A special criminal court yesterday began trying 22 terror suspects who allegedly belonged to an Al-Qaeda terror cell.
Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University will organize the Saudi International Medical Education Conference on April 22-26.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday denied a Radio Monte Carlo report that Sweden would build a weapons factory in the Kingdom.
The Saudi Electricity Company has unveiled plans to meet the anticipated increase in demand for power during the summer season in the Makkah province.
Many schools in the Kingdom do not have teachers in major subjects such as mathematics and technical education as the school year approaches its end, Al-Watan daily reported yesterday.
School fees for the children of expatriates are too high, say the families of children at fee-paying international schools in the Kingdom. While education is free for Saudi nationals, the children of expatriates face rising school fees.
The English translations of the Friday and Eid sermons from the pulpits of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah will soon go online.
RUBKONA, South Sudan: Sudanese planes bombarded a disputed oil town near South Sudan's border on yesterday, a southern military official said, and a doctor said bombs aimed at strategic sites in South Sudan's Unity State killed five people.
DEIR ISTIYA, West Bank: Maha Surougi and Thaer Qasem have lived their entire lives in Syria’s largest Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus.
BAGHDAD: At least one person was killed and 14 others wounded yesterday when a sticky bomb exploded near a vegetable market in Iraq's Sunni Salahuddin province, security and hospital sources said.
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council has scheduled a vote Saturday on a resolution authorizing the deployment of the first wave of UN military observers to monitor a cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters which appears to be largely holding.
SANAA: A US drone strike killed seven suspected Al-Qaeda members believed to be heading toward a restive province where Yemeni forces have been intensely battling the terror group, Yemeni officials said.
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s civil aviation spokesman says an American is receiving medical treatment in Tehran after his plane was diverted to the Iranian capital when he suffered a heart attack on a flight from Dubai to Seattle.
HARARE: A Zimbabwean court has suspended the community service sentence imposed on six activists convicted of airing ‘Arab Spring’ videos as part of a plot against President Robert Mugabe, their lawyer said on Saturday.
CARACAS: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez will not attend this weekend’s regional summit in Colombia and will instead fly straight to Cuba to continue being treated for cancer, his foreign minister said on Saturday.
KABUL: The son of a former Afghan peace council chairman killed by a suicide bomber was elected Saturday to succeed his father as head of the group tasked with reaching out to the Taleban to find a political resolution to the decade-long war.
JEDDAH: Despite a positive close on Wednesday, the Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) dipped 48.92 points or 0.65 percent to 7,524.36 yesterday. The index remained in negative zone throughout the day due to lackadaisical attitude of the investors.
RIYADH: Organizations in Saudi Arabia plan to increase employee salaries two percent above inflation in 2012. The latest Salary Budget Planning Report for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) found that salaries for Saudi employees were predicted to increase by six percent against a prevailing inflation increase of 4.1 percent.
Sudan seems to have completed a full circle as far its oil wealth is concerned. It was an import country turned exporter. Then back producing enough only to meet its domestic consumption after the separation of Sudan into two countries last July. South Sudan took with it 75 percent of the known oil reserves of old Sudan.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hosted fellows from the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (AoC) for a three-day visit to Jeddah, the first such visit by the AoC Fellowship Program.
Saudi Red Crescent Authority yesterday signed an agreement with the American PHI company to purchase eight helicopters that will join the authority’s fleet within three years.
Saudi Aramco President and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih , an alumnus of KFUPM, delivered a keynote address at a recent seminar attended by a number of prominent dignitaries, economists and decision-makers from around the world. The seminar included educational, economic and industrial papers, as well as two panel discussions about past achievements, present facts and future aspirations.
ISTANBUL: Iranian and European officials expressed confidence in the results of Saturday’s negotiations on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program as it was announced that the two sides will meet again in Baghdad on May 23.
GENEVA: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday the Syrian government had the prime responsibility to stop the violence in the country and withdraw its forces from urban areas in line with international mediator Kofi Annan’s peace plan.
ISLAMABAD: There is little hope that any of the 128 Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians buried under an avalanche that engulfed a battalion at an alpine camp a week ago will be found alive, Pakistan’s army said on Saturday.
RIYADH: The state-owned Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) and Al-Jazirah Vehicles Agencies Company, the agent of Ford Company, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to generate employment for 500 young Saudi jobseekers.
JEDDAH: Al-Shabab made history when they shared two goals and points with Al-Ahli that was enough for them to regain the Saudi Professional League title for the sixth time at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium last night.
