Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)

Egypt calls for calm in diplomatic row with Saudi Arabia

2012-04-29 16:40:01

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Osama bin Laden, born to privilege, dies a pariah

2011-05-02 00:00:00

Osama bin Laden, a scion of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families, became the grim apostle of a strain of Islamic radicalism that exalted violence against non-believers, and the leader of a terrorist network that launched repeated attacks in the West,...

MIDDLE EAST: Activists, Arab leaders on edge as Tunisia hangs in the balance

2011-01-16 16:32:17

SAUDI ARABIA: Religious hard-liners charge young Saudis over MTV reality show

2010-06-04 04:32:29

New Saudi Arabia university will have a Western feel

2008-07-13 00:00:00

Up the corniche, along a coast where boats carrying pilgrims bound for Mecca sailed for centuries, a thicket of cranes rises over whitewashed mosques along the Red Sea. Steel flashes and blowtorches glow as 20,000 workers build a $10-billion university...

Express Visa Program May Have Benefited 3 Hijackers

2001-12-17 00:00:00

The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia made no secret that it prized convenience for travelers who sought visas to visit America. "Applicants will no longer have to take time off from work, no longer have to wait in long lines under the hot sun and in crowded...

BRIEF: SADAFCO board approves SR 97.5 m dividend

2013-05-19 17:34:02

The board of directors of SADAFCO has approved a dividend distribution proposal made to its annual general assembly for the financial year ended March 31, 2013, amounting to SR 97.5 million, at SR 3 per share, which represents 30 percent of the capital,...

Maaden's plant maintenance to hit second quarter results

2013-05-19 17:34:02

Maaden Phosphate Co. (MPC) has restarted its diammonium phosphate plant (DAP) in Saudi Arabia after repairing the ammonia plant that feeds it, Maaden has announced according to Tadawul website. "But the shutdown will negatively impact profits," the...

Tajikistan is promising investment destination

2013-05-19 17:34:02

In conjunction with the 38th IDB Annual Meeting, the Dushanbe Business Forum 2013 was organized by the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank Group Business Forum (THIQAH)...

Bahrain nonoil trade grows 20%

2013-05-19 17:34:02

Bahrain's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 3.9 percent in 2012 from the 1.9 percent growth seen in 2011. Even as the oil sector shrank by around 8.5 percent in 2012 due to a temporary technical disruption at the country's main Abu Sa'afa oil field,...

BRIEF: Kuwait deports hundreds of expatriates for traffic offenses

2013-05-19 17:34:02

Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offenses in the past month, a report said yesterday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group. The Al-Anbaa newspaper cited a senior Interior Ministry official as saying that as many as 1,258...

Food, hospitality show draws 400 companies from 17 countries

2013-05-19 17:34:02

The 18th edition of Saudi Food & Hotel and Hospitality 2013 opened yesterday, highlighting the importance of the region's annual food and hospitality trade event. This year's food and hotel and hospitality event has more than 400 exhibitors from 17...

Saudi fully veiled women wear special tinted glasses to watch a partial solar eclipse in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah.

2011-01-04 00:00:00

Muslim men break their fast at a mosque in the Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah on Aug. 23. In some Gulf Arab states free meals are given to commuters in a bid to curb road accidents caused by drivers speeding to get home in time for the breaking of the fast.

2009-08-24 13:14:05