘Two male suicide bombers’ behind Ankara blasts
Two male suicide bombers carried out the devastating twin bombings this weekend in Ankara, the office of the Turkish prime minister said Sunday, as the toll rose to 97 dead. “Work is continuing to identify the corpses of the two
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