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 »
Israel moving to seize tract in West Bank: Officials
Israel is moving to declare 150 hectares in the occupied West Bank as state land in what would be the largest such seizure since 2014, officials and media reports said Wednesday. If approved, the move is likely to draw international
ISIS frees 270 kidnapped people in eastern Syrian
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Tuesday released 270 of an estimated 400 civilians, most of them women and children, kidnapped at the weekend when its fighters attacked Syrian government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor,
Jewish teen arrested for hate graffiti at iconic Jerusalem church
A Jewish 16-year-old has been arrested for anti-Christian graffiti sprayed on a wall of a Jerusalem abbey built where tradition says the mother of Jesus died, police said Wednesday. The graffiti, discovered Sunday, was written in Hebrew on an outside
Single and want to enter family mall? Hire 2-minute female ‘cousin’ for SR100!
Some young men are paying girls and women up to SR100 at weekends so that they can enter malls as their relatives, according to a report in a local publication recently. Nahala Khalid, who is often approached, said: “Usually guys
ISIS confirms death of ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group confirmed Tuesday the death of British extremist “Jihadi John”, saying he was killed in a drone strike in their Syrian stronghold of Raqqa in November. Born Mohammed Emwazi, he was known
Israel arrests ‘Hezbollah cell’ in West Bank: Army
Israeli forces have arrested a cell allegedly linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah movement which was planning an attack inside Israel, the army announced on Wednesday. Forces “apprehended a terror cell funded and guided by Hezbollah,” an army statement said, adding
George Clooney says Oscars moving backwards on diversity
Director Spike Lee, leading the call for an Oscars boycott, called on Tuesday for affirmative action in Hollywood to address racial disparity while civil rights leader Al Sharpton urged Americans to “tune out” the Academy Awards ceremony next month. George
Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith plan boycotts over #OscarsSoWhite
Director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith said on Monday they will boycott next month’s Academy Awards ceremony because black actors were shut out of nominations, and the Academy acknowledged it needed to do more to promote diversity. The
Adele’s ‘Hello’ fastest to reach billion views
Adele has broken another record — her video for “Hello” is the quickest to reach one billion views on YouTube. “Hello,” a ballad that ended a four-year album hiatus for the British singer, entered the exclusive one billion-view club late
Lady Gaga’s Oscar nod slammed
Singer-songwriter and record producer Linda Perry says Lady Gaga doesn’t deserve a songwriting credit for the Oscar-nominated song “Til it Happens to You,” from the college campus sexual assault documentary “The Hunting Ground.” Perry said in a series of tweets
UAE continues in its bid to be a world champ, this time with coffee
Never one to want to be seen as second best, the UAE is pinning its hopes on barista Karthikeyan Ranjedran as he attempts to fend off 20 international challengers to secure his adopted homeland’s first World Cezve / Ibrik Championship
‘Ride Along 2’ ends box office reign of ‘Force Awakens’
Kevin Hart and Ice Cube have ended the monthlong box-office reign of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Their “Ride Along 2” topped the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend in North America with an estimated $41.5 million over four days,
Trump’s words are ‘poisonous’
Donald Trump doesn’t have many fans in Britain’s Parliament. But a debate among lawmakers on calls to ban Trump from the country revealed little appetite to close Britain’s doors to the provocative Republican US presidential contender. During a three-hour debate,
1st suspect held over Cologne sex assaults
A 26-year-old Algerian man has become the first person arrested in connection with a string of sexual assault during New Year’s celebrations in Cologne that sparked a debate about Germany’s ability to integrate migrants. Prosecutors said that the unidentified asylum-seeker
Syria peace efforts haunted by 2014 Geneva talks
By : Brooklyn Middleton Bashar al-Assad’s criminal regime continues to ignore basic humanitarian norms while Russia lashes out, claiming that the United States, Britain and France are “politicizing” Syria’s hunger and aid issue. Setting aside the myriad of disagreements on
What has the U.S. ‘leading the world from behind’ achieved?
By : Raghida Dergham President Barack Obama’s last State of the Union address was lackluster compared to the global hype that accompanied his election to the White House seven years ago. Obama admitted that the U.S. has become more divided
Iran, Saudi reconciliation need of the day
By : Harun Yahya Last week Saudi Arabia announced the execution of 47 people; among them was Sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, a significant cleric of Shia minority background. Iran has long been trying to prevent the death sentence of the
Declaring Iranian tutelage over Lebanon
By : Khairallah Khairallah Lebanese ex-minister Michel Samaha, who was jailed over charges of transferring explosives from Syria to Lebanon for the purpose of carrying out assassinations and attacks, was released from prison directly after Future Movement leader Saad Hariri
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