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 »
Indonesian navy ship leaves Jeddah after three-day port call
A new Indonesian naval ship, KRI Bung Tomo 357, left Jeddah Islamic Port Saturday morning after a three-day transit. Named after one of Indonesia’s national heroes, Bung Tomo had arrived in Jeddah Wednesday morning while on its way to Jakarta
A zoo with diseased animals, bad smells, terrible upkeep
Local residents and visitors have criticized the zoo in Taif for neglecting its animals and bad upkeep. They said the owner of the zoo is not taking good care of the animals and left some of them to starve by
Backpack dilemma for parents
With the approach of the new academic year, parents are facing the usual problem of submitting to the wishes of their children to buy school bags that have cartoon characters on them and risk having them confiscated due to a
Death toll rises as Israeli army pounds Gaza
An Israeli air raid in Gaza left two Palestinians dead overnight Sunday to Monday, taking the number of killed Palestinians in the seven-week conflict to 2,122, Palestinian sources said. A spokeswoman for the Israeli army said warplanes had carried out
Hashish smuggling attempt foiled
AL-TUWAL, Jazan – Border Guard patrols in Al-Tuwal foiled an attempt by two youths who were allegedly trying to smuggle 400 blocks of hashish into the Kingdom across the southern borders. One of the two youths was apprehended after they
Female telemarketers complain of harassment, low salaries
Saudi women who work as telemarketers in the private sector have complained that they face constant harassment by clients and are poorly compensated for their work, Makkah daily reported. Although the women said dealing with the harassment they face is
3 killed, 5 hurt as car overturns
ABHA — Three people were killed and five others injured when the vehicle carrying them overturned on the Khamis Mushayt–Riyadh Road near the village of Rubah. All the victims were from the same family. Spokesman for the Saudi Red Crescent
Key Jeddah talks add weight to anti-IS push
Foreign ministers from the Arab Contact Group have pledged to adopt a unified stance against extremist ideology in the Arab world. Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal presided over the crucial meeting in Jeddah on Sunday. Five Arab countries took
Four arrested over drugs possession
JEDDAH — Officers at a police checkpoint in Dhahban, about 50 km north of Jeddah, arrested four youths in two separate incidents after they were found carrying a total of 510 amphetamine tablets and 15 hashish fingers in their possession.
‘Illegal maid dens’ in capital raided
The Ministry of Labor and the Riyadh police are setting up a joint operations team to nab labor law violators in the Riyadh region as new raids on Sunday targeted recruitment offices in Riyadh that were dealing with undocumented workers.
Wimbledon champ Kvitova collars New Haven title
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her second WTA Connecticut Open title in three years Saturday, defeating Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-2 in the US Open warm-up event. Fourth-ranked Kvitova, the 2012 New Haven winner who lost
Sleepy Philippine towns wake up to answer world’s phones
ILOILO, Philippines: Jennifer Ann Palmares-Fong has come home. Fifteen years after leaving Iloilo in the Philippines for the bright lights of Manila, she and her friends have been lured back as her once-quiet hometown is transformed. “Never in my wildest
‘Song Of My Mother’ wins ‘Heart of Sarajevo’ award
SARAJEVO: Turkish director Erol Mintas won the “Heart of Sarajevo” prize for the best picture at the 20th Sarajevo film festival. Mintas’s “Song Of My Mother” — a moving story of an elderly Kurdish woman yearning to return to her
Women-oriented roles in Bollywood ‘face gender bias’
MUMBAI: Actress Priyanka Chopra, whose upcoming movie on boxing champion “Mary Kom” has generated a lot of interest, said that women-oriented roles are still not welcome in Bollywood. According to The Indian Express, she said that in the male-dominated society,
Baghdad warns buyers of “ISIS oil”
Crude sold by extremist group finding its way to Pakistan, says source Baghdad : Iraq has warned buyers of crude oil that any unauthorized oil purchases made from its territory could be used to fund activities by the extremist militant
Suspected al-Qaeda bomb kills Yemeni general
A senior Yemeni army officer was killed on Saturday when a bomb planted in his vehicle exploded in the main southern city of Aden, a military official said, blaming al-Qaeda. “A bomb exploded in the car of General Ahmed Mohammed
Defiant Ukraine turns on military display as war rumbles on in the east
Armored vehicles and soldiers paraded in Kiev on Sunday in a defiant national day display of military power that Ukrainian President Petro Poroskenko said was being mobilized for an historic war of independence from Russia. Soldiers, some due to head
Iran unveils new short-range missiles, drones
Iran’s official news agency says the country has produced a new generation of short-range marine missiles and aerial drones. The IRNA report on Sunday says the Ghadir missile, with a range of 100 kilometers (62 miles), is capable of destroying
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