RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and China have agreed to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.In a joint communiqué at the end of the visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Kingdom, the two countries expressed satisfac...
JEDDAH: Following appeals by members of the Shoura Council for easier access for women to the Prophet's grave in Madinah, a study has been completed by a team of engineers and architects on how to expand the area. Several women Shoura members said th...
RIYADH: The International Conference on Remote Sensing concluded in Riyadh on Wednesday and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), which sponsored the event, announced plans to launch a new satellite in cooperation with China whi...
RIYADH: Asharq Al-Awsat, published by Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG), is the only Arab newspaper with representation at the World Economic Forum conference taking place in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, where 40 heads of state and hundreds...
RIYADH: A cross-section of the Pakistani community stood in complete unanimity in the hour of grief and strongly condemned the "cowardly" act of terrorism at the Bacha Khan University in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday.Javed Akhtar Javed, presiden...
DAMMAM: The practice among some citizens of washing their guests' hands with honey or oud perfume has been slated as excessive and extravagant.This comes in the wake of videos emerging on YouTube showing men at an event having honey poured onto their...
RIYADH: Traffic police can arrest a vehicle driver only if he is found to have violated certain traffic rules twice in a Hijri year and that too after obtaining a court order, traffic expert Musaed Al-Rabeesh has said.The traffic police do not have e...
JEDDAH: There has been an increasing number of people claiming they are faith healers but are in reality defrauding people and involved in sexual harassment and other criminal activity, according to a local media report.Many claim that they are able...
RIYADH: The Personal Status Court in Riyadh has found a man guilty of abusing his wife and annulled their marriage, without having his SR50,000 dowry returned.His wife had filed a lawsuit accusing him of beating her with a shoe, and kicking her in th...
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Tuesday that since the Iranian revolution in 1979, Iran has established a record of spreading sedition, unrest and chaos in the region in an effort to undermine the region's security and stability,...
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdullatif Al-Zayani said that the leaders of the GCC countries' adoption of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman's vision for the promotion of the GCC joint action in the Riyadh summit...
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received President Xi Jinping of China at the historic palace of Al-Muraba'a here Wednesday.Upon arrival, the traditional Al-Ardhah (folkloric dance) was performed in which the two leaders took pa...
JEDDAH: The cops who arrested two men for terror attacks in Qatif have been praised for their professionalism and discipline by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif.Speaking to the director of the ministry's Public Security department, the crown prince sai...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and China signed 14 agreements here Tuesday focused on energy, culture and industrial cooperation, and pledged to build a strategic partnership for better bilateral ties, common development and peace and security in the world.The...
RIYADH: The Saudi leadership's peace initiatives were praised by Laurent Fabius, French minister of foreign affairs and international development, at a joint press conference with Adel Al-Jubeir, foreign minister, on Tuesday.Fabius said he had met wi...
