Over one million migrants reach Europe in 2015
More than one million migrants and refugees reached Europe this year, including over 970,000 who made the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean, the U.N....
Contaminated clothes being sold in Jeddah open market
Used clothes are sold openly in the city markets in the absence of proper monitoring by officials and with no assurances that they are...
OECD calls for reforms to wake up growth
With little hope for the world economy picking up pace soon, governments must tackle reforms at home to kickstart growth, the OECD said on...
Huge reserves, low public debt strong features of KSA economy
Some international rating agencies and institutions such as the IMF are being criticized for practicing a double standard when dealing with economic scenarios in...
Kingdom records remarkable growth in domestic tourism
The Kingdom has recorded remarkable growth in the volume of expenditure for domestic tourism this year which has increased to SR42.2 billion as against...
Boko Haram torch 50 homes, kill 4 people in Niger
Boko Haram raided a border village in Niger, killing four people and torching some 50 homes, a local official said on Monday.
Two other people...
Bahrain court sentences 57 men to 15-year terms for prison violence
A Bahraini court sentenced 57 men to 15-year jail terms on Monday for rioting in a prison outside the capital Manama last March, the...
New Zealand All Blacks great Jonah Lomu dies aged 40
All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu, whose power and pace revolutionized rugby and whose humility and grace won millions of fans, died early Wednesday, New...
Militants bomb college in Yemen's port city of Aden
Militants bombed a local college in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Wednesday, following previous threats against the school, security officials and witnesses...
Yemen fighting to halt April 10, peace talks start April 18
The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a cessation of hostilities starting at midnight on April 10 and peace talks in Kuwait beginning...
