JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Thursday signed a raft of agreements which included a deal to issue joint visit visas for residents of both countries in a bid to boost tourism. According to the UAE’s official news agency WAM, the accord, among six initiatives highlighted during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to…
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Thursday signed a raft of agreements which included a deal to issue joint visit visas for residents of both countries in a bid to boost tourism. According to the UAE’s official news agency WAM, the accord, among six initiatives highlighted during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s growing army of video game players has received a further boost with world-leading games festival Insomnia making its Saudi debut as part of Riyadh Season. The four-day gaming expo will run until Nov. 30 at the Riyadh Expo Center in the city’s Front. Insomnia Gaming, the UK’s biggest video games festival, said that…
BEIRUT: The Lebanese artist discusses one of his earliest wooden sculptures, currently on display at Dubai’s Green Art Gallery. “Paysage Nocturne” (Nocturnal Landscape) is an important work for me because it symbolizes the beginning of my career as a sculptor in the late Seventies, and this artistic path of mine goes beyond the 1990s. Sculpture,…
DUBAI: Dubai-based DJ and influencer Tala Samman will entertain the crowd before crooner Lana Del Rey hits the stage at the Yasalam After-Race Concerts at the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend. The US-Syrian DJ took to Instagram with the announcement on Wednesday, saying she would take to the stage on Saturday.…
DUBAI: Dubai-based DJ and influencer Tala Samman will entertain the crowd before crooner Lana Del Rey hits the stage at the Yasalam After-Race Concerts at the F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend. The US-Syrian DJ took to Instagram with the announcement on Wednesday, saying she would take to the stage on Saturday.…
RIYADH: Another stunning entry of 47 cars, 14 NUTVs, one truck, 24 motorcycles and 21 quads will line up at the start of the Riyadh Rally, the fourth round of the Saudi Toyota Desert Rally Championship, which starts in Ad Diriyah on Thursday afternoon. Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi heads the car field in his Toyota…
RIYADH: Another stunning entry of 47 cars, 14 NUTVs, one truck, 24 motorcycles and 21 quads will line up at the start of the Riyadh Rally, the fourth round of the Saudi Toyota Desert Rally Championship, which starts in Ad Diriyah on Thursday afternoon. Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi heads the car field in his Toyota…
VALENCIA, Spain: Daniel Wass’s late equalizer denied Chelsea a place in the last 16 of the Champions League as a profligate Valencia fought back for a 2-2 draw that maintains both sides’ chances of reaching the knockout stages.A wide open game swung the visitors’ way after Carles Soler’s opener for Valencia as Mateo Kovacic and…
RIYADH: Retail subscription for Saudi Aramco's initial public offering (IPO) reached SR32.57 billion ($8.69 billion) on Wednesday, lead manager Samba Capital said. The retail element of the sale so far amounts to a total of 1,017,816,380 shares, Samba Capital and Investment Management Company said in a statement. The last day of subscription for the retail…
LONDON: Arab and British business leaders will meet this week to discuss how technology in industry can help forge closer UK-Middle East ties. A conference hosted by the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce in London on Thursday will examine how different sectors — from health care to education — are being transformed and explore the importance…
HONG KONG: The private banking business of HSBC Holdings is aggressively pursuing double-digit growth in client assets and revenue, riffing off a surge in Asian wealth, the unit’s chief executive told Reuters. Antonio Simoes also said that the London-headquartered bank aims to increase its onshore presence in China, home to an eighth of all billionaires’…
ROME: More than a hundred Syrian refugees arrived in Rome on Wednesday, the latest wave of refugees from the war-torn country to be escorted to safety in Europe.The 113 men, women and children arrived at Rome’s Fiumicino airport from Lebanon where church groups had arranged their safe passage out of refugee camps.“Viva Italy,” shouted the…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the hearing for a day to rule on a proposed extension to army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure for another three years. Bajwa was due to retire at midnight on Thursday after completing his initial three-year term but Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan granted him a…
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the hearing for a day to rule on a proposed extension to army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure for another three years. Bajwa was due to retire at midnight on Thursday after completing his initial three-year term but Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan granted him a…
ANKARA: Ankara tested its S-400 Russian-made air defense system this week. That move is unlikely to shield the country from sanctions, though. Indeed, it seems likely the US Senate and the US Treasury will bring forward some sanction packages in retaliation against Turkey moving forward with the Russian system. The chairman of the Senate’s Committee on…
ANKARA: Ankara tested its S-400 Russian-made air defense system this week. That move is unlikely to shield the country from sanctions, though. Indeed, it seems likely the US Senate and the US Treasury will bring forward some sanction packages in retaliation against Turkey moving forward with the Russian system. The chairman of the Senate’s Committee on…
