Oil exporter Saudi launches car-free city
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, announced Sunday the launch of an eco-city "with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions"...
Elated Qataris stream into Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: Qataris celebrated crossing their border with Saudi Arabia yesterday, calling the kingdom "our second country", as Doha readied its strict coronavirus measures...
Saudi king gets COVID jab
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Thursday received a COVID-19 vaccine jab, more than three weeks after the kingdom kicked off a three-phase inoculation...
Gulf states to restore links with Qatar within a week: UAE
DUBAI: The Gulf states will restore travel, trade and transport links with Qatar within a week, the UAE said yesterday after a landmark deal...
Qatar eyes risks and potential after Gulf row
ABU SAMRAH, Qatar: A picture taken on Tuesday shows a general view of the Qatari side of the Abu Samrah border crossing...
US and Iran: Spiraling tensions in the Gulf
Iran: A handout photo made available yesterday shows the launching of a drone carrying a missile during a military drill at...
Gulf states sign ‘solidarity and stability’ agreement
AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia: (From left) Kuwaiti Amir HH Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Omani...
World Bank tips fragile recovery for MENA in 2021
WASHINGTON: The World Bank headquarters is seen in Washington on Oct 1, 2020. – AFP
DUBAI: The World Bank yesterday predicted...
Iran claims Seoul holding $7bn as destroyer arrives
This undated picture released yesterday shows South Korean Navy's destroyer ROKS Choi Young. - AFP
TEHRAN: Iran yesterday...
Lebanese in frantic hunt for ICU beds
BEIRUT: A man waits for treatment in the intensive care unit of Rafiq Hariri University Hospital yesterday. - AFP
Saudi Arabia to open airspace, borders to Qatar: Kuwait
KUWAIT: Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said yesterday,...
Iran seizes South Korean oil tanker in Gulf waters
A picture obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim yesterday shows a South Korean-flagged tanker being escorted by Iran's...
