RIYADH: Al-Ittihad capped a dominant eSaudi Professional League 2019-2020 season by winning the title in the last round, beating Al-Baten 4-1 and becoming the first Saudi club to clinch the league championship. The Ittihadi achievement did not come as a surprise for the fans, having in their ranks the reigning FIFA eWorld Cup champion Mossaed Al-Dossari and…
MONTMELO, Spain: Lewis Hamilton beat teammate Valtteri Bottas to win the Spanish Grand Prix for a third consecutive year on Sunday, securing a fifth 1-2 finish for Mercedes to start the Formula One season. Hamilton’s third win of the campaign let him take the championship lead by seven points over Bottas, who had entered the…
DUBAI: Oman’s expat visa ban has again been extended, this time to senior management positions in the private sector, as the country continues to push its Omanization policy in a bid to cut unemployment among its citizens. Under the new rules those expats currently working in the specified roles will be able to work until…
DUBAI: Oman’s expat visa ban has again been extended, this time to senior management positions in the private sector, as the country continues to push its Omanization policy in a bid to cut unemployment among its citizens. Under the new rules those expats currently working in the specified roles will be able to work until…
KARACHI: Pakistan’s main share index plunged by 2.35 percent on Monday, amid investors’ concerns over the conditions for a $6 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package announced the day before.The Karachi Stock Exchange KSE100 Index started the day positively before bearish sentiment took hold, with the index closing below 34,000 points.“The market opened on…
STOCKHOLM: Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his extradition after he has served his 50-week prison term in Britain for jumping bail.Eva-Marie Persson, Sweden’s deputy director of public prosecutions, told a news conference in Stockholm that “there is still a probable cause to…
BRUSSELS: Iran and the United States could trigger a conflict by accident in an already unstable Gulf region, Britain’s foreign minister said on Monday, as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks in Brussels with the main European powers on the crisis.President Donald Trump is seeking to isolate Tehran by cutting off its oil…
BRUSSELS: The European Union fully supports the international nuclear accord with Iran and wants rival powers to avoid any further escalation over the issue, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday.“We will continue to support it as much as we can with all our instruments and all our political will,” Mogherini told reporters…
KHARTOUM: The spokesman for Sudan's military council said on Monday that the structure of transitional bodies had been agreed with opposition groups and their make-up would be addressed in further talks a day later."We discussed the structure of the transitional authority and agreed on it completely, and we also agreed on the system of governance…
KHARTOUM: The spokesman for Sudan's military council said on Monday that the structure of transitional bodies had been agreed with opposition groups and their make-up would be addressed in further talks a day later."We discussed the structure of the transitional authority and agreed on it completely, and we also agreed on the system of governance…
ANKARA: Turkey’s military launched a major naval exercise on Monday at a time of rising tensions over its plans to explore for gas off the coast of Cyprus.The exercises, featuring 131 vessels, 57 planes and 33 helicopters, began early on Monday, a Turkish defense ministry official confirmed to AFP.They are due to last until May…
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s relatively new anti-harassment law was put to the test in the past week, with two separate incidents that were publicized online, resulting in the arrests of the offenders, both in their 20s, within a 24-hour period. The first took place on Wednesday night in Alkhobar, where a woman was sexually and verbally…
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s relatively new anti-harassment law was put to the test in the past week, with two separate incidents that were publicized online, resulting in the arrests of the offenders, both in their 20s, within a 24-hour period. The first took place on Wednesday night in Alkhobar, where a woman was sexually and verbally…
JEDDAH: The holy month of Ramadan is seen as a time for giving and improving one’s moral character, leading to many charitable and volunteering activities taking place across the Kingdom.Social media platforms and apps — despite being blamed for social ills and mental health problems among the younger generation — have a role to play…
