Middle East

Riyadh, Nov 29: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Monday inaugurated a number of key development projects in Alkhobar in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. They include hospital developments with hundreds of new beds for patients as well as environment, water and agriculture projects. Speaking on the occasion, the king said: “I am very pleased to be among you today to celebrate these

Dhahran, Nov 28: Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Industry and Petroleum Khalid Al-Falih on Sunday said he believed the oil market would balance itself in 2017 even if producers did not intervene, and that keeping output at current levels could therefore be justified. Under a preliminary agreement reached in September in Algeria, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would

Al-Ahsa, Nov 27: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Saturday stressed the need to diversify sources of income and raise productivity in the Kingdom amid an increasingly competitive world economy. Speaking at Al-Hajr Palace, the king said improving security and raising the level of performance of institutions are necessary to overcome challenges. “The Kingdom’s Vision 2030 aims at

Dubai, Nov 26: Hundreds of officials and citizens paid tributes to Lt-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, who was laid to rest in Dubai’s Al Ghusais graveyard on Friday afternoon. Lt-General Al Mazeina died on Thursday night at Rashid Hospital following a heart attack. Attending his funeral prayer at Zabeel Grand Mosque was His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid

Dubai, Nov 26: An Indian philanthropist from Oman has given Rs 10 lakh to a jobless compatriot who has been living on the terrace of a building in the UAE for more than eight months without proper food, media report said today. Sajeev Rajan, an electrician in his early forties, belongs to Kollam in Kerala where his wife, two children and ageing parents live. Indian philanthropist from Kerala Dr K

Dammam, Nov 25: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has paid tribute to the warm hospitality of people in the Eastern Province. Addressing a reception held in his honor in Dammam on Thursday evening, King Salman said: “I deeply thank the people of this region, among (whom) I will always be pleased to find myself, for their unbound hospitality.” He said the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 plan

Dubai, Nov 24: Shahra Jafar Ali, a housemaid’s daughter who secured a full scholarship at Murdoch University in 2013, has graduated with distinction in two majors. What is more, last week she has landed a job as a lecturer at the university. Only three years ago, the Indian teenager despite having a brilliant academic record faced a bleak future as lack of funds threatened to cut short her

Jeddah, Nov 23: Yemen’s Houthi rebels and supporters of deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh were responsible for the killings of 9,646 civilians — 8,146 men, 597 women and 903 children — from Jan. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016 in 16 Yemeni provinces. This has been revealed by the Yemeni alliance that monitors human rights violations in Yemen (Yemeni Observer) in a new report. The alliance reported

Tehran, Nov 23: More than 1,000 combatants sent from Iran to fight in support of President Bashar Assad in Syria have been killed in the conflict, the head of Iran’s veterans’ affairs office said Tuesday. “The number of martyrs from our country defending the shrines has now passed 1,000,” Tasnim news agency quoted Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahalati, the head of Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs’ and

Riyadh, Nov 22: The Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, met in Riyadh on Monday and denounced the brutal shelling and heinous attacks on the Syrian people in Aleppo and its surroundings. The Cabinet deplored the severe damage caused to people and property, particularly hospitals and schools. The attacks resulted in the demolition of buildings and