JEDDAH: Saudi political analysts have denounced the Houthi rebel attack on the Kingdom’s border post and said it was an apparent move to drag the Kingdom into the internal conflict in Yemen. They... Full Story
JEDDAH: Prince Sultan bin Salman, chairman of Saudi Commission for Tourism & Antiquities (SCTA) visited King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Rabigh, north of Jeddah, on Wednesday. A high profile SCTA... Full Story
RIYADH: Tehran’s prime Arabic language television network Al-Alam has been taken off the air by two Arab satellite operators based in Saudi Arabia and Egypt, including the Arab Satellite Communications... Full Story
JEDDAH: About 36,000 Algerian pilgrims will be performing Haj this year. Part of an 800-member official Algerian mission came to the Kingdom on Monday to facilitate their arrival, with the rest... Full Story
JAZAN: Defense Ministry in Sanaa denied on Thursday Saudi jets hit rebels inside Yemen’s territory. Al Arabiya news channel in its report said Saudi military jets pounded Houthi rebel bases... Full Story
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a televised speech on Thursday he does not want to run for another term in January elections, blaming a stalemate in Mideast peace talks... Full Story
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military said on Thursday 28 militants had been killed in South Waziristan in the previous 24 hours, taking their death toll to 422 since the offensive began. Five soldiers... Full Story
Despite what its chiefs may say, the UN’s decision to move 600 of its staff out of Afghanistan is strongly reminiscent of the way it decamped from Iraq after the lethal bombing of its Baghdad headquarters... Full Story
