Riyadh-Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture is willing to launch a giant company with a capital of USD320 million (SAR1.2 billion) to develop a better organization of the sale of agricultural products; the purpose of this company is to get rid of illusive mediators. A Saudi official,
Riyadh – At the time Saudi Arabia decided to mandate local companies with the international financial standards, the state is trying to fully adopt the standards in order to enhance its economic position and protect local companies. This important step comes as accounting and auditing companies have
New York-The U.N. Security Council will hold later this September a meeting on Syria coinciding with the presence of world leaders, including Barack Obama, who will deliver his last speech before the General Assembly as the President of the United States. New Zealand’s U.N. Ambassador Gerard van Boh
Riyadh- Over 21,000 Yemeni Hajj pilgrims have been admitted into Saudi Arabia, crossing at the Al-Wadiah border checkpoint. The swooping figure outnumbered all expectations after a clear easing of procedures and measures on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Coup militants, waging war in Yemen a
A string of bomb attacks hit across mostly regime-controlled areas of Syria Monday, killing several dozen people including at least 30 in Syrian regime head Bashar al-Assad’s coastal stronghold of Tartus, state media said. At least 43 people died in the blasts, and 45 were also wounded in the
Moscow-The Russian government decided to meet the demands of the National Union of Grain Producers regarding the abolition of fees on wheat exports. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Friday the government had decided to waive the duty on wheat exports for two years. “We have decided t
Erbil-ISIS has consolidated its presence within Mosul by recruiting Arab and foreign fighters, according to an informed Kurdish official. The official said that ISIS brought militants from Raqqa and other areas in Syria under its control as the Iraqi Forces prepare to enter as-Sherqat. Iraqi air for
Aden- Yemen’s Minister of Local Administration and Chairman to the Higher Human Relief Committee Abed Araqib Fateh Al Aswadi announced an international conference to be held March of 2017 in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh. The convention will bring Yemeni civil agencies together with Arab and
Riyadh- The main topics Saudi Arabia will be presenting during its participation in the G20 Summit in China are making the best of the strongest 20 economies in the world and getting involved in new solid partnerships; such issues are coherent with Saudi Vision 2030. According to economists, Saudi A
Maybe it is an unintended consequence of Brexit. Maybe it was just the weather. But the fact is that in this summer’s transfer window not only was more money spent by Premier League clubs but more money was spent in England than ever before. The question many fans will now be asking is where that [&
Ankara-Six Syrian villages in Aleppo are now under the control of Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces as part of Operation Euphrates Shield which began on August 24, the Turkish Army announced. The towns, al-Qadi, Kobbet al-Turikman, al-Battal hill, Aar hill, al-Suwaida, and Waqef in Aleppo northern count
Hangzhou- Chinese Authorities assigned up to one million volunteers to serve members of delegations participating in the G20 Summit and around 4,500 local and foreign journalists who arrived in Hangzhou last Friday. A source close to Hangzhou Mayor Zhang Hongming told Asharq Al-Awsat that the number
Dammam-Saudi Railway Company’s (SAR) mine trains hit record high for the third consecutive month as their phosphate and Bauxite transfer quantities exceeded the threshold of 751,000 tons in August. Rail freight, which is affiliated with SAR, has transferred around 16 million tons of phosphate and ba
Hangzhou-The president of the European Union warned on Sunday that the Old Continent was “close to limit” on accepting refugees. Donald Tusk urged the international community to exert further efforts to step up resettlement of people seeking refuge. A growing number of refugees have fled to Europe t
Ramallah-The Palestinian Authority called on the United Nations Security Council to take international preventive measures to stop Israeli settlement activities in the Palestinian territories. The Palestinian Authority also urged the Security Council to send an international delegation to report on
Makkah- Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Muhammad Saleh Benten confirmed that Iranian Hajj pilgrims living abroad will be enjoying the same services provided by the kingdom to all pilgrims visiting for this Hajj season. With over a million pilgrims reaching Makkah, a few more are expected to arr
Hangzhou – The 2008 Chinese espionage incident has cast its shadows on the G20 summit in Hangzhou this year. The British government warned its delegation of any similar attempts and called for extreme caution. A source close to the British delegation in Hangzhou said that the British intelligence ha
London-ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been meeting senior members in the group’s headquarters in the Syrian city of Raqqa to decide who will replace his spokesman, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, who was killed in an American airstrike last week. The Sunday Times Newspaper published a brief list of th
London-West Yorkshire’s anti-terror police announced on Sunday its fears of a former British model being led on for recruitment by the terror group ISIS. The model was being recruited through Facebook. The Sunday Times has discovered that Kimberley Miners, 27, has been reached out to by the ultra-ha
Hangzhou-Chinese President Xi Jinping launched on Sunday the G20 Nations Summit in the presence of Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and world leaders. Speaking at the opening session, the Chinese president said that the global economy has arrived “at a crucial juncture” in the face of s
