JEDDAH - Bodies of six African overstayers were found in different areas between Jeddah and Al Leeth recently.
JEDDAH - Bodies of six African overstayers were found in different areas between Jeddah and Al Leeth recently.
Diplomats from six key powers focused on possible new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program at a meeting , but reached no agreement.
Yemeni Shia rebels, engaged in border clashes with Saudi forces, said they had downed a Saudi helicopter amid Saudi air raids they said had killed at least 15 villagers.
JEDDAH - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam, according to an announcement made by Dr Abdullah Al Othaimeen, secretary-general, in Riyadh on Monday.
ABU DHABI — The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, received the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian group Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, currently on a tour of the region, at Al Bateen Palace on Monday.
MUSCAT — Oman’s Sultan Qaboos University and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) will conduct joint research on earthquakes under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between them.
Germany’s govt says Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has arrived in Yemen with the fate of a German family held hostage in the country likely to be an issue in talks with the president.
ABU DHABI — One hundred and twenty-two oil fuelling stations across the country have adopted the litre instead of the imperial gallon as a unit of measurement, a senior official said on Tuesday.
JEDDAH — The International Islamic Relief Organisation, Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) is to take care of 1,000 orphans in Sudan under a programme launched recently. It will also start training and hold education workshops on professions for the homeless children of the state.
BRUSSELS - Iran postponed a visit by members of the European Parliament on Monday, but the EU delegation said it had cancelled the visit because Iran had blocked meetings with opposition figures.