World Cup hosting decisions set to kick off a decade of scrutiny on Saudi Arabia and FIFA The inevitable result has been clear since last year: Saudi Arabia will be confirmed by FIFA as the 2034 World Cup host on Wednesday. Sports 10 Dec, 2024
Yemen rebels strike oil depot in Saudi city hosting F1 race Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked an oil depot on Friday in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of a Formula One race in the kingdom. It was the rebels' highest-profile assault yet, though Saudi authorities pledged the upcoming grand prix would go on as scheduled. World 26 Mar, 2022
Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi Aramco facilities; no Saudi confirmation Riyadh and the Yemeni government have welcomed a truce but the Houthis want the full lifting of a sea and air blockade. World 12 Apr, 2021
Apple reaches $2 trillion market value as tech fortunes soar BERKELEY: Apple has become the first US company to boast a market value of $2 trillion as technology continues to reshape a world where smartphones are like appendages and digital services are like instruments orchestrating people's lives. The... 20 Aug, 2020
Facebook to buy 10% stake in telco unit of India's Reliance Industries for $5.7 bln BENGALURU: Facebook will buy a 10% stake in the digital business of India's Reliance Industries for $5.7 billion, as the social media firm looks to leverage its highly popular WhatsApp chat service to offer digital payment services. The deal... 22 Apr, 2020
Iran says 49 more die from virus, death toll reaches 194 DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Iran says the new coronavirus has killed 49 more people in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 194 amid 6,566 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic. That's accord to Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush... Women 08 Mar, 2020
Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of state-run oil firm DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Saudi Arabia formally started its long-anticipated initial public offering of its state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday, which will see a sliver of the firm offered on a local stock exchange in hopes of raising... Women 03 Nov, 2019
Saudi visit shows Putin's deepening Middle East influence RIYADH: President Vladimir Putin signalled Moscow's growing Middle East clout on Monday by visiting Saudi Arabia for the first time in over a decade, buoyed by Russian military gains in Syria, strong ties with Riyadh's regional rivals and energy... Women 14 Oct, 2019
Saudi Arabia promises "material evidence" linking Iran to oil attack US points at Tehran for an unprecedented strike on oil plants Saudi too says will show evidence, Iranian weapons Attack exposes gaps in Riyadh's air defences Oil prices fall on Saudi reassurances of restoring output "We don't want... Women 18 Sep, 2019
Costly Saudi defences prove no match for drones, cruise missiles RIYADH/DUBAI: Billions of dollars spent by Saudi Arabia on cutting edge Western military hardware mainly designed to deter high altitude attacks has proved no match for low-cost drones and cruise missiles used in a strike that crippled its giant oil... Women 18 Sep, 2019
Oil soars after attack on Saudi plants shuts in 5% of global supply SINGAPORE/SEOUL: Oil prices soared on Monday, with Brent crude posting its biggest intra-day percentage gain since the Gulf War in 1991, after an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities on Saturday shut about 5% of global supply. Brent crude futures,... 16 Sep, 2019
US locked and loaded for response to attack on Saudis: Trump DUBAI: A weekend drone attack on Saudi Arabia that cut into global energy supplies and halved the kingdom’s oil production threatened Sunday to fuel a regional crisis, as the US released new evidence to back up its allegation that Iran was... Women 16 Sep, 2019
