Analysts were still trying to fathom the impact of a massive solar storm that hit Earth early Thursday which had the potential to affect power grids, airplane routes and space-based satellite navigation systems.
Early reports say the impact was (...)
The Secretary for Foreign Relations of the Moro National Libration Front (MNLF) said Thursday the peace negotiations between the MNLF and Philippine government did not achieve anything.
Abdul Baqi Abu Bakr told the Saudi Gazette in a telephone (...)
Jeddah Economic Forum 2012 was successful although it did not include high-profile speakers, a top JEF official said at the conclusion of the forum Tuesday.
“The forum's success is measured by the importance of the subjects discussed and not by the (...)
A German trade delegation is currently in the Kingdom to explore investment opportunities in green energy.
Led by Harry K. Voigtsberger, Minister of Economic Affairs of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the group arrived Friday to meet (...)
Tunisian Prime Minister Hammadi Elgebali said Saturday that Tunis revolution was not a goal by itself and no one wishes to have a revolution in his country because it is costly.
He said the revolution was created by the needs of the people and not (...)
The Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced Monday its new human rights body will begin operations on Feb. 20 with its first meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Rizwan Sheikh, the OIC spokesman, said the Independent Permanent Human (...)
A partially demolished commercial building in Al-Ajaweed District in southern Jeddah, poses a great danger to the lives of the people in surrounding areas. Ahmed Alghamdi, head of the media center in the mayoralty, said the building was ordered (...)
out with her family went missing at Jeddah Corniche on Thursday. The 18-year-old secondary school student apparently drowned in the sea after a slip into deep waters opposite Al-Nawras roundabout. A team of divers from the Frontier Guard supported (...)
A fire broke out in a glass factory in the Industrial City in Jeddah on Monday. The fire started at 5 P.M. and lasted more than three hours. A dozen fire engines were pressed into service to douse the fire. No Civil Defense official was available to (...)
The Jeddah Diabetic Patients Center on Saturday started three-day activities at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The activities are part of the International Day of Diabetes which fell last week. Visitors can see and try latest devices to (...)
A new cargo terminal is being built at the Jeddah Islamic Port to increase its capacity to accommodate two million containers from the present 1.5 million, said Minister of Transport Dr. Jubarrah Al-Soraisri here Sunday.
He was addressing a press (...)
It looks like an ordinary urban bus station with all the usual luggage, hugs and farewells on display, but in reality the Kandara District overpass in Jeddah has become an unofficial international transport terminal, creating in its wake a breeding (...)
The Corporate Finance & Advisory Division of Al-Tawfeek Financial Group has been appointed as the lead financial adviser by the consortium developing the Jeddah Central District Project. Eng. Khaled Abdulghaffar, CEO of the City Center Development (...)
Barack Obama's win of the US presidency has sent an alarming signal of a freshly-revived American democracy, political analysts anonymously agreed upon during their discussions at an Election Watch Function held Wednesday by the American Consulate (...)
The annual meeting of the Board of Airlines in Saudi Arabia (BARSA) on Saturday night discussed preparations of the Haj season. Khaled A. Al-Molhem, Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines, presided over the meeting which was attended by several (...)
About 50 veteran scientists and experts from across the globe will be participating in the first of its kind three-day International Symposium on Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries scheduled (...)
The ‘Japan Miracle Forum' will be held at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) on Monday on the occasion of Japanese Cultural Day. The Miracle Forum will focus on the industrial and economic development of Japan over the last fifty years (...)
The international economic crisis is not going to affect the Saudi economy in any ways and there is going to be no negative results in the following years, according to Abdullateef Al- Shallash, the delegated member of Dar Al-Arkan to Jeddah Chamber (...)
The Saudi Arabian Airlines started its first flight to the Yemeni port city of Aden in 15 years on Monday.
Saudia will operate two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Fridays.
“The beginning of the flights to Aden close to Haj is good news for (...)
Faisal, Emir of Makkah, received the Golden Helmsmen Award from the Jordanian chapter of the International Association “Golden Helmsmen of Tourism” on Monday for his accomplishments in developing tourism in the Kingdom and the Asir region in (...)
Greed is primarily responsible for the current global financial meltdown, said US economic expert Dr. Joseph Wayne Brockbank speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Human Resources Forum in Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), here (...)
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah, inaugurated The First Arab Consumer and Brand Protection Forum at the Jeddah Hilton, Sunday night. The three-day forum, aimed at discussing the growing problem of counterfeit goods brought both Arab and (...)
The economic situation in the Kingdom is very stable and good despite the Saudi stock market crisis, Saleh Al-Turki, chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said on Saturday.
At a press conference held at the chamber, he assured (...)
The third historical Exhibition of the of late King Faisal ‘Shahid and Shaheed' (Eyewitness and Martyr) was inaugurated on Friday by Prince Khalid Al-Fasial, Emir of Makkah. The exhibition, held at the International Center for Conferences and (...)
After three months off from school, students are now bracing themselves for the back-to-school season and the onslaught on bookstores and stationery shops to stock up on last-minute supplies.
Advertisements plaster the city offering a variety of (...)