JEDDAH: In an old-fashioned and very overcrowded annex to King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah there are some committed professionals who routinely save lives on a shift system 24 hours a day. Some... Full Story
RIYADH: The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) signed on Tuesday a SR6.9 billion contract to increase the output of electricity generated in the Kingdom. The contract for “The Conversion of... Full Story
MAKKAH: More than 5,000 Chinese laborers, engineers and technicians are working around the clock to complete the SR6.5 billion monorail project that will link Makkah with the holy sites. The... Full Story
Pakistan’s future is at stake. The coordinated attacks which rocked Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and others in recent days are tantamount to a declaration of war by the Pakistani Taleban and... Full Story
ISLAMABAD: Twin suicide blasts tore through a university campus in Pakistan’s capital Tuesday killing eight people, as the military pursued a major anti-Taleban offensive in the lawless northwest. ... Full Story
WASHINGTON: A US scientist has been arrested on charges of attempting to pass classified information to an FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer. Stewart David Nozette, 52, of... Full Story
KABUL: Afghanistan will hold a second round of its presidential election on Nov. 7 after incumbent Hamid Karzai failed to win a clear majority in the fraud-tainted contest, officials said Tuesday. Exactly... Full Story
Iran has accused Pakistan, the US and the UK of being behind Sunday’s suicide bombing in Sistan-Baluchistan which killed five senior commanders of the country’s Revolutionary Guard along... Full Story
