RIYADH/JEDDAH: During the last six months, Saudi security forces have arrested 701 militants for allegedly plotting to carry out terrorist attacks on oil facilities and other vital installations across... Full Story
JEDDAH: World Bank President Robert Zoellick has backed Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s energy-for-the poor initiative and said the bank would work with Saudi Arabia to support the... Full Story
STOCKHOLM/RIYADH: Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman arrived here yesterday on a four-day official visit. He was received at the airport by Per Unckel, county governor of Stockholm, and other senior Swedish... Full Story
Ever since, Rafah Malas started her jewelry business five years ago in Cairo, she has succeeded in combining distinctive design with fine quality and competitive prices. The talented Syrian... Full Story
RAMALLAH: The scheduled vote on the motion calling for the Knesset’s dissolution has been put off indefinitely after Israel’s ruling Kadima Party agreed to elect a new chairman by September 2008. In... Full Story
RIYADH: Outraged by the aggravating water crisis in the Kingdom, several Shoura Council members demanded that the concerned minister and the top official of the water desalination corporation should... Full Story
JEDDAH: The continuing rise in oil prices has sparked an intense debate. The primary explanation for the upward march in oil prices is demand/supply imbalance accompanied by higher exploration and... Full Story
A father brutally beats his 17-year-old daughter with a piece of wood. She is taken to a hospital where she subsequently dies. The reason? She got in touch with her mother who was divorced from the... Full Story
