RIYADH: A seminar was held in Riyadh on Thursday, the day before International Women’s Day. The event was organized by the Human Rights Council in collaboration with the UN office in Saudi Arabia. One of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030’s goals is to empower women in all fields. Within a span of just two years, the…
Marking the centenary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Votes for Women is the first richly illustrated book to reveal the history and complexity of the national suffrage movement. For nearly a hundred years, from the mid-19th century onward, countless American women fought for the right to vote. While some of the…
Godolphin looking for Dubai World Cup winner Thunder Snow to prove class at Meydan LONDON: Godolphin are hopeful Thunder Snow can show his class when he returns to the track at Meydan for Super Saturday.The five-year-old memorably won the Dubai World Cup a year ago and goes in the Group 1 Al-Maktoum Challenge Round Three…
Godolphin looking for Dubai World Cup winner Thunder Snow to prove class at Meydan LONDON: Godolphin are hopeful Thunder Snow can show his class when he returns to the track at Meydan for Super Saturday.The five-year-old memorably won the Dubai World Cup a year ago and goes in the Group 1 Al-Maktoum Challenge Round Three…
INDIAN WELLS, US: Two-time Indian Wells champion Victoria Azarenka shook off a slow start to beat Vera Lapko 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday and set up a mouthwatering second-round meeting with long-time rival Serena Williams.Azarenka, a former world No. 1 now ranked 48th, said she started a little too passive in dropping the first two games…
BEIRUT: Lebanon on Thursday warned its Mediterranean neighbors that a planned EastMed gas pipeline from Israel to the EU must not be allowed to violate its maritime borders.Beirut has an unresolved maritime border dispute with Israel — which it regards as an enemy country — over a sea area of about 860 sq. km extending…
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Sabeha Sheikh was not thinking about her headscarf or burqa as she sat through a journalism workshop at Gomal University in the northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan in April last year. But a remark from the teacher, that girls in burqas could not be good journalists, led her to question…
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Sabeha Sheikh was not thinking about her headscarf or burqa as she sat through a journalism workshop at Gomal University in the northwestern Pakistani town of Dera Ismail Khan in April last year. But a remark from the teacher, that girls in burqas could not be good journalists, led her to question…
SEOUL: Park Ju-yeon, a 17-year-old high school student, has complained of nightmares for a long time, ever since she was molested by a teacher three years ago when she was in middle school. At the time, she appealed in vain to the school and police for help. Today, she says she’s willing to take the…
MANILA, Philippines: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that China should define its “so-called ownership” in the disputed South China Sea so other claimant countries can start to gain benefits from the resource-rich waters.Mahathir stressed the importance of freedom of navigation in the busy waterway, saying in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel in…
MANILA, Philippines: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that China should define its “so-called ownership” in the disputed South China Sea so other claimant countries can start to gain benefits from the resource-rich waters.Mahathir stressed the importance of freedom of navigation in the busy waterway, saying in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel in…
US commander says fight against Daesh ‘far from over’ as suspected members leave Syrian holdout WASHINGTON: The battle against Daesh is "far from over" and the extremists remain unbroken and prepared for a resurgence despite the elimination of their physical base in Syria, a top US commander said Thursday."Reduction of the physical caliphate is a monumental military…
JEDDAH: Madinah’s governor, Prince Faisal bin Salman, opened the Scientific Forum of Hajj, Umrah and Visit Research at the Grand Hall of Taibah University on Thursday. In its 19th edition, the forum is organized by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute of Hajj and Umrah Research at Umm Al-Qura University, in partnership with…
Ahmad Alangari is the senior portfolio director at Takamol Holding, where he is acting head of a large international labor market automation program known as Musaned. This electronic platform by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development has made it easier for domestic workers to gain e-visas, which receive instant approval once requirements are fulfilled. …
RIYADH: Events from the World Nomad Games — ranging from archery to wrestling — will be staged in Saudi Arabia as part of the King Abdul Aziz Camel Festival.The events, which showcase the eye-catching skills of Central Asia’s hunters, horsemen and fighters, will be featured over 10 days from March 9-19 as the mountainous Asian…
DAMMAM: Brig. Gen. Al-Subaie, spokesman for the joint drill Gulf Shield 10, said the exercise was developing the joint military capability of GCC countries.Al-Subaie, at a press conference on Thursday in Jubail, said Saudi armed forces and security sectors were participating in the drill, along with land, air and sea forces from GCC countries.Al-Subaie said…
Saudi Arabia has worked to combat money laundering, terrorist financing for decades: EU envoy RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has worked to combat money laundering and terrorist financing for decades, the Kingdom's EU envoy Saad bin Mohammed Al-Arifi said Thursday. He added that all European Union states were surprised by the blacklist of countries suspected of being lax on…
TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a one-time presidential hopeful, as head of the judiciary, the leader’s website said.Former judge Raisi, who currently heads the holy shrine of Imam Reza, was the leading rival to President Hassan Rouhani at Iran’s 2017 election and has close ties to…
TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi, a one-time presidential hopeful, as head of the judiciary, the leader’s website said.Former judge Raisi, who currently heads the holy shrine of Imam Reza, was the leading rival to President Hassan Rouhani at Iran’s 2017 election and has close ties to…
LONDON: The Iranian regime is seeking to dominate countries in the Middle East, the top US commander for the Middle East said Thursday at a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) hearing on national security challenges. Gen. Joseph Votel also said that although Daesh militants are losing the last of their territory in Syria, the militants who remain are unbroken and radicalized, and…
