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France, Britain and Germany say Iran’s stance on IAEA probe

PARIS: France, Britain and Germany on Saturday vented their frustration at Iran’s demand in talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal that the UN nuclear watchdog close a probe into uranium particles

Cologne urge fans to give evidence after violence in Nice

COLOGNE, Germany: German soccer club Cologne have urged their fans to submit photos and videos to a police “evidence portal” to identify those responsible for violence at the Europa Conference League

Taliban close girls schools in east that had briefly opened

ISLAMABAD: Taliban authorities Saturday shut down girls schools above the sixth grade in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktia province, according to witnesses and social media posts. The schools had briefly

TRSDC’s AMAALA signs over 300 contracts worth $1.7bn to date

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s ultra-luxury development project AMAALA, which is being developed by The Red Sea Development Co., has signed over 300 contracts worth over SR6.62 billion ($1.7 billion) to

Egypt’s inflation hits 4-year high amid surge in food prices

RIYADH: Inflation in Egypt rose to a four-year high in August mainly driven by a rise in food and beverage prices. The annual inflation rate in the North African country rose to 15.3 percent compared

“It Is Outrageous That Germany Is Sending Weapons To Ukraine To Continue War”

Downpours and mudslides hamper China earthquake rescue mission

BEIJING: Rain, flash floods and mudslides threatened the search for dozens of people still missing on Thursday, days after a strong earthquake rocked mountainous southwest China, killing at least 86.

Austria’s Turk proposed to be next UN human rights chief

GENEVA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will propose Austria’s Volker Turk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights, a UN document showed. Turk, who now works in Guterres’

Eni looks to MENA to divert Europe from Russian gas supplies by 2025

LONDON: Italian energy giant Eni will support Europe’s push to divert from Russian oil and gas supplies by promoting liquefied national gas works in the Middle East and North Africa and banking on

Prince Harry, Meghan in Germany to promote Invictus Games

DUESSELDORF, Germany: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in the western German city of Duesseldorf on Tuesday where they are expected to promote the Invictus Games, a competition for wounded,

Saudi FM meets Jordanian counterpart in Cairo

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with his Jordanian counterpart in Cairo on Tuesday, Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting on the sidelines of an Arab

Investcorp leads $100m pre-IPO round

Arabian Post Staff Alternative investment firm Investcorp announced that Investcorp Saudi Pre-IPO Growth Fund LP led the Pre-IPO round in privately-held TruKKer Holding Limited, MENA’s largest digital freight network with a leading position across Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and neighbouring countries. Investcorp led the initial close of this round with $51 million investment alongside new and existing investors. This investment is part of the […]

21 separatist fighters, 6 extremists dead in Yemen Al-Qaeda attack:

21 separatist fighters, 6 extremists dead in Yemen Al-Qaeda attack: govt sources

Greece plans to extend fence on land border with Turkey

ATHENS: Greece plans to extend a cement and barbed-wire fence along its northern border with Turkey to prevent migrants from entering the country, its citizen protection minister said on Tuesday.The

GCC calls on Netflix to remove offensive content

LONDON: The Electronic Media committee of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called on Netflix on Tuesday to remove offensive content from the paltform. (The story is developing).

Iran wins a battle but must lose the war for Iraq’s independence

With at least 30 dead and hundreds injured in clashes in Baghdad last week, Iraq is on the threshold of civil war. With the country’s survival as an independent nation in the balance, civil society

Saudi Industrial Development Fund approves $20bn loans since Vision

RIYADH: Saudi Industrial Development Fund has approved a total of 930 loans, valued at over SR75.4 billion ($20 billion), since the launch of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 six years ago. Small and medium

Iraq powers agree to work toward snap elections following unrest

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s top executive powers and major parties agreed Monday at a meeting boycotted by powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr to work toward holding early elections, a week after deadly

Erdogan warns Greece over Aegean airspace violations

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned Greece it would pay a “heavy price” if it continued to “harass” Turkish planes over the Aegean. “Hey Greece, take a look at history. If you

Bella Hadid raises awareness on Pakistan floods through social media

DUBAI: Earlier this week, Palestinian American model Bella Hadid took to social media to find out “real ways” to help those displaced and affected by the unprecedented floods in Pakistan, and it

Iran equips 51 cities with civil defense systems — defense official

TEHRAN: Iran has equipped 51 of its cities and towns with civil defense systems to thwart any possible foreign attack, a senior defense official said on Saturday, amid an escalation of tensions with

Gulf Security In Peril, With Or Without Nuclear Deal With Iran

SRC refinancing assets hit $5.3bn amid Alinma Bank portfolio

RIYADH: The Saudi Real Estate Refinance Co., wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund, is seeing its assets hitting SR20 billion ($5.3bn) after it completed a deal with Alinma Bank to acquire one

Extremists could exploit slavery laws to escape justice: UK terror

LONDON: A British counterterrorism legal expert has warned that the UK’s anti-slavery laws could pose a threat to national security. Jonathan Hall QC, the UK’s independent reviewer of terrorism