Saudi Crown Prince Receives Yemen PM
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with Yemeni prime minister Dr. Moeen Abdulmalik in Riyadh on Tuesday.
During the meeting, they reviewed the latest developments on the Yemeni...
July 24, 20190186Category: Information
Sri Lanka Customs Ordered The Return Of Containers Of British Garbage
Sri Lanka customs on Tuesday ordered the return of container loads of hazardous mortuary and clinical waste illegally imported into the island from Britain under the cover of metal recycling.
Custo...
July 24, 20190189Category: International
IMF Projects Slower Growth For Saudi Arabia This Year
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its forecast for Saudi economic growth this year by 0.1 percentage points to 1.9 percent, and to 3.0 percent in 2020.
In its World Economic Outlook...
July 24, 20190172Category: Information
Rocket Fire From Syria Injured Five People In A Turkish Border Town
Rocket fire from Syria injured five people in a Turkish border town, the Turkish defense ministry said on Tuesday.
One of two rockets fired hit a house and "lightly wounded" five in the t...
July 24, 20190146Category: International
Iran Nuclear Deal Parties To Meet In Vienna
Iran said on Tuesday it will attend an urgent meeting with countries still party to the troubled nuclear deal, as it declared itself the "guardian of security" in the Gulf amid a tanker cris...
July 24, 20190131Category: International
Trump Administration Says It Will Expand And Speed Up Deportations Of Migrants
The Trump administration said on Monday it will expand and speed up deportations of migrants who enter the United States illegally by stripping away court oversight, enabling officials to remove peopl...
July 24, 20190175Category: International
South Korea Fires Warning Shots At Russian Military Aircraft
South Korean warplanes fired hundreds of warning shots at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday, defense officials said, while Russia denied violating any airspace ...
July 24, 20190233Category: International
Expansion Of Multidrug-resistant Malaria In Southeast Asia
Strains of malaria resistant to two key anti-malarial medicines are becoming more dominant in Vietnam, Laos and northern Thailand after spreading rapidly from Cambodia, scientists warned on Monday. Us...
July 24, 20190134Category: MEDICAL
Trump Sparks Storm In India Over Kashmir Mediation Offer
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi never asked US President Donald Trump to help mediate with Pakistan their dispute over the Kashmir region, the government said on Tuesday, after Trump's comment...
July 24, 20190254Category: International
US Sanctions Cripples Iran Middle Class Mobility, Housing Prices Double
Stay-at-home mom Maryam Alidadi used to lead a comfortable middle-class life. The 35-year-old and her husband, a mechanic, could afford a spacious rental apartment in a central neighborhood of Tehran,...
July 23, 20190157Category: General
Saudi Cabinet Decides To Allow Pilgrims Free Movement
Millions of Umrah pilgrims are to be granted the freedom to visit anywhere in the Kingdom during their stay, the Saudi Cabinet decided on Tuesday.
Muslims making the holy pilgrimage will be allowed...
July 23, 20190203Category: Information
Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei Says 600 Jobs Would Be Lost At US Unit
Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Tuesday that more than 600 jobs would be lost at a US unit as a result of “curtailment of business operations” caused by Washington’s sanctions o...
July 23, 20190212Category: Information
Two-day Global Health Exhibition And Conference Beginning Sept 10 At Riyadh
Health Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah will sponsor the second edition of the two-day Global Health Exhibition and Conference beginning Sept. 10 at the Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Cen...
July 23, 20190199Category: Events
Israeli Crews Demolish Palestinian Homes In East Jerusalem
Israel demolished a number of Palestinian homes it considers illegal south of Jerusalem early Monday, in a move which has drawn international concern.
The Palestinians immediately slammed the demol...
July 23, 20190196Category: International
Blazes In Central Portugal Reached Houses
Blazes in central Portugal reached houses on Sunday, forcing locals to take matters into their own hands as they tried to protect their homes from huge wildfires with buckets of water and hosepipes as...
July 23, 20190189Category: International
614,918 Pilgrims Arrive In Saudi Arabia For Haj Season
A total of 614,918 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom till Monday evening, according to statistics issued by the Saudi General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat), Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. ...
July 23, 20190256Category: General
US President Says Chances Of Negotiating With Iran Were Dwindling
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that chances of negotiating with Iran were dwindling, as he cited increasing tensions in the Gulf and blasted the Islamic republic as the world's top "...
July 23, 20190221Category: International
FIFA Bans Ex-Botswana Football Official For Life
World soccer body FIFA has handed a life ban to former Botswana Football Association general secretary Mooketsi Kgotlele for accepting bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches.
...
July 23, 20190232Category: sports
NZ Tightens Gun Laws Again After Mosque Attack
New Zealand announced plans for a national firearms register Monday in its second round of gun law reforms following the Christchurch mosque attacks which killed 51 Muslim worshipers.
Prime Ministe...
July 23, 20190198Category: International
Syrians Living Illegally In Istanbul Have Until Aug 20 To Leave The City
Syrians living illegally in Istanbul have until Aug. 20 to leave the city or face expulsion, authorities warned on Monday, as hostility mounts towards the millions of refugees in Turkey.
Turkey has...
July 23, 20190297Category: General