Friday, October 9, 2026

For Saudi Arabia, a coming-out party at Cannes

Saudi Arabia came to the world's largest film market to declare its newly launched film industry "open for business, but largely avoided questions about...

More women executives mean more profits, according to study of 91 countries

Companies with 30 percent female executives rake in as much as six percentage points more in profits, according to a study on Monday, feeding...

Saudi father arrested for allowing daughter to hang outside of moving car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqY4bPeG08 A Saudi father has been arrested for allowing his daughter to hang onto the side of his car whilst driving at 100kph. The video went...

Saudi Arabia sets up new labor committees to protect rights

New labor committees at companies in Saudi Arabia should ensure amicable relations between management and workers and protect labor rights, according to labor experts. The...

More than 114,000 flee Yemen war: UN

More than 114,000 people have fled war-torn Yemen, and the figure could reach at least 200,000 by the end of 2016, aid officials said...

Iranian TV: British Iranian dual national faces new charge

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A British Iranian dual national held in Tehran in an internationally criticized espionage case faces a new charge, Iranian state...

Accosted for her hijab, woman now teaches Muslim empowerment

When she was 16, Rana Abdelhamid was accosted on the streets of New York by a man who tried to pull off the head...

Divorced women deserve better treatment in society

OFFICIAL statistics show an increase in the number of women who get divorced at a young age. Although the majority of them are educated...

Israel to snub film fest in Paris over contentious movie

Israel says it will not send its envoy to the opening ceremony of an Israeli film festival in Paris over the organizers' decision to...

Chilean attacked in Poland after being mistaken for Arab

A top Polish human rights official is encouraging people to attend a concert Monday in support of a Chilean pianist who was recently beaten...

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