Saudi Arabian women are succeeding, author says
A Saudi Arabian sociologist aims to counter stereotypes about her country with a coffee table book profiling successful Saudi women, she said on the...
Qatar frees Dutch woman held after rape report
A Dutch woman held in Qatar for nearly three months after telling police she had been raped there was released on Monday after receiving...
Saudi Arabia Gifts Kiswa To UN
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given the gift of ‘Kiswa’, the cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba at the headquarters of the United Nations.
United...
Fingerprinting to replace witnesses for women’s identification in courts
The Ministry of Justice will install a fingerprint recognition system to do away with the need for someone to testify on the identity of...
Price hikes in Egypt bite hard during holy month of Ramadan
Shop owner Hassan Mahmoud laid out his heaps of dried fruits and nuts at a multicolored Ramadan tent in the Egyptian capital to catch...
3 Saudi civilians killed in missile fire from Yemen
Three civilians including two children have been killed in cross-border missile attacks from Yemen on a residential area in southwestern Saudi Arabia, civil defence...
Unemployed elephants sent back home – Thailand
With decreasing numbers of foreign visitors in Thailand, not only people but also commercial elephants lost their jobs which depend on the tourist industry....
Iraqi doctor bets on plasma treatment in search of COVID breakthrough
In a hospital ward in Iraq, doctor Ali Salam Abdullah and a smiling patient hold up a large blood bag full of the yellow...
Gulf Arabs race to release youth potential in age of cheap oil
Like the prototype drone of Emirati student Talib Alhinai, the ambitions of young people across the Gulf Arab states need to soar if they...
“Saudi women need not wear abaya robes” – senior cleric
Saudi women should not have to wear the loose-fitting abaya robe to shroud their bodies in public, a senior cleric said, in the latest...
