NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh plans yet another trip to SaudiArabia (two previous attempts had to be aborted), Saudi Arabia said it had "delivered" on its promise and had replaced the UAE as the prime source for India's crude oil imports. Speaking to reporters, Saudi envoy Faisal H Trad said after King Abdullah promised India that the kingdom would...
Rodolfo C. Estimo jr. | Arab NewsRIYADH: The Philippine's flagship airline is to fly to Riyadh, marking its return to the Kingdom after an absence of nearly four years....
Arab NewsRIYADH: SaudiArabia on Monday urged the international community to adopt a firm stand against the Israeli threat to the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon and stop its ongoing efforts to Judaize Jerusalem. The Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah,...
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A rat held up an AirIndiaflight to Riyadh with 115 passengers for over four hours after it was spotted inside the aircraft, the second such...
Arab NewsRIYADH: Riyadh police have acted after reports that students at a school east of Riyadh threatened teachers during the first week of exams, Al-Watan reported. The teachers, who were acting as invigilators, had stopped...
KATHMANDU: SaudiArabia is planning to ban foreign housemaids including Nepali ones, Arab News has reported. There is a move on the part of Saudi authorities to stop housemaids coming from Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia and Vietnam, it said citing Ali Al-Quraishi, vice-president of Saudi Arabia’s...
Zeenews Bureau London: Yemen's Western and Gulf donors will meet in Riyadh on February 22-23, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced at an international meeting on the...
We were taken around for our television shoot today by a communications executive who works with a global public relations firm out of Riyadh. While awaiting clearance, he asked about my shuttle journalism between my London base and the Middle East, which this week will include Davos. That...