WASHINGTON: Less than a dozen people affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group were drowned out by hundreds of counter-protesters Saturday at a rally in the midwestern US state of Ohio, authorities and local media said.The event ended peacefully without injuries or arrests, the city government of Dayton, Ohio, said in a statement…
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, has swept aside objections from Congress to complete the sale of over $8 billion of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Jordan. The Trump administration informed congressional committees that it will go ahead with 22 military sales to the Saudi…
CAIRO: Egypt has unfrozen the assets of its Mubarak-era interior minister, who was acquitted on all corruption-related charges earlier this month, a judicial source confirmed Sunday. The Illicit Gains Authority decided last Thursday to lift freezes on Habib Al-Adly’s assets and those of aides who were key players in the graft that dominated Egypt under…
PARIS: Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is leading a military offensive against the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, said in an interview published Sunday he will continue fighting until militias in the city laid down their arms.Haftar had justified the offensive last month by saying he was fighting against “private militias and extremist groups” who he…
BAGHDAD: Iranian will defend itself against any military or economic aggression, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday, calling on European states to do more to preserve a nuclear agreement his country signed. Speaking in a news conference in Baghdad with his Iraqi counterpart Mohammed Al-Hakim, Zarif said his country wanted to build balanced…
DUBAI: In the natural scheme of things, sports and environment are not easy to combine. But a group of eight Saudi women are attempting just that through their football team, the Greens. The team’s members want to use their passion for sport to raise environmental awareness and bring about a mindset change across the Kingdom.…
DUBAI: In the natural scheme of things, sports and environment are not easy to combine. But a group of eight Saudi women are attempting just that through their football team, the Greens. The team’s members want to use their passion for sport to raise environmental awareness and bring about a mindset change across the Kingdom.…
Pilgrims with special needs treated to a memorable Umrah trip under Saudi ministry’s Ramadan initiative JEDDAH: Several Muslims with special needs have benefited from a special Umrah pilgrimage organized by the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. According to statement from the ministry, the Umrah trip,…
DUBAI: Tucked away in Dubai’s artistic and cultural Alserkal Avenue, Saudi brand The Nou Project announced the latest re-design of its classic sneakers — the all-new ultra-low tops. In a one-night only pop up in KAVE café, the brand’s founder, Nour Al-Tamimi, and co-designer, Basma Chidiac, announced the re-design that came in three new colorways: Grey,…
INTERVIEW: Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki on heading a Cannes jury and the surprise success of 'Capernaum' in China DUBAI: The success that Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s third film, “Capernaum,” continues to find across the world is astounding — even to her. Just one year ago, “Capernaum” won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival…
INTERVIEW: Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki on heading a Cannes jury and the surprise success of 'Capernaum' in China DUBAI: The success that Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s third film, “Capernaum,” continues to find across the world is astounding — even to her. Just one year ago, “Capernaum” won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival…
PARIS: After a tantrum in Italy last week, Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the French Open on Friday. The ATP said the Australian player cited illness as the reason. Last week at the Italian Open, the 36th-ranked Kyrgios was defaulted and fined during his second-round match after an outburst of rage. Trailing against Norwegian qualifier Casper…
PARIS: After a tantrum in Italy last week, Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the French Open on Friday. The ATP said the Australian player cited illness as the reason. Last week at the Italian Open, the 36th-ranked Kyrgios was defaulted and fined during his second-round match after an outburst of rage. Trailing against Norwegian qualifier Casper…
PARIS: After a tantrum in Italy last week, Nick Kyrgios withdrew from the French Open on Friday. The ATP said the Australian player cited illness as the reason. Last week at the Italian Open, the 36th-ranked Kyrgios was defaulted and fined during his second-round match after an outburst of rage. Trailing against Norwegian qualifier Casper…
LONDON: The value of joint Saudi-US contracts rose to $13 billion in the first quarter of 2019, according to a business council report. That marked the highest value of awarded contracts since the first quarter of 2015, the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council said. The value of contracts awarded during the first quarter amounted to about half…
LONDON: The value of joint Saudi-US contracts rose to $13 billion in the first quarter of 2019, according to a business council report. That marked the highest value of awarded contracts since the first quarter of 2015, the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council said. The value of contracts awarded during the first quarter amounted to about half…
LONDON: Telecoms tower company IHS plans to operate up to 30,000 masts in Saudi Arabia within the next five years, as part of a growth strategy in a country it sees as the “pulsating heart” of the Arab world. The Mauritius-headquartered IHS — which buys or builds mobile phone masts and then leases them to telecoms…
BRUSSELS: Voters were called out for a third day in EU parliamentary elections on Saturday as populists hoped to win a major breakthrough and disrupt European politics for the next five years.Polls were open in Malta, Slovakia and Latvia, with most of the bloc’s 28 member states — including big players Germany, France and Italy…
‘Huge’ challenges ahead as Cyril Ramaphosa takes presidential oath in South Africa PRETORIA: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday urged the country to pursue “an extraordinary feat of human endeavor” as he was sworn in for a five-year term with a delicate fight against government corruption ahead of him.“The challenges our country face are…
‘Huge’ challenges ahead as Cyril Ramaphosa takes presidential oath in South Africa PRETORIA: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday urged the country to pursue “an extraordinary feat of human endeavor” as he was sworn in for a five-year term with a delicate fight against government corruption ahead of him.“The challenges our country face are…
