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The construction work on the portion of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) rail network in Kuwait has kicked off with effective operation of the project expected by 2023. The project will include new track lines aside from the 111-km long Read more
Saudi Energy minister Thursday insisted that the Initial Public Offer (IPO) of the kingdom’s giant company Aramco is still on the agenda, following reports that authorities have scrapped the plan. “The government remains committed to the initial public offering of Read more
Saudi Arabia has allowed its medical students in Canada to stay for three more weeks until late September before they are pulled out in line with the kingdom’s set of measures made to denounce the North American country’s “interference” into Read more
Bahrain has suspended issuance of entry visas for Qataris and will bar citizens of the tiny Gulf country to enter the kingdom as the diplomatic crisis in the region drags on. Bahraini authorities have decided to expel Qatari students in Read more
The Indian government is likely to turn down assistance from any foreign country including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with its proposed $100 million aid for flood-ravaged Kerala state. Reports in India have alleged that the central government of Prime Read more
The Head of the Saudi Football Association stepped down on Saturday from his position as he gears up to stand for the top job at the Asian football Confederation. Adel Ezzat told reporters he presented his resignation and will run Read more
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thursday announced it has lifted provisionally the ban it imposed on Kuwait three years ago over a sport law it deemed obstructs the work of the local Olympic committee. “In the interest of Kuwaiti athletes Read more
Saudi security forces have rounded up a suspected terrorist wearing a bomb belt Al-Bukhariya city, in the center of the kingdom, the interior ministry told media on Thursday. The man, according to the ministry was arrested in the aftermath of Read more
Attacks against children caught in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen must stop, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, appealed on Monday. In a tightly worded statement, UNICEF pointed out that since Sunday, 28 children were reported killed in Idlib and Read more
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a new decree bringing prison sentences up to 25 years in prison for the promotion of terrorism via websites and up to five year in jail for Read more