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Saudi women can now launch their own business and benefit from it without any consent from a male guardian, the ministry of commerce has announced as part of the policies to boost the private sector and women’s activities in the Read more
Lebanese Defense Minister Yaacoub Sarraf said his country was prepared to ward off any strikes by Israel on its territories. Sarraf made the strong-worded comment after Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, brandished remnant of Iranian drone saying that his country Read more
Russian deputy ambassador to Tel Aviv brushed off Israeli authorities’ claims that the drone which was destroyed last Saturday by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was launched by Iran, saying that Iranians in Syria are not ‘insane’. Saturday the IDF Read more
Pakistan has sent troops to Saudi Arabia on a training mission after it refrained to do so in the past years, but the Pakistani military clarifies that the troops will not be deployed in conflict zones outside the kingdom. Riyadh Read more
Board of directors of the kingdom’s shooting federation have picked up Nora Saleh Turki to become deputy President of the federation, making her the first Saudi woman to hold the position ever in history. Her appointment has been made public Read more
Emirates cargo service has been mobilized to move the country’s third locally made satellite to South Korea’s Incheon International airport for a planned launch. Satellite, KhalifaSat, manufactured at Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, was shipped Thursday aboard Emirates SkyCargo Boeing Read more
Demonstrators in shia-dominated Bahrain locked horns Wednesday with security forces as they marked the seventh anniversary of the 2011 uprising that was clamped down by the ruling Sunni family. Dozens demonstrators took to the streets in capital Manama. They chanted Read more
Prince al Waleed bin Talal has announced a donation of more than half a million dollar to a local football club two weeks after his release from detention in royal court headed-crackdown on corruption. “Answering my brother Turki al-Sheikh’s invitation Read more
Saudi women interested in a career at the office of the public prosecutor can apply for vacant positions as the kingdom embarks on promoting the role of women in the country’s affairs. The office of the state prosecutor via the Read more
Vue International has signed deals with Saudi partners to lift the curtain on cinemas after a 35-year ban amid a liberalization drive ushered by Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman. Vue International signed an exclusive preliminary agreement with the Abdulmohsin Al Read more