COP28: Joe Biden set to give Dubai event a missBritain's King Charles and Pope Francis will be among the leaders to attend the talks, even as the 86-year-old Francis battles a lung infla...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.41 PM IST
As Dubai prepares for COP28, some world leaders signal they won't attend climate talksDubai is getting ready to host the COP28 climate talks this Thursday, despite indications from global leaders, including US President Joe B...
28 Nov, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
Syria suspends Damascus airport flights after Israel strikeThe airport is located south of the capital Damascus where Syrian opposition activists say Iran-backed militiamen are active and have arms ...
10 Jun, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
'Marriage without strings': Saudi Arabia confronts rise of 'misyar'The practice, usually a temporary alliance in which the wife waives some conventional marriage rights such as cohabitation and financial su...
04 Jul, 2021, 11.35 AM IST
Why expatriate workers are leaving Saudi Arabia in drovesAs companies struggle with slower business and authorities impose more fees on foreigners, the biggest Arab economy is losing some of its a...
10 Jul, 2018, 10.57 AM IST
Qatar bans goods from UAE, Saudi as embargo anniversary approachesImports into Qatar plunged about 40 percent from a year earlier in the initial weeks of the boycott, but they have since mostly returned to...
27 May, 2018, 03.03 PM IST
- ArcelorMittal's Saudi unit to begin production next year
World's largest steel-maker ArcelorMittal is expected to commence production at its new mill at Jubail, in Saudi Arabia, in the first half ...
13 Sep, 2011, 10.53 AM IST
Ayman al-Zawahiri betrayed Osama bin Laden: ReportOsama bin Laden was betrayed by his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri who led US forces to his hideout as the two were involved in an intense power ...
06 May, 2011, 12.12 PM IST
- RIM-Saudi deal may make flirting harder
Saudi Telecom and two rivals have until midnight to reach an agreement with RIM on how to make communications available to security service...
10 Aug, 2010, 05.39 AM IST
- Saudi regulator delays BlackBerry ban to test 'solutions'
Saudi's telecoms regulator has postponed a ban on BlackBerry until Monday so that suggested solutions to the kingdom's security concerns of...
08 Aug, 2010, 06.42 PM IST
- Saudi company says told to ban key BlackBerry services
A Saudi telecommunications company said on Monday it has been ordered by country's regulatory authority to suspend key BlackBerry services,...
02 Aug, 2010, 03.01 PM IST
- Genie taken to court
One can hope that the case is not tried in absentia.
20 Jul, 2009, 03.34 AM IST
- Saudi freezes billionaire's accounts
Saudi Arabia's Central Bank has ordered local banks to freeze the accounts of a Saudi billionaire billed as one of the world's richest men,...
31 May, 2009, 10.07 PM IST
- Saudi pledges to sustain oil investments
Saudi Aramco will soon sign a memorandum of understanding with Japan's Sumimoto Chemical Co to develop a second stage of its $10 billion Pe...
23 Mar, 2009, 10.45 PM IST
- Kuwait scraps $14-billion refinery plan
Kuwait is scrapping a $14 billion project to build a fourth refinery in the oil-rich country, the prime minister said in remarks published ...
16 Mar, 2009, 12.00 AM IST
- Kuwait to scrap $14 billion refinery project
Kuwait is scrapping a $14 billion project to build a fourth refinery in the oil-rich country, the prime minister said in remarks published ...
15 Mar, 2009, 06.47 PM IST