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VIENNA: Russia's actions in Syria are fueling the country's war, which can only be ended with an unconditional exit of President Bashar Assad, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said ahead of a meeting with his US, Russian and Turkish counterparts.“We believe that the Russian interference in Syria is very dangerous because it exacerbates the conflict,” Al-Jubeir told reporters in Vienna, adding the Kingdom had made this clear to the Russians.Russia's air force has flown over 780 sorties against almost 800 targets in Syria since Sept. 30.“We believe that it will be viewed as Russia inserting itself in a sectarian conflict in the Middle East. We're concerned that this will trigger emotions in the Muslim world that will cause an increase in fighters to go to Syria.”Almost 80 percent of Russia's declared targets in Syria have been in areas not held by Daesh, a Reuters analysis of Russian Defens...

OIC television channel to project Muslim viewpoint

JEDDAH: The world’s largest pan-Islamic body, the 56-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC...

SR3,000 fine for every delayed salary

JEDDAH: Employers who delay the salaries of their Saudi and expatriate employees, or who fail to pay...

Be prepared for wet, windy weekend

JEDDAH: Heavy rain and wind forecast for large parts of the Kingdom this weekend would be typical of the volatile autumn weather likely to affect the country until Dec. 21, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment warned Thursday.Hussein Al-Qahtani, spokesman of the PME, said over the next few days there would likely be thunderstorms and medium to heavy rain, accompanied by strong winds and dust, which would reduce v...

Plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador in Beirut?

BEIRUT: Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri has reiterated that his country is committed to its stances on Lebanon amid reports of plans to assassinate the Saudi and Qatari envoys, according to Arab News’ sister publication Asharq Al-Awsat.Asiri told the London-based daily that he is currently communicating with security officials in Lebanon to check the accuracy of a report in an Arabic paper, quoting Western inte...

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House prices likely to drop 30% in Jeddah

JEDDAH: Prices of apartments, houses and land are expected to drop by 20 to 30 percent in Jeddah next year, a study has found.Developers are expected to deliver 15,600 residential units over the next three years in different regions of Jeddah, which will further bring down prices, local media repor...

UN praises KSA for helping Burmese

JEDDAH: The United Nations has praised the Kingdom for helping over 250,000 Burmese live and work in the country over the past few decades.A delegation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, during a recent visit to the Burmese Status Correction Commission headquarters in Makkah, said the Kingdom’s “leading...

Royal call for Istisqa prayer

JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has urged people to perform Istisqa (rain-seeking) prayer next Thursday, the Royal Court said in a statement.The statement said that in keeping with the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the king issued the appeal, calling on all to pray to Allah Almighty f...

Mataf bridges to help control pilgrims’ rush

JEDDAH: The design of pedestrian bridges linked to the mataf, the circumambulation area around the Kaaba, is currently under review by the supervisory committee in charge of the expansion project.The bridges will help officials control the movement of pilgrims inside, while also controlling people coming in from the outer a...

Aftershocks ‘unlikely’ after Tuesday’s EP temblor

RIYADH: There would probably not be any aftershocks in the wake of the earthquake that hit the Eastern Province on Tuesday night, according to the National Center for Earthquakes and Volcanoes (NCEV).Hani Zahran, director of the earthquake center, said Thursday that the earthquake was felt in the eastern part of Riyadh on T...

Flu vaccine centers opened at malls

RIYADH: The Ministry of Health (MOH) intensified its nationwide campaign against seasonal flu on Thursday by introducing vaccination centers in public places for 10 days. The centers will stay open from 5 to 11 p.m. at Sahara Mall in Riyadh, Universal Plaza in Jeddah, Mall of Dhahran and Taif complex in Taif.Two weeks ago,...

Austria honors Saudi youths for producing solar car

RIYADH: Austria honored a group of young Saudis in Riyadh on Thursday with the Energy Globe Award-Saudi Arabia for their outstanding performance in building the first Saudi solar car.The team, Estimadah, led by Mohamed Abusharifah, was honored in a festive ceremony with the winner’s certificate from the commercial counsello...

Man dedicates inventions to king

RIYADH: Saudi national Turki bin Saad Al-Fasam has invented an armored security vehicle and a mobile security cabin which he dedicated to the Saudi leadership.“I dedicate my two inventions to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,” Al-Fasam...

27,000 SIM cards seized

MADINAH: More than 27,000 SIM cards have been seized in raids on different unauthorized shops here and over SR300,000 recovered from two men suspected to be selling SIMs illegally.Maj. Gen. Abdul Hadi Al-Shahrani, Madinah region police chief, had ordered the action following information about the clandestine activity in the...

EP home to launch ‘surrogate mother project’

DAMMAM: Approximately eight to 10 babies of unknown origin and with special needs are received annually by the Dammam Social Nursing Home from hospitals and police stations, according to a representative of the House. The head of the public relations department at the nursing home, Iqbal Filimban, said of the issue: “We are...

Murderer executed in Riyadh

RIYADH: The Kingdom on Thursday executed a citizen for murder.Mohammed Al-Qahtani had been convicted of gunning down a fellow Saudi with an automatic weapon during an argument, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.Al-Qahtani was executed in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency quoted the statement as saying. His beheading br...

Price lists a must for shops in Dammam

DAMMAM: The municipality here has given all non-compliant shops one week to put up mandatory price lists for consumers. The establishments include health facilities, restaurants, butchers and operators at the local fish market.The municipality has targeted 7,000 health establishments in the region, said Mohammed Al-Safyan,...

Women, children target of domestic violence

JEDDAH: There were 961 cases of domestic violence reported by the Ministry of Social Affairs in Dammam last year.This involved physical, psychological and sexual abuse of women and children over the course of the Islamic year that ended on Oct. 14, said Saeed Al-Ghamdi, director of the ministry’s branch in the Eastern Provi...

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Self goal: Jew slain by jittery armed Israelis

AMMAN: Jordanian King Abdallah again warned Israel Thursday against any move to...

US operative killed in Iraq mission

WASHINGTON/ERBIL: One member of a US special operations team was killed during a...

Assad spies, Daesh, Kurds behind bombing: Erdogan

ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Syrian intelligence and Kurd...

Taiz rattled by heavy fighting

CAIRO: At least 20 Houthi militia fighters were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen...

Israeli man shot dead after being mistaken for attacker

JERUSALEM: A Jewish Israeli man was shot and killed in a scuffle with Israeli so...

WORLD »

Masked man kills 2 at Swedish school

TROLLHATTAN: A masked man brandishing a sword broke into a school in Sweden on T...

Camerawoman who tripped migrant attacks social media

BUDAPEST: There are a number of ways to establish infamy on the Internet, but al...

Over 30,000 starving to death in S. Sudan

NAIROBI: Over 30,000 people in South Sudan’s war-zone regions face death by star...

Gunmen stage new assault on migrants

ATHENS: Unidentified gunmen have staged a series of new sabotage attacks on boat...

Hillary Clinton faces Benghazi investigation

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SPORTS »

Ton-up Misbah anchors Pakistan in second Test

DUBAI: Misbah-ul-Haq hit a brilliant century to help Pakistan post a respectable...

Neymar returns from ban for Brazil showdown with Argentina

RIO DE JANEIRO: Neymar has been recalled for Brazil’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers...

Steelers in big move with fourth Team of Week award

JEDDAH: Steelers made a big move prior to the positioning round as they won Team...

India levels South Africa ODI series after Kohli ton

CHENNAI: bowlers backed up a long-awaited century from Virat Kohli as the hosts...

Debutant Windies spinner Warrican strikes to halt Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: West Indies debutant Jomel Warrican took four wickets to bundle Sri Lan...

ECONOMY »

Oil exports: KSA holds around 8.1% of global market share

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will not change course on its strategy of retaining market share and exports are expected to remain at around current levels for the remainder of thi...

Oil exports: KSA holds around 8.1% of global market share

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will not change course on its strategy of retaining market share and exports are expected to remain at around current levels for the remainder of this year and next year, according to a report released by Jadwa Investment.Latest data available shows that year-to-August exports in the Kingdom were up 3 p...

Saudi insurers benefiting from strong economic operating environment

JEDDAH: Saudi insurers are benefiting from a strong economic operating environment, with the sovereign rated Aa3 by Moody’s, driven by its very high economic and fiscal strengths.Saudi Arabia is the second largest insurance market in the GCC, with total premiums of $8.1 billion in 2014, and represented over 36 percent of th...

Arab News online travel contest: Prizes awarded

JEDDAH: Arab News concluded its online travel contest on Tuesday with a draw that picked three winners for the grand prize of 2 tickets to each winner to travel anywhere in the world. The grand prizes were awarded in collaboration with Oman Air where its representatives picked three winners by generating three numbers via e...

Kingdom regional leader in built asset wealth in 2015

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia is the region’s leader in built asset wealth according to the latest Global Built Asset Wealth Index published by Arcadis, a leading global Design and Consultancy firm for natural and built assets. The index, which was compiled for Arcadis by the Center for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), calcul...

Low-cost carrier orders 19 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners

OSLO: Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle, which has ventured successfully into long haul, has ordered 19 more Boeing 787 Dreamliners, it announced without disclosing the purchase sum.Based on the catalogue price, the planes would be worth around $4.7 billion, but aircraft manufacturers usually offer special deals on lar...

KSA ‘has muscle to engineer a soft landing for economy’

RIYADH: Saudi Fransi Capital has initiated coverage of the Saudi banking sector with a report titled ‘Marhaba to Rising Rates,’ where it has placed Buy ratings on 3 banks — Samba Financial Group, Saudi British Bank and Arab National Bank.SFC believes that the banking sector will benefit from higher interest rates that will...

Italian craftsmanship meets Wall Street, Ferrari goes public

NEW YORK: Ferrari has roared onto the New York Stock Exchange and its shares, trading under the ticker symbol RACE, closed higher in their public debut.Shares of Ferrari climbed almost 17 percent in early trading and settled for the day at $55, up 6 percent while the broader markets edged lower.The automaker, based in the n...

VW to investigate another engine type for ‘cheat device’

BERLIN: Volkswagen is looking into whether earlier versions of its current diesel engine contained software capable of rigging emissions tests, it said, potentially widening a scandal that has rocked Europe’s biggest carmaker.The German company said last month that software used to cheat US diesel emissions tests could be i...

ECB hints at new stimulus plan amid deflation fears

VALLETTA: European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi held out the possibility of further economic stimulus for the eurozone as soon as December as he fends off a deflation threat and battles the headwinds of a Chinese slowdown.The central bank for the 19-nation eurozone agreed after a two-day meeting in Malta to keep its powd...

OPINION »

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Beginning of Israel’s end

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Mohamed A. El-Erian

A stitch in time saves nine

One of the most difficult challenges facing western governments today is to enab...

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Israel looking for peace on Mars

On Oct. 13, in Jerusalem at the 66th International Astronautical Conference, the...

Marlowe Hood

Climate battle splits world powers

A pivotal question has split world powers along unfamiliar lines as they haggle...

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ART & CULTURE »

Saudi artisans prevent 44 skills from dy...

JEDDAH: The number of artisans, both male and female, in the Kingdom has reached 9,240, 12 percent of whom are in the Eastern Province, according to Abdullatif Al-Banyan of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) in the Eastern Province.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY »

Halloween asteroid to shave past Earth

MIAMI: A big asteroid is hurtling toward Earth and will shave past our planet on Halloween, but astronomers say there’s no need to be spooked — it’s definitely not on a collision course.
The space rock is about the size of a football stadium and is moving at an “unusually high” speed of 78,000 miles per hour (126,000 kilometers per hour), s...

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FASHION »

Fashion-forward apparel with a twist of...

Young Saudi fashion designer Safiah Alaquil is a promising name in the fashion industry. Here brand ‘Badawiah’ is inspired from cultures and traditions of different countries. She uses the traditional craftsmanship of Saudi Arabia and combines it with modern and ethnic fashion. With this project she also aims to support children in need using ha...

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TRAVEL »

Riyadh among top ten destinations in OIC...

RIYADH: Riyadh was ranked among the top 10 destinations within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Muslims traveling for shopping purposes, according to a report.

The report was released by MasterCard and CrescentRating just ahead of the upcoming Global Islamic Summit to be held in Dubai.
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FOOD & HEALTH »

Concerted efforts needed to fight diabetes, obesity

RIYADH: Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Tuesday that the Gulf countries must make concerted efforts to combat diabetes and obesity in the region.The minister made this recommendation while inaugurating the International Conference on Countering Diabesity in Gulf countries at the King Faisal Conference Hall in Riyadh.Following the inaugural ceremony, the minister also opened a medical exhibition within the same premises. The exhibition, which will run concurrently with the conference, will be attended by organizations from the public and private sector who are engaged in the treatment of diabetes and obesity.The three-day conference aims to review the latest scientific findings in...

Chubby babies: Cute but not healthy

It is totally normal for babies to be chubby but it all depends on what one means to be fat. Studies show that obese babies or babies who quickly gain weight are more likely to become obese later in life.If mothers are concerned about their baby’s weight, they should consult their baby’s pediatrician. Growth, development and weight are great topics to discuss during routine baby exams. “The path toward obesity actually begins in the womb, with research showing babies born to very obese mothers have already begun to accumulate fat around their stomachs,” said dietitian Raneem Abdulmajeed. “There are two reasons why babies are born obese. DNA is the first one. Larger adults are more likely to...

Don’t underestimate the importance of sleep (Part 7)

In part 6, I went through the important aspects and benefits of night sleep and maintaining regular biological clock rhythm in order to keep the body equilibrium, healthy brain responses, good performance, increased productivity, and stable moods. I also explained how the protein Toll-like receptors 9 (TLR9) are stimulated by sufficient quality night sleep in order to make the body fight infections and bacteria. This built-in protective process is usually disrupted when the biological rhythm is disturbed by sleep deprivation or jetlag, leaving the body defenseless and exposed to infections and health complications. With this finding in mind, researchers believe that drugs should be given to...

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Jolie’s ‘Unbroken’ set for Japan release

TOKYO: Angelina Jolie’s wartime-based movie “Unbroken” will finally be shown in Japan over a year after its release desp...

Border no bar: Kareena to star in Pak film

Kareena Kapoor Khan was born to be a star. The actress has mastered the art of balance. If she’s enjoying her real-life role of a wife, she’s also treading on untried territory as an artiste. The ‘Chameli’ actress along with Arjun Kapoor celebrated the making of ‘Ki and Ka’ in Dubai recently during filming their last leg. Directed by R. Balki, the film portrays the love story of a progressive couple where the wife plays a working woman whereas the husband stays at home. The film also features Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan playing themselves in the film. Exciting, isn’t it?The film was...

Victory: Jay Z wins copyright trial over Egyptian sample

LOS ANGELES: A judge on Wednesday dismissed a copyright infringement case against rapper Jay Z over his 1999 hit “Big Pimpin’” before the case was sent to a jury.US District Judge Christina A. Snyder ruled that the heir of an Egyptian composer did not have the right to pursue a copyright infringement claim. She did not explain her decision in detail, but told jurors she tossed out the case after hearing testimony from experts on Egyptian law.The nephew of Baligh Hamdi, an Egyptian composer whose 1957 song “Khosara Khosara” is partially used in “Big Pimpin’,” sued Jay Z, producer Timbaland and...