Amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, Jordan is looking to bolster its defenses against possible incursions by Iran-backed militias on its borders. The new approach follows a series of attacks against US military bases across the Gulf, culminating in a drone assault on a logistics support site of the Jordanian Defense Network near…
GCC Secretary-General Jasem Mohamed Al-Budaiwi met the Ambassador of Hungary to the Kingdom Balazs Selmeci at the headquarters of the council in Riyadh on Wednesday. The officials discussed ways to enhance cooperation between the GCC and Hungary in various fields, and the latest regional and international developments of common interest, the GCC reported. Al-Budaiwi on…
Top officials from the GCC and Canada’s government held talks on Wednesday in Riyadh on ways to boost relations and tackle key regional and international challenges. Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi, secretary-general of the GCC, met with Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly to discuss the “importance of consolidating the strategic dialogue between the two sides,” the…
Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Co. concluded an architectural design competition for Diriyah mosques, with the participation of a number of talented male and female architects, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday The Diriyah Mosques Architectural Design Competition aims to showcase their skills and contribute to developing the architectural landscape of Diriyah through their participation in…
A 27-year-old model will be taking the Saudi flag to the Miss Universe stage — for the first time in history. Rumy Alqahtani, a beauty pageant veteran and an influencer with one million followers on Instagram, announced on Monday that she will be representing the kingdom in one of the most popular pageants in the…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched dozens of rockets at Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli town over the border, early on Wednesday in response to deadly Israeli strikes on the village of Hebbariyeh in southern Lebanon a day earlier.Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been trading fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, in…
The US has again urged Israel to abandon plans for a major ground operation in Rafah, where more than 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are hemmed in after months of fighting in Gaza. “We share Israel’s goal of defeating Hamas,” US ambassador Robert Wood told the UN Security Council on Tuesday, “but a major military ground…
In Makkah during Ramadan, pilgrims and visitors get the chance to tuck into traditional Saudi Arabia dishes representing the diverse heritage of the Kingdom’s regions. Most iftar spreads in the holy city feature authentic Saudi Arabia cuisine including edam, kabsa, saleeg, haneeth, qusaran and jareesh, along with staples from other parts of the world. Saudi…
The founder of a leading restaurant chain in Saudi Arabia believes that the success of his company can be attributed to remaining committed to the Japanese business philosophy Kaizen. Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning change for the better or continuous improvement. In an interview broadcast by MBC on March 22, Yahya Mohammed Al-Mualm, Al-Romansiah’s…
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has received in Jeddah Iraq’s National Wisdom Movement Chairman Ammar Al-Hakim, the Saudi Press Agency said early Tuesday. The pair discussed bilateral relations. Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan attended the meeting.
