JEDDAH: The Council of Ministers yesterday commended Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s futuristic vision that aims to achieve a balanced development for all the Kingdom’s... Full Story
JEDDAH: The National Society of Human Rights (NSHR) has presented a proposal to higher authorities to abolish the sponsorship system and replace it with a government commission to look after guest... Full Story
RIYADH: Saudi Customs forms have a strongly worded disclaimer warning that drug traffickers are given the death penalty, but Saudi Arabia is the No. 1 abuser of stimulants in the region despite this... Full Story
I am Palestinian - born and raised - and my Palestinian roots go back centuries. No one can change that even if they tell me that Jerusalem, my birth place, is not Palestine, even if they tell me that... Full Story
MADRID: Experts remained divided yesterday over the causes of soaring oil prices at the 19th World Petroleum Congress (WPC), one of the top events of the industry, which was inaugurated here one week... Full Story
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Hamas movement yesterday said that the Israeli approval of the prisoner exchange deal with the Lebanese Hezbollah group was a victory for the “qualitative balance of... Full Story
THERE are two million Kosovars, of whom only 55,000 are of Serb origin. In the name of this tiny minority, the “Assembly of the Union of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo”... Full Story
THE Americans and the Israelis are acting in concert vis-à-vis Iran. The unmistakable message they are putting out loud and clear is that an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities is on the cards... Full Story
