LONDON: The number of foreign investor licenses issued in Saudi Arabia in the second quarter more than doubled on a year earlier, led by the construction sector.Some 291 new foreign investor licenses were issued in the period according to the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA). Construction took the lion’s share of the new permits,…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump used 9/11 remembrance commemorations Wednesday to announce an unprecedented escalation of the US military assault on Afghanistan’s Taliban — just days after he wanted to hold peace talks with the insurgents.Speaking at a Pentagon ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Trump said that…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump used 9/11 remembrance commemorations Wednesday to announce an unprecedented escalation of the US military assault on Afghanistan’s Taliban — just days after he wanted to hold peace talks with the insurgents.Speaking at a Pentagon ceremony marking the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, Trump said that…
PARIS: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has received three letters containing death threats, including one this week with bullets enclosed, one of his aides said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear who sent the threats or what their motive was, but the letters had coincided with an increase in violence toward politicians, the…
PARIS: The United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO announced Wednesday that a landmark reconstruction of Iraq’s Al-Nouri mosque in Mosul, which was blown up by the Daesh group in 2017, will start at the beginning of next year.The timeline of the restoration plan of the 12th-century monument, famed for its leaning minaret, was hammered out during…
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi police foiled a recent attempt to smuggle 18 workers, including women, in the bed of a lorry across the Khatam Al-Shakla border in Al Ain, according to a statement released by the force on Tuesday. The people, who were found in a cramped, hollowed-out section of the truck floor, were attempting to…
CAIRO: An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 Muslim Brotherhood leaders to life in prison on charges of espionage with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.Among those sentenced by the Cairo criminal court was the Brotherhood's head, Mohammed Badie. This is the latest of several sentences against Badie, who received a life sentence last week on charges…
NICOSIA: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says his country is keen to explore ways of strengthening relations with Cyprus given the European Union member country’s geographic location and long-standing ties with the Arab world.Ibrahim Al-Assaf’s visit to the east Mediterranean island nation on Wednesday where he also met with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades was the first…
Saudi Arabia calls for ‘deterrent measures’ against Iran’s nuclear violations LONDON: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday called on the international community to take deterrent measures against Iran’s violations of the nuclear agreement.Prince Abdullah bin Khalid bin Sultan, the Kingdom’s ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna, said Iran’s…
RIYADH: Digital technology experts on Monday called for increased efforts to combat the growing threat of cyberattacks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Delegates attending a major international conference on the issue, being staged in the Saudi capital, were told that education and awareness were critical to strengthening the cybersecurity culture.Opening the…
Dubai-based DJ Lucy Stone dies at 38 /node/1552596/lifestyle Updated 10 September 2019 September 10, 2019 15:54 Dubai-based DJ Lucy Stone dies at 38 Updated 10 September 2019 Arab News September 10, 2019 15:54 DUBAI: UAE-based DJ and radio presenter Lucy Stone, aged 38, died in the UK last week. She was reported dead days after…
DUBAI: UAE-based DJ and radio presenter Lucy Stone, aged 38, died in the UK last week. She was reported dead days after she had been announced missing. Circumstances around Stone’s passing are not yet known. Stone was a radio presenter for Dance FM, a local station in the UAE. In March 2017, she joined the channel…
DUBAI: UAE-based DJ and radio presenter Lucy Stone, aged 38, died in the UK last week. She was reported dead days after she had been announced missing. Circumstances around Stone’s passing are not yet known. Stone was a radio presenter for Dance FM, a local station in the UAE. In March 2017, she joined the channel…
CAIRO: Almost everybody has heard about the Pyramids, those triangular rock edifices jutting out of the desert sands in Egypt and which are thousands of years old. The Pyramids are one of the original Seven Wonders of the World and as such, one of the world’s most spectacular man-made structures. But there is another kind…
ZHENGZHOU, China: Three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber lost in the opening round of the Zhengzhou Open on Tuesday, falling to Alison Riske of the United States 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (6).Unseeded Kristina Mladenovic advanced, beating local wildcard Ying-Ying Duan 6-2, 6-3. Mladenovic finished with only 10 unforced errors while Duan had 25.“It was very tricky…
CAIRO: Almost everybody has heard about the Pyramids, those triangular rock edifices jutting out of the desert sands in Egypt and which are thousands of years old. The Pyramids are one of the original Seven Wonders of the World and as such, one of the world’s most spectacular man-made structures. But there is another kind…
LONDON: The value of contracts awarded in Saudi Arabia almost doubled in the second quarter compared to a year earlier, led by the energy, property and military sectors, according to a report published on Tuesday.The contract tally reached SR64.3 billion ($17.2 billion) during the period — up 32 percent on the previous quarter and an…
CAIRO: Egypt’s annual urban consumer-price inflation rate declined to 7.5% in August, the lowest rate in years, and analysts said it opened the way for further rate cuts by the central bank.The inflation rate, reported by the official statistics agency CAMPAS on Tuesday, was lower than some analysts expected. The July pace was 8.7%.Egypt is…
