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 »
Peralta scores in Mexico’s 1-0 win over Cameroon
NATAL, Brazil: Mexico overcame the torrential rain and two disallowed goals to beat Cameroon 1-0 on Friday, picking up the three points it needed to have any chance of advancing from a tough group at the World Cup. Oribe Peralta
Netherlands stuns champions Spain 5-1 in World Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO: Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben scored twice each as the Netherlands avenged its 2010 World Cup final defeat to Spain with a record 5-1 drubbing of the defending champions on Friday. Van Persie pounced in each
Southeast Asia hub of global pirate attacks: UN
GENEVA: Southeast Asia has become the world’s hotspot for pirate attacks after an international clampdown slashed the number of hijackings off the coast of war-torn Somalia, the UN said Thursday. Last year 28 boats were attacked in the western Indian
US quietly transfers 12 Afghanistan prisoners
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has quietly repatriated a dozen detainees from a small US military prison in Afghanistan, moving a modest step closer toward winding down the country’s controversial post-9/11 detainee system. A French national, a Kuwaiti and 10 Pakistani
Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus spreading in US
TAMPA, Florida: A painful, mosquito-borne viral illness has surfaced across the United States, carried by recent travelers to the Caribbean where the virus is raging. Health officials in North Carolina, Nebraska and Indiana this week reported the first confirmed chikungunya
HK ‘drug smugglers’ face death in Indonesia
JAKARTA: Two Hong Kong men including a 17-year-old have been arrested trying to smuggle almost $600,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia, an offence punishable by death, an official said Friday. The teenager was the youngest ever person caught trying
4 charged over gang-rape of two teens in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian courts have charged four, including a father and his son, over the gang-rape of two teenage girls, police said Friday, in a case that has sparked outrage in the country. The four, including two minors, were all
Families flee as fighting surges in Pakistan
KABUL: Hundreds of Pakistani families have fled from a surge of fighting between Pakistani government forces and militants into neighboring Afghanistan, an Afghan government official said on Friday. The government forces have been launching air strikes against Pakistani Taleban fighters
Israel looks for 3 missing Jewish teens in West Bank
JERUSALEM: Israeli forces are searching for three Jewish teenagers who went missing in the occupied West Bank late on Thursday, the military said on Friday. As media speculated that the trio might have been abducted, large numbers of Israeli soldiers
Doha to pay salaries of ex-Hamas employees
RAMALLAH: Qatar is stepping in temporarily to help the new Palestinian unity government pay former employees of Hamas’s disbanded Gaza government, an official said Friday. The Gulf state said it would contribute a total of $60 million while the Palestinian
Egypt cop shot dead in clashes
CAIRO: A policeman was shot dead in the aftermath of clashes in Cairo on Friday, Egypt’s Interior Ministry said, after a protest staged by supporters of ousted President Muhammad Mursi. The policeman was hit by a bullet in the chest
Iran promises Iraq full support against ‘terror’
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani promised Iraq’s beleaguered Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki his government’s full support against “terrorism” on Friday as militants advanced toward Baghdad. Iran is a key ally of Maliki, whose government has been left in disarray by
Blindness over Burma
By : ArabNews Editorial The Muslim Rohingya population of Burma has been described in a UN report “as the most persecuted people in the world.” To look at international businessmen flooding into the country’s five-star hotels in search of lucrative
Fight PKK and its likes intellectually
By : Harun Yahya A country’s flag is a mark of honor and nobody is allowed to violate it in any case. The situation gets even worse if that violation comes from terror organizations bent on tearing a country apart.
Too late, Mr. Al-Maliki
By : Shiraz Hasan The speed at which the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have captured one town after another in Iraq since Tuesday has shaken not only the authorities in Baghdad but also decision makers
Will this general please shut up?
By : Bikram Vohra I want to share a thought. I come from a family of four brothers, the only ones in any army in the world who made the rank of a general. No other commissioned band of brothers
Creative Thinking: The root of unhappiness
By : Elsa Franco Al Ghaslan Human beings cannot help thinking. It is a peculiarity that makes them different from animals. And when they think, they cannot help creating, which — in itself — is a positive capability. After all,
From Afghan corruption emerges backwardness
By : Jamal Doumani As Afghans headed to the polls this Saturday to cast their votes for the next president in a run-off election, one that appeared to be a dead heat between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, it was
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