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MUSCAT: Saudi Arabia took part in the fourth meeting of ministers responsible for tourism and culture in the GCC countries in Muscat, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The meeting at the Omani capital discussed a number of issues that enrich tourism in the region.  In his address, Ahmed Al-Khateeb, chairman of the board…

A Jeddah-based candle-making business is hoping its scented products will become the burning desire of Saudi households. Louj candles are specially blended and hand-poured, and although the venture was only established at the beginning of this year the brand is already proving popular among its homegrown market customers. Visitors to Louj’s Instagram page can watch…

DUBAI: South Korean boy band BTS arrived in Riyadh on Thursday ahead of their debut performance in the Kingdom on Friday, October 11.  Fans gathered at the airport to welcome the seven-piece pop group — and their impressive security entourage. BTS are the most streamed K-pop band in Saudi Arabia on Spotify. They currently have…

Football has long been a sport where talent can bring fame, money and the adoration of the crowds. More recently, however, a lot of big data science has become involved, as well. While football fans around the world are watching their favorite teams on TV, some geeks are staring at their computer screens, collecting data,…

CAIRO: Football has long been a sport where talent can bring fame, money and the adoration of the crowds. More recently, however, a lot of big data science has become involved, as well. While football fans around the world are watching their favorite teams on TV, some geeks are staring at their computer screens, collecting…

Saudi Arabia’s first female football referee already has her sights set on taking charge of a World Cup match. “I spend hours reading and listening to advice from refereeing experts,” 22-year-old Sham Al-Ghamdi told Arab News. “To referee a World Cup match would be a dream come true.” Al-Ghamdi, who is studying English literature at…

RIYADH: The opening up of Saudi Arabia’s stock exchange to international investors has attracted scrutiny of the Kingdom’s publicly traded companies and their standards of compliance and integrity, according to the CEO of SABIC. Yousef Al-Benyan, CEO and chairman of Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), said that companies with the highest standards of corporate governance…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia on Monday for talks on oil and tensions between Riyadh and Tehran, exacerbated by a recent attack on Saudi oil infrastructure, the Kremlin said. The planned visit is the first by Putin since 2007 and will include a meeting with Saudi King Salman as well as…

LONDON: A deeper cut in oil supplies is among options for OPEC and its allies to consider in December, its secretary general said on Thursday as the producer group’s forecasts pointed to slower global growth and lower demand next year. OPEC, Russia and other producers, an alliance known as OPEC+, have since January implemented a…

STOCKHOLM: Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday and the 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.Handke, 76, was recognized for a body of work which includes novels, essays, notebooks and drama and “that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and…

LAHORE: Pakistani authorities on Thursday arrested four aides of extremist leader Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terrorism financing charges, counter-terrorism police said.Saeed, arrested on the same charges, has been on judicial remand since July, a move welcomed by U.S. President Donald…

LAHORE: Pakistani authorities on Thursday arrested four aides of extremist leader Hafiz Saeed, the suspected mastermind of a four-day militant attack on the Indian city of Mumbai in 2008, on terrorism financing charges, counter-terrorism police said.Saeed, arrested on the same charges, has been on judicial remand since July, a move welcomed by U.S. President Donald…

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s proposed Cabinet reshuffle failed to get the support of Parliament on Thursday. Iraqi lawmakers told Arab News that the prime minister had not provided the necessary legal justifications for replacing the incumbent ministers. In the past week, violent demonstrations have broken out in Baghdad and nine southern Shiite-dominated…

Football has long been a sport where talent can bring fame, money and the adoration of the crowds. More recently, however, a lot of big data science has become involved, as well. While football fans around the world are watching their favorite teams on TV, some geeks are staring at their computer screens, collecting data,…

KETAMA, Morocco: Morocco’s rugged Rif Mountains have long been renowned for their cannabis but traditional varieties are being smoked out by foreign hybrids offering higher yields and greater potency. The local strain of marijuana, known as Beldiya, is coveted by aficionados but is gradually disappearing from the fields in the North African kingdom. Nowadays in Ketama,…

RIYADH: Amal Yahya Al-Moualami’s appointment as general manager of international cooperation and organizations at the Saudi Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is a huge step toward fulfilling the Vision 2030 reform plans in empowering women. She told Arab News that it “clearly shows that the Kingdom’s journey toward empowering women has taken wider and quicker strides…

RIYADH: Amal Yahya Al-Moualami’s appointment as general manager of international cooperation and organizations at the Saudi Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is a huge step toward fulfilling the Vision 2030 reform plans in empowering women. She told Arab News that it “clearly shows that the Kingdom’s journey toward empowering women has taken wider and quicker strides…