MANCHESTER: Manchester City moved back ahead of Liverpool to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Burnley, while Chelsea consolidated their place in the top four thanks to another error from Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea in a 1-1 draw on Sunday.Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Leicester means Chelsea now hold…
BAKU: Valtteri Bottas held off Lewis Hamilton before cruising to victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday to continue Mercedes’ dominance of the title race.That was the fourth straight one-two finish for Mercedes, the best start to a season by a two-car team in Formula One history.“It obviously means a lot. It’s incredible as…
MANCHESTER: Manchester City moved back ahead of Liverpool to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Burnley, while Chelsea consolidated their place in the top four thanks to another error from Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea in a 1-1 draw on Sunday.Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Leicester means Chelsea now hold…
DUBAI: Organizers of the Expo 2020 set to take place in Dubai are “confident” and “positive” they will open the site on time, an official said on Sunday.The Expo, held on a vast new site in the south of the UAE city, is due to open in October next year.“We just have roughly less than…
DUBAI: Organizers of the Expo 2020 set to take place in Dubai are “confident” and “positive” they will open the site on time, an official said on Sunday.The Expo, held on a vast new site in the south of the UAE city, is due to open in October next year.“We just have roughly less than…
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector is expected to contribute $70.9 billion to the Kingdom’s GDP in 2019, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.International arrivals to the Kingdom are also expected to increase 5.6 percent per year from 17.7 million in 2018 to 23.3 million by 2023, according to research by Colliers…
0 The announcement happened after US did not renew sanction waivers for Iranian oil Iranian Foreign Minister said he will visit North Korea By Reuters · 28 April 2019 Update 0 Deposit part of $3 billion grant to Sudan announced by UAE and Saudi Arabia Nations called for "stability" and "peaceful transition" in days following…
Don’t paint us all with the same brush, Sri Lankan Muslims plead after terror attack NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented development, following an attack on April 21 which killed at least 250 Christians on Easter Sunday, several mosques across Sri Lanka did not conduct special prayers on Friday, marking a first for the country where…
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has accepted US President Donald Trump’s offer to help investigate deadly blasts that struck churches and hotels, as the island nation marked a week since the devastating attacks.Suicide bombers attacked multiple sites inside and outside the capital on Easter Sunday, killing 268 people and injuring more than 500.A week has passed since…
AMMAN: It was only when his children began to starve that Abdullah Al-Amour decided time had come to leave the sanctuary of Rukban camp with his family to face an uncertain fate back under Syria’s Bashar Assad. The cattle trader from Palmyra fled to Rukban on the Syrian border with Jordan and Iraq more than…
AMMAN: It was only when his children began to starve that Abdullah Al-Amour decided time had come to leave the sanctuary of Rukban camp with his family to face an uncertain fate back under Syria’s Bashar Assad. The cattle trader from Palmyra fled to Rukban on the Syrian border with Jordan and Iraq more than…
ALGIERS: A former Algerian police chief once considered a pillar of the regime of ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been summoned for questioning about allegations of corruption, state media said on Sunday. Since Bouteflika resigned in early April after weeks of mass protests against his rule, several regime officials and businessmen who were close to…
JEDDAH: The first-ever nationwide study of female participation in Saudi Arabia’s economy and society has highlighted the barriers facing women seeking to bridge the gender gap in the country. Using data collected from 15,000 households across the Kingdom, the study revealed major advances in women’s roles in health and education, but also that stronger measures were…
JEDDAH: The first-ever nationwide study of female participation in Saudi Arabia’s economy and society has highlighted the barriers facing women seeking to bridge the gender gap in the country. Using data collected from 15,000 households across the Kingdom, the study revealed major advances in women’s roles in health and education, but also that stronger measures were…
JEDDAH: The first-ever nationwide study of female participation in Saudi Arabia’s economy and society has highlighted the barriers facing women seeking to bridge the gender gap in the country. Using data collected from 15,000 households across the Kingdom, the study revealed major advances in women’s roles in health and education, but also that stronger measures were…
DHAKA: Street children from Bangladesh will fly to the UK later this month to take part in a cricketing first, officials said Saturday. The eight-member team will participate in a street cricket world cup in London, the first event of its kind. Leedo, a Dhaka-based charity that works with street children in the capital, selected…
DHAKA: Street children from Bangladesh will fly to the UK later this month to take part in a cricketing first, officials said Saturday. The eight-member team will participate in a street cricket world cup in London, the first event of its kind. Leedo, a Dhaka-based charity that works with street children in the capital, selected…
DHAKA: Street children from Bangladesh will fly to the UK later this month to take part in a cricketing first, officials said Saturday. The eight-member team will participate in a street cricket world cup in London, the first event of its kind. Leedo, a Dhaka-based charity that works with street children in the capital, selected…
INTERVIEW: KAPSARC’s Adam Sieminski on a ‘voyage of discovery’ in Saudi energy industry One year on from his appointment as president of the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Adam Sieminski has a clear verdict: “It’s been great. Riyadh is actually kind of a fun place,” he said. When not at the organization’s…
LONDON: The Saudi Real Estate Refinance Co. (SRC) said on Saturday it had agreed to buy SR750 million ($200 million) worth of mortgages from local banks and mortgage financing companies.The agreements, signed during last week’s Financial Sector Conference in Riyadh, included deals with Banque Saudi Fransi and Saudi British Bank (SABB), SRC said in statements.The…
