JEDDAH: The King Salman International Complex for the Arabic Language has launched a new platform dedicated to linguistic blogs. Known as Falak, the service comprises three blogs, covering the complex itself, Arabic books and one for Arabic learners. The number of blogs is set to increase to 10 by the end of March. Designed to … Read more
DUBAI: In the Gaza Strip, civilians are being killed by more than Israeli bombs from the air or bullets flying between Israeli troops and Hamas militants battling at close range. They also face a slow death due to hunger and a lack of basic medical care as most hospitals in the enclave are out of … Read more
RIYADH: The Mataya Exhibition is taking visitors on a journey through the significance of the camel in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. The exhibition, which is part of the eighth King Abdulaziz Camel Festival organized by the Saudi Camel Club, opened on Dec. 1 and will run for 45 days. Exhibition supervisor Salman Al-Ajmi … Read more
Just about anything can happen when you’re walking down Bourbon Street in New Orleans, and ESPN learned that the hard way Monday night, The network gave its viewers more than just a scenic shot of the famed NOLA street during a commercial break, as an ESPN camera operator caught a woman flashing her right breast … Read more
DUBAI: In the Gaza Strip, civilians are being killed by more than Israeli bombs from the air or bullets flying between Israeli troops and Hamas militants battling at close range. They also face a slow death due to hunger and a lack of basic medical care as most hospitals in the enclave are out of … Read more
RIYADH: The Mataya Exhibition is taking visitors on a journey through the significance of the camel in Saudi Arabia and the Arab world. The exhibition, which is part of the eighth King Abdulaziz Camel Festival organized by the Saudi Camel Club, opened on Dec. 1 and will run for 45 days. Exhibition supervisor Salman Al-Ajmi … Read more
BEIRUT: Tensions rose on the Lebanese southern front following a short period of cautious calm lasting until the early hours of Monday in many border villages. Lebanon’s caretaker social affairs minister, Hector Hajjar, on Monday visited the border region and toured several towns to assess the situation of people forced to leave their homes. The … Read more
Marie-Philip Poulin is setting high expectations. Montreal’s captain — a three-time Olympic gold medallist and one of hockey’s all-time greats — has her sights set on hoisting a Cup at the end of the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s inaugural season. “Our ultimate goal is a trophy,” Poulin said. “We want to create a winning culture … Read more
RIYADH: Project Masam, a Saudi initiative to clear land mines in Yemen, in the last week of December dismantled 719 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia. Overseen by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief, the project’s special teams destroyed 615 pieces of unexploded ordnance, 102 anti-tank mines, and two anti-personnel mines. The explosives, which were … Read more
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take “many more months” to end.Netanyahu’s comments signal no let-up in a campaign that has killed many thousands and levelled … Read more
