Gulf states adopt common PR strategy 'to rectify image'
The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are to put in place a common media strategy to improve their image around the...
Saudi first Arab country to have over 10,000 stem cell donors
Saudi Arabia emerged as the first country in the Arab world to record more than 10,000 stem cell donors, a unique medical feat that...
Turkish paedophile given ‘record 572-year sentence’
A Turkish court jailed a paedophile a record 572 years for abusing 18 children at the school where he worked, reports said Tuesday, as...
Cricket: Zimbabwe thrash Afghanistan to level series
Brendan Taylor scored a majestic 125 as Zimbabwe thrashed Afghanistan by 154 runs in the second one-day international at Sharjah on Sunday to level...
UN thanks Saudi Arabia for helping Syrian refugees
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed its thanks to Saudi National Campaign for Syrian refugees for the provision of dates...
Saudis get a taste of opera, jazz
Opera made its debut in Riyadh at the weekend with a classic Arabian love story, as bands from Beirut to New Orleans performed at...
Soccer-Lacklustre Germany beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in World Cup warmup
World champions Germany failed to hit top gear as they edged to a 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia in a lacklustre World Cup dress...
Ban virginity tests – Afghanistan rights panel
KABUL (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Afghanistan's human rights panel on Thursday backed an "unconditional ban" on virginity tests, saying they violate rights, lack scientific...
3D-printed face shields against Virus in Egypt
With the arrival of the virus, which has by now infected over 4,000 people and claimed 300 lives in Egypt, according to government data,...
Israeli MPs vote to make Arabic language classes compulsory in schools
Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday to make Arabic classes compulsory for students from the age of six, in a move backers hoped would help improve...
