Tehran gets more diplomatic blows
JEDDAH: Iran faced international opprobrium on Wednesday for the violent attack on the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and the Saudi Consulate in Mashhad.Qatar and Djibouti recalled their ambassadors to Iran on Wednesday.“The ministry called back Qatar’s ambassador to Tehran against the backdrop of attacks on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Tehran,” the Qatari News Agency quoted Khaled Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al-Hamar, the director of the Asian Affairs Department, as saying.“Djibouti has cut its diplomatic ties with Iran out of solidarity with Saudi Arabia,” said Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.Jordan’s King Abdallah called Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Wednesday and stressed Amman’s support for Riyadh’s recent steps. King Salman thanked King Abdallah. Earlier, Jordan summoned Iran’s ambassador in Amman to condemn the attack on the Saudi Embassy and “Iranian interference...
Arab League, GCC to discuss attacks
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League (AL) have convened extraordinary meetings of...
Djibouti cuts ties with Iran; Jordan summons Tehran envoy
RIYADH: Djibouti cut its diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday in solidarity with Saudi Arabia...
Envoys back Saudi anti-terror fight
RIYADH: Several foreign ambassadors on Wednesday expressed their support for the Kingdom’s fight against terrorism.These sentiments were expressed to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Yamamah Palace, where 21 ambassadors from Muslim, Arab and other countries presented their credentials. Kenyan Ambassador Mohammed Abdi Mohamud, who spoke on behalf of the new ambassadors, said that Saudi Arabia was a prospero...
Businessmen call for Iranian goods’ boycott
RIYADH: Several businesspeople across the country have called on consumers and traders to boycott all goods from Iran in the wake of the attacks on Saudi missions in Iran.Omar Bahlaiwa, secretary-general of the international trade committee of the Council of Saudi Chambers, urged businesspeople and consumers to rather purchase goods from other Arab and Muslim countries, according to a report in a local daily.Bahlaiwa said...

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Hayya Jeddah festival begins today
JEDDAH: The fourth edition of Hayya Jeddah is ready to launch from Jan. 7 till Feb. 7. Jeddah will witness the largest festival for children, entertainment and games under the patronage of Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed, who is also chairman of the Tourism Promotion Council.The Jeddah Chamber...
Al-Ahsa’s Land of Civilizations project nears completion
AL-AHSA: Preparations are under way for the completion of the “Land of Civilizations” project at Al-Qara Mountain in the east of Al-Ahsa oasis. It is expected to open within the next two months.Abdul Latif Al-Afaleq, chairman of the Tourism Committee in the Al-Ahsa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that Al-Qara Mountai...
Bangladesh pledges to join KSA to fight terror, extremism
RIYADH: Visiting Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmoud Ali expressed his firm resolve to join with the Kingdom to fight against terrorism and extremism through meaningful cooperation.Hassan met his counterpart Adel Al-Jubeir in the capital on Wednesday. He said that both ministers reviewed the whole gamut of bilat...
Businessmen call for Iranian goods’ boycott
RIYADH: Several businesspeople across the country have called on consumers and traders to boycott all goods from Iran in the wake of the attacks on Saudi missions in Iran.Omar Bahlaiwa, secretary-general of the international trade committee of the Council of Saudi Chambers, urged businesspeople and consumers to rather purch...
SR5m loss as Jeddah furniture mart gutted
JEDDAH: Firefighters and Civil Defense rescue teams evacuated a popular market after a massive fire broke out on Wednesday in some of the shops. There were no casualties.The market, known as Prince Miteb Souq, is located near Jeddah’s Al-Jamaa district.Col. Saeed Sarhan, media spokesman of the Civil Defense in Makkah, said:...
Head of Arab Muslim Council slams Tehran
RIYADH: Secretary-General of the Arab Muslim Council Mohammed Ali Al-Husseini has expressed dismay over the Iranian religious leadership.“The Kingdom’s severance of diplomatic relations with Iran is proper and reflects a correct attitude,” an Arabic daily report quoted Al-Husseini as saying. The Kingdom severed diplomatic t...
American who speaks in Saudi Bedouin accent
JEDDAH: An American citizen was the focus of attention in the Bahra governorate recently, not for his work with the King Faisal Foundation but because he speaks Arabic with a Saudi Bedouin accent.Neil Packman, from Minnesota in the United States, is the head of the Al-Baida Village Development in Bahra and surprised journal...
Customs thwart drug smugglers
JEDDAH: Saudi Customs officers have thwarted an attempt to smuggle close to half a million captagon tablets through the port of Duba on the northern Red Sea coast. The pills were concealed in the rear wheels of a truck on board a ship.Duba Port’s Director General of Customs Ali Atwi praised the customs officers for having d...
Distraught dad seeks justice
JEDDAH: A distraught Najran father, who has accused a hospital of killing his eight-month-old daughter, says he will not bury her until what he described as the perpetrators are brought to justice.Aun Ramis Al-Sairi said he would not collect her body from the mortuary of Sharourah General Hospital and that the Najran Health...
Nazaha probes case of professor who is also studying abroad
RIYADH: The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) is investigating a corruption-related case against a citizen and the body responsible for his foreign scholarship. In addition, a local university is accused of appointing the associate professor who received a scholarship to study abroad but chose to pursue his study...
Officials of joint stock firms under scanner
RIYADH: Managers and officials in seven joint-stock and limited liability companies have been referred to the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution because of alleged administrative and financial abuses related to Corporate Law.The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) said on Wednesday that the offenders had man...
Customs foils smuggling of banned religious items
JEDDAH: Customs officials foiled 1,076 attempts to bring in religious materials into the Kingdom over the past two years, including 101,296 books and religious tapes banned from entry for containing violating content.Sources reveal customs officials also seized animals and birds, including rare snakes, coming from African c...
Balloon ‘sculptor’ flies high
ABHA: A local woman here has become known for “sculpting” the most colorful and artistic decorations out of different type of balloons, including of local celebrities and cartoon characters.Hala Samir Al-Masri’s work, shown on her Twitter and Instagram accounts under the name “Loshaballoon,” is not only a labor of love but...
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Zionists release bodies ... but after $1,270 deposit for each
JERUSALEM: Israel has returned the bodies of three Palestinians killed carrying...
Qatar recalls envoy to Iran after attacks on Saudi missions

DOHA: Qatar recalled its ambassador to Iran on Wednesday, state news agency QNA...

Gaza Strip gets 1st new hospital in a decade

GAZA: The Gaza Strip’s struggling health care system will get some much needed h...

Qatar busts smuggler with $1.2m pearls and diamonds

DOHA: Qatar says it has arrested a man trying to smuggle $1.2 million worth of d...

Radical Syria group’s commander gunned down, wife wounded

BEIRUT: Syrian activists and an official with an ultraconservative rebel group s...

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Britain warns China over booksellers’ mysterious abductions in Hong Ko...
BEIJING: Any abduction of people from Hong Kong to face charges elsewhere would...
Berlin approves more soldiers for Mali, Iraq

BERLIN: The German Cabinet has approved plans to send up to 650 soldiers to Mali...

UK’s ‘shoddy’ security under fire after militant slips away to Daesh

LONDON: Six weeks after a British militant who is suspected of being a Daesh exe...

German police give all-clear over packages at Merkel’s office

BERLIN: German police gave the all-clear after investigating five items delivere...

Corbyn sacks dissidents, tightens control over party

LONDON: Britain’s opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has sacked his EU polic...

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Djokovic cruises past Verdasco at Qatar Open
DOHA: Novak Djokovic cruised into the Qatar ExxonMobil Open quarter-finals on We...
Prince Ali fears ‘catastrophe’ for FIFA if wrong leader elected

LONDON: FIFA faces a “catastrophic” future if the wrong man is elected head of w...

Alaska slows down Romeo, GlobalPort to win contentious Game 2

MANILA: Just like that, Alaska put its series with GlobalPort back to the form c...

Azarenka reaches quarterfinals at Brisbane International

BRISBANE: After two injury-interrupted seasons, Victoria Azarenka is emerging fr...

Negredo hits hat trick as Valencia beats Granada in King’s Cup

BARCELONA: Striker Alvaro Negredo scored a hat-trick, including two second half...

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ECONOMY »

$10 billion Saudi funds boost for Jordan trade
RIYADH: A 40-member Saudi trade delegation has headed for Amman to participate in the Jordanian-Saudi Economic Forum, which concludes on Thursday.The delegation headed by...
Businessmen call for Iranian goods’ boycott
RIYADH: Several businesspeople across the country have called on consumers and traders to boycott all goods from Iran in the wake of the attacks on Saudi missions in Iran.Omar Bahlaiwa, secretary-general of the international trade committee of the Council of Saudi Chambers, urged businesspeople and consumers to rather purch...
Key Karachi share index edges down
KARACHI: Pakistan shares ended marginally lower for the third trading session on Wednesday, dealers said.The benchmark 100-share index at the Karachi Stock Exchange closed down 0.05 percent, or 15.21 points, at 32,968.26.“Market remained lackluster as major index heavyweight sectors such as oil and banking remained low at t...
Euro zone economy set for robust year
LONDON: A closely watched survey suggests that economic growth across the 19-country euro zone hit a 4-1/2 year high in the fourth quarter of 2015.Financial information company Markit said its purchasing managers’ index — a broad gauge of economic activity — rose to a four-month high of 54.3 points in December from 54.2 the...
Ferrari completes spinoff with stock listing in Milan
MILAN: Sports carmaker Ferrari is following up its successful Wall Street listing with a stock market launch in Milan, as it begins a new era as a stand-alone company free of the mass-market associations of its former parent, Fiat Chrysler.The company famed for its Formula 1 racing machines and coveted red roadsters began t...
US private payrolls rise; trade deficit narrows
WASHINGTON: US private companies added workers at a brisk clip in December, pointing to underlying strength in the economy despite signs that growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter.Other data on Wednesday showed the US trade deficit narrowed in November likely as efforts by businesses to reduce an inventory overhang pu...
Chinese stocks: Canary or elephant for world markets this year?
LONDON: Canary in the coal mine or elephant in the room? For investors, either idiom could apply to Chinese stocks in what is already shaping up to be a rocky ride for global markets this year.Pessimists would go for the canary metaphor: the New Year dive that began in Shanghai serves as an early warning of how local events...
Five things from CES that you may actually want to buy
LAS VEGAS: CES, the largest consumer electronics show in the world, kicked off with a sneak peek at what some companies will be exhibiting on the show floor this week. Even with a smaller sampling of exhibitors, there was a dizzying amount of tech to take in — everything from drones to laser-powered gizmos that promise to r...
Fitbit takes on the Apple Watch with the Blaze
NEW YORK: Last year was a big one for Fitbit. In April, Apple threw down the gantlet to wearables and fitness- tracker makers with the Apple Watch, and in June Fitbit went public in a larger-than-expected initial public offering. With its first major release since these milestones, Fitbit has come out swinging by introducin...
Tadawul: Petrochemical industries index sinks 4.8%
JEDDAH: A fresh slide of oil prices to 11-year lows sent Saudi Arabia’s stock market tumbling on Wednesday, while Egypt was caught up in a global equities downtrend.The Saudi bourse was moderately lower for most of the day and its losses snowballed in late trade as Brent crude futures plunged 4 percent to below $35 a barrel...

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We all are Saudis first
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It’s justice not ‘provocation’
Since the so-called Arab Spring erupted in 2011, throwing much of the Middle Eas...
Rajeev Sharma
Taking advantage of opposition disunity
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must be...
Joseph S. Nye
Danger of a weak Europe
In 1973, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, following a period of American p...
Ali Ibrahim
Patience has its limits
From the beginning, the Iranian revolution chose to fight with its neighbors in...

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The Empty Quarter Gallery makes a splash...

The Empty Quarter Gallery, the newest art and photography gallery in Jeddah as well as one of the largest art spaces in the Kingdom has finally opened its doors. The gallery was founded by Princess Reem Al-Faisal and is a project that is close to her professionally. Her royal highness’ career as a photographer spans around 25 years now and she h...
Brush with talent: Blind femal...
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Yahoo pulls plug on video hub as CEO ref...

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo has closed its online video hub as part of a purge that CEO Marissa Mayer hopes will make the beleaguered Internet company more profitable.
The decision to shut down the Yahoo Screen service signals Mayer is retreating from her plan to build a destination that could compete against online video leaders Netflix and YouTu...
Twitter moves to stem abusive...
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Sweaty armpits: All you need to know

We have heard over and over again that sweating is good for your body, especially when you are exercising. Sweating is actually a means by which the body is cooling itself.
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The hills are alive ... in Munnar

Emerald-green tea gardens, breathtaking hills and mountains that can even rival the majestic scenery of Salzburg showcased in the 1965 classic Sound of Music (no kidding), pristine lakes, exotic wildlife and a cool, breezy, and sometimes wet weather that can evoke your innermost Romeo or Juliet (sans the tragedy of course).
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FOOD & HEALTH »

Why mothers-to-be should be super healthy (Part 6)
In Part 5, I was discussing why parents-to-be should be fit and have strong immune systems in order to produce a beautiful, healthy, and tough baby, who would be able to resist and survive contamination and diseases and be born without defective genes and abnormalities, which taint their health and lives. I elaborated on how to reach optimal health when a mother decides to take the tough and long journey of the procreation and carrying of a little human being in her womb and how it could be debilitating her health and taxing on her body, making her weak and frail if she neglects herself, does not eat well, and does not take her supplements. Giving the proper attention to her health and body...
Seafood: With love, from South Africa
South African cuisine is often referred to as “rainbow cuisine” as it has a variety of flavors and colors. Seafood is one of its specialities.Seafood lovers in Jeddah would be delighted to know that South Africa’s most loved seafood restaurant chain has opened doors in the city.After its successful launch in Riyadh a month ago, Ocean Basket has arrived in Jeddah.It is located in the Khalidiya Business Center on Sultan Street. Free parking space is available, though two other restaurants are sharing the space.I visited the restaurant to sample their various seafood delicacies and found the whole place to be very attractive. The pleasant and friendly atmosphere, hospitality and quality food...
Changes in fast food ingredients proposed
DAMMAM: The Scientific and Educational Committee of the Saudi Diabetes and Endocrine Association (SDEA) has demanded the introduction of 10 amendments to the ingredients and specifications of fast foods in the Kingdom. School cafeterias serve a variety of junk food that endangers the lives of youngsters.Kamil Salama, SDEA's secretary-general, said: "About 71 percent of deaths in the Kingdom are caused by diabetes, obesity and heart ailments. In addition, these diseases also cause disability."He said fast food contains large amounts of saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, and salt, while lacking many essential nutrients, which leads to higher rates of obesity and other diseases.The...

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Swiss billionaire, 53, pregnant with twins
PARIS: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the billionaire chairwoman of Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV, is pregnant with twin girls...
Another reporter: Gayle ‘total creep’
SYDNEY: The storm surrounding star cricketer Chris Gayle over an attempt to flirt with an Australian presenter on live TV intensified Wednesday as new allegations about his behavior toward women emerged. More female journalists aired complaints against the West Indian after he was fined $7,000 on Tuesday for his approach to Network Ten reporter Mel McLaughlin. Gayle apologized and tried to brush off the exchange with McLaughlin as a harmless joke.Fox Sports reporter Neroli Meadows branded the Jamaican a “creep.”“He does this constantly,” she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “He's...
PGA noms snub ‘Carol’, ‘Star Wars’
LOS ANGELES: “Spotlight,” “Straight Outta Compton” and “The Martian” were among the 10 feature film nominees announced Tuesday for the 27th Producers Guild Awards.Conspicuously missing were critics favorite “Carol” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” a wild card thus far in award races.The Producers Guild nominees reflected a diverse lot of films, including favorites such as the investigative journalism pic “Spotlight;” the star-studded financial crisis comedy “The Big Short;” and the high-octane “Mad Max: Fury Road.”More populist crowd-pleasers like Ridley Scott’s space adventure “The...

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