Rawan Radwan | Jeddah
Major project brings Kingdom’s forgotten historic mosques back to life

Rawan Radwan | Jeddah
M. Nasir Jawed Scourges come in many forms. If wars, epidemics and famines take a heavy toll on human lives, the contagious social evils like racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia eat into the values of the very concept of humanity, besides consuming lives. What brings shame to the latter form of scourge is when the very […]
Madrid: Spain voted on Sunday in its fourth general election in as many years in a further sign of chronic political instability since the Parliament began fragmenting in December 2015. Here are some key dates: — Since the early 1980s, power in Spain had alternated between the Socialists and the conservative Popular Party (PP). But […]
Moscow: A Russian goat named Timur whose unusual friendship with a tiger won him nationwide fame, has died, the director of the safari park where the pair lived, said Friday. “Timur’s heart stopped beating on Nov. 5,” Dmitry Mezentsev, director of a safari park outside the Pacific port of Vladivostok, told AFP. The billy goat, […]
The pile of rubble that Latifa Naji used to call home has become an unlikely symbol in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The two-story cement house in the Al-Amari refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has been demolished by the Israeli army four times, most recently this month, as punishment for attacks carried out by the […]
US Senator Bernie Sanders has been the most outspoken critic WASHINGTON: US aid to Israel has become a contested issue in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for president, a point underscored by candidates at the J Street Conference in Washington. With Democrats increasingly distrustful of US President Donald Trump’s relationship with Israeli Prime […]
The event was an opportunity for the kingdom to showcase its eagerness to reshape its economy by diversifying its activities from oil. World leaders and economy titans from 30 countries converged on Riyadh for the third Saudi investment conference that sought to enhance collaboration on issues such as sustainability, technology and the future of societies. […]
The UAE pumps about 3 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) and produces 10.5 billion cubic feet of raw natural gas, ADNOC said. ABU DHABI – The United Arab Emirates, a leading OPEC producer, announced “significant” oil and gas discoveries and introduced a new pricing mechanism for Abu Dhabi flagship Murban crude. The UAE’s […]
JEDDAH: The Muslim World League (MWL) and the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) have joined forces to build the largest-ever museum dedicated to Islamic history and civilization. The huge center, to be established in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, is expected to attract 4 million visitors a year on completion, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. […]