WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, a radical militia group of about 10,0000 fighters, as well as its leader Akram Kaabi, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. Active in Iraq and Syria, Nujaba, which is known by various names including the “The Movement of the Noble Ones,” is also loyal to Iran. Reuters…
WASHINGTON: The US has sanctioned Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, a radical militia group of about 10,0000 fighters, as well as its leader Akram Kaabi, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. Active in Iraq and Syria, Nujaba, which is known by various names including the “The Movement of the Noble Ones,” is also loyal to Iran. Reuters…
JEDDAH: Members of a Qatari family persecuted by the regime in Doha renewed their protests on Tuesday at the Swiss Press Club in Geneva.For more than 20 years the Al-Ghufrans have been systematically stripped of their citizenship, suffered discrimination and forced displacement, and been denied basic health, education and social services.The Al-Ghufrans are part of…
RIYADH: Saudi missions overseas are gearing up for a deluge of online applications for tourist visas as a new system goes into full operation. Already, 9,000 one-off e-visas have been issued for visitors to attend four recent events in the Kingdom — Formula E motor racing, the Italian Super Cup football match in Jeddah, the…
Google clears Saudi government app, Absher, after review sparked by US politicians RIYADH: The office of California Congresswoman Jackie Speier on Tuesday confirmed to Arab News that Google has informed it that Absher, the Saudi government e-services app, does not violate any of its policies and will remain in the Google Play app store, as…
Saudi Arabia pledges $500 million in support for UN humanitarian plan for Yemen JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has pledged $500 million to finance the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen, it was announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made during a Saudi cabinet meeting headed by King Salman. Following the meeting, Information Minister Turki Abdullah Al-Shabana said in…
JEDDAH: The man credited with transforming Jeddah into an “open-air museum,” its former mayor Mohammed Said Farsi, died on Tuesday in Paris.While serving first as chairman of the Jeddah municipality and later as the city’s mayor, he installed hundreds of works of art by renowned local and international artists in public spaces as part of…
Saudi Arabia pledges $500 million in support for UN humanitarian plan for Yemen JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has pledged $500 million to finance the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen, it was announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made during a Saudi cabinet meeting headed by King Salman. Following the meeting, Information Minister Turki Abdullah Al-Shabana said in…
Ambiguity in US treaty ‘could add to chaos,’ Philippines’ defense chief warns MANILA: Vagueness of the Philippines-US Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) could further worsen the situation, not serve as deterrence during critical times, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. Lorenzana underscored the need to review the decades-old document because of its ambiguous provisions. In…
Boethius wrote The Consolation of Philosophy as a prisoner condemned to death for treason, circumstances that are reflected in the themes and concerns of its evocative poetry and dialogue between the prisoner and his mentor, Lady Philosophy. This classic philosophical statement of late antiquity has had an enduring influence on Western thought. It is also…
MANCHESTER: Manchester City are considering adding a team in India to their global portfolio of clubs, chief executive Ferran Soriano has revealed.A fortnight ago the Abu Dhabi-owned City Football Group (CFG) announced they had purchased a stake in Chinese third-tier club Sichuan Jiuniu.That took the number of clubs under the CFG banner to seven, with…
MANCHESTER: Manchester City are considering adding a team in India to their global portfolio of clubs, chief executive Ferran Soriano has revealed.A fortnight ago the Abu Dhabi-owned City Football Group (CFG) announced they had purchased a stake in Chinese third-tier club Sichuan Jiuniu.That took the number of clubs under the CFG banner to seven, with…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tells Manchester United to go all out on the attack against PSG LONDON: Manchester United will not sit back and hope for an edge-of-the-seat 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has promised ahead of their must-win clash in the French capital tonight. United lost the first-leg at Old Trafford 2-0…
Fahad Al-Muwallad hopes AFC Champions League win proves to be a springboard to safety for Al-Ittihad LONDON: It may have been just one match, but Al-Ittihad star Fahad Al-Muwallad insisted their 5-1 win against Al-Rayyan in the AFC Champions League will be the trigger for the Jeddah giants to salvage their season. This current campaign…
LONDON: Oil edged higher toward $66 a barrel on Tuesday as the market balanced OPEC-led efforts to tighten supply with the restart of Libya’s biggest oilfield and the prospect of weaker demand.Supply curbs by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies have helped to drive a 20 percent gain for Brent crude this…
OSLO: Airlines are doing too little in the fight against global warming, a study funded by investors with $13 trillion of assets under management said on Tuesday.The fast-growing sector accounts for two percent of world greenhouse gas emissions and should do more to manage risks of climate change, the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) said in…
OSLO: Airlines are doing too little in the fight against global warming, a study funded by investors with $13 trillion of assets under management said on Tuesday.The fast-growing sector accounts for two percent of world greenhouse gas emissions and should do more to manage risks of climate change, the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) said in…
DUBAI: The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) investment hub reported its best-ever year for new company registrations in 2018 on the back of strong interest from Asian firms and fintech (financial technology) companies. Some 437 companies set up in the center last year, a 39 percent increase and the highest number in its 15-year history,…
LONDON: Britain’s Conservative Party has suspended 14 members over alleged Islamophobia, it emerged on Tuesday, amid calls for an independent inquiry into widespread “bigotry” within the ruling party. The members were reportedly suspended after numerous abusive posts were uncovered on social media, collected online by the @matesjacob Twitter account. One individual claimed they would like…
LONDON: Britain’s Conservative Party has suspended 14 members over alleged Islamophobia, it emerged on Tuesday, amid calls for an independent inquiry into widespread “bigotry” within the ruling party. The members were reportedly suspended after numerous abusive posts were uncovered on social media, collected online by the @matesjacob Twitter account. One individual claimed they would like…
