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World tallest skyscraper situated in Jeddah will be completed in 2019, project initiator Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal told media on Thursday. The record-breaking project was announced in 2011 with completion projected for 2014. Jeddah tower situated beside the Red Sea Read more
US Secretary of State John Kerry said an agreement for the way forward in Yemen has been reached with Gulf Arab States and the UN in Saudi Arabia. He said it is “a renewed approach to negotiations with both security Read more
Saudi Arabia had been targeted by three coordinated attacks on Monday, carried out in the cities of Jeddah, Qatif and Medina, but the most shocking of them all is the attack by a suicide bomber against Prophet Mohammed’s (S.A.W) mosque, Read more
Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF,) the oil-rich kingdom’s long-term sovereign investment arm, has pumped $3.5 billion into Uber and will henceforth occupy a seat as a member of the Board of Directors. The amount is the highest solitary amount Read more
The fury between Iran and Saudi Arabia took a new dimension on Sunday as Tehran protested against Riyadh’s refusal to issue visas to a delegation that was to attend a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah. Read more
The conservative Saudi kingdom is witnessing a historic human rights advance as the kingdom allowed women to register as voters and candidates for the coming December municipal elections. Until 2011 women were banned from voting. The change came when the Read more
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met with Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Jeddah to discuss bilateral and regional issues. The relationship between the two countries is tense but President Rohani has promised to strengthen the Read more
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is in disorder after member countries tried to pursue the veracity of Qatar’s claims that it has implemented all that was required under the Riyadh Agreement. The differences have led to Doha’s refusal to sign Read more
The battle between militants and the Lebanese army in Astral has reached a “dangerous” situation, army chief General Jean Kahwaji stated. The fighting started during the weekend but the military lacks the weaponry needed to win it. It’s the worst Read more
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group, and the chairman of the Saudi-Egyptian Business Council signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Jeddah on Sunday. The MoU is Read more