Middle East

Riyadh, Oct 27: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has become world’s country to grand citizenship to a non-human woman, making her world’s first robot to get ‘nationality’. Sophia is the name of the robot granted citizenship of Saudi Arabia. She looks a bit like Audrey Hepburn and gives facial expressions while talking. She has an answer for every question. Sophia is a humanoid robot developed by Hanson

Riyadh, Oct 27: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman recently announced an ambitious $500 billion independent economic zone, which would also offer a lifestyle that is currently non-existent. The new zone will come up in the form of a city named Neom. Earlier, the crown prince had sought global support to transform the kingdom of Saudi Arabia into an open society, where investors from

Riyadh, Oct 27: The war in Yemen is about preventing Houthi rebels from turning into another Hezbollah on Saudi Arabia’s southern border, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said. “We’re pursuing until we can be sure that nothing will happen there like Hezbollah again, because Yemen is more dangerous than Lebanon,” he told Reuters. Saudi Arabia made global headlines this week as a conference hosted

Riyadh, Oct 26: Saudi Arabia’s main sovereign wealth fund wants to increase its financial clout to SR 1.5 trillion ($400 billion) by 2020 as part of the Kingdom’s efforts to boost private-sector growth and wean itself off oil export dependence. The assets-under-management goal, laid out by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Wednesday, came on the second day of an international conference in

Riyadh, Oct 24: Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday vowed to restore "moderate, open" Islam in the oil-rich kingdom, which has created job opportunities for millions of people from different faiths and nations across the world. "We are returning to what we were before – a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world," he said at the

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the launch of NEOM on Tuesday, a project that aspires to be the “safest, most efficient, most future oriented, and best place to live and work” in the kingdom. ​​NEOM’s land mass will extend across the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, rendering NEOM the first private zone to span three countries. The project will be backed by more than $500 billion

The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, warned of the collapse of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - an alliance of Gulf countries - should the crisis with Qatar remain unresolved. In a statement at a Kuwaiti parliament session on Tuesday, the emir warned GCC leaders of the potential dangerous military and political intervention that may ensue as a result of the political deadlock.

The Annual HEALTH Awards, Dubai’s yearly gala event to recognize outstanding contributions and innovative brilliances of healthcare professionals and organizations is back again in 2018, after the resounding success of its inaugural 2017 edition. The second edition of this prestigious awards, considered the biggest and prestigious healthcare awards in the region, are now open for nominations from

Riyadh, Oct 23: Saudi Arabia and Iraq agreed on Sunday to open border points and set up a Saudi consulate in Iraq. In a joint statement issued at the end of the first Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council, the two countries announced their decision to develop ports, roads and border zones as well as to carry out studies about establishing a trade exchange zone. The two sides will also review the

Jeddah, Oct 22: Newborns of expatriate residents in Saudi Arabia are allowed to enter the Kingdom without having to obtain a visa in the parent’s home country, the General Directorate of Passports said on Saturday. The child will be issued a visa upon arrival in the Kingdom, subject to certain conditions, according to comments by the Directorate that were published in 3alyoum news site. "A visa