RIYADH: Israeli terrorism and the blindly biased US policy in the Middle East overshadowed deliberations at a high-profile forum on US-Gulf relations, which opened here yesterday with a call to intensify... Full Story
MADINAH: An Egyptian overstayer, his two wives and sister were arrested yesterday for leaving the remains of two children outside a mosque in the Al-Aqeeq neighborhood of Madinah. “The arrests... Full Story
MANAMA: Hundreds of Saudi women each year apply for Bahraini driving licenses and drive legally on the island’s roads without any fear, something impossible in the Kingdom where women driving is taboo. “The... Full Story
JEDDAH: The Labor Office in Jeddah is investigating a major catering firm that supplies meals to over 30 airlines, including Saudi Arabian Airlines, after over 100 Saudi employees filed a case complaining... Full Story
GAZA CITY: Israeli tanks opened fire yesterday on a school in the Gaza Strip where civilians had taken shelter, killing 43 of them and wounding dozens. Al-Fakhora School in Jabaliya was the third targeted... Full Story
Look up the word “massacre” in the dictionary. Mine defined it as: “The unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for... Full Story
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Pakistani authorities “must have had” a hand in the deadly Mumbai siege, India’s prime minister said yesterday, stopping just short of directly accusing Islamabad of aiding the... Full Story
JEDDAH: The Saudi stock market continued its upward trend in the first four trading days of this year. The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI), which closed at 4,802.99 points on Dec. 31, 2008, surged over... Full Story
