MAKKAH: Millions of Muslims all over Saudi Arabia celebrated Eid Al-Fitr yesterday with peace and happiness, attending Eid prayers, organizing a variety of cultural and entertainment programs and visiting... Full Story
RIYADH: Chinese Ambassador Yang Honglin spoke to Arab News on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and touched on the whole gamut of issues and... Full Story
JEDDAH: Eid is a time when families get together and celebrate a month of fasting and doing good deeds. It is an occasion that brings mixed emotions to expatriates whose families are back home in their... Full Story
RIYADH: When asked about her household’s Eid preparations, Fatima frowns. “Eid means homemade ma’moul,” said the 75-year-old grandmother who remembers when families would gather around on the... Full Story
This is not the Crash of 1929 revisited, and we are not heading into a second Great Depression. No developed country this time round is going to face the 25 percent unemployment rate that the United... Full Story
NEW DELHI/JODHPUR: At least 180 people died and over 350 injured yesterday morning at a stampede triggered by rumors of a bomb blast in a temple in a 15th century fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The... Full Story
WASHINGTON: Although the financial bailout debacle has hoarded the spotlight for over a week, but the political front is now shifting to St. Louis, Missouri, where the vice-presidential nominees, Sen.... Full Story
The Bush presidency is ending in the chaos that so many people predicted it would. The US administration’s failure to get the $700-billion financial rescue through US House of Representatives is symbolic... Full Story
