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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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHICAGO: Although President Bashar Assad continues to survive the civil war that has gripped Syria since 2011, he controls only 60 percent of the country and his regime’s largest source of revenue is

DUBAI: Iran needs stronger guarantees from Washington for the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, its foreign minister said in Moscow on Wednesday, adding that the UN atomic watchdog should drop its

LONDON: Former US President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social has not yet been approved for distribution on Alphabet Inc’s Google Play Store due to insufficient content moderation,

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it opened an investigation after videos purportedly showed security forces beating women at an orphanage in the Kingdom’s southwest. The governor of Saudi Arabia’s

CAIRO: Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Sudan killed at least 100 people since the start of the rainy season in May, an official said Wednesday. The downpours, which began

RIYADH: Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority has issued the country’s first license to an institution engaged in Shariah-compliant financing of micro-enterprises. The authority awarded the license

CAIRO: Atomstroyexport— Russia’s Rosatom subsidiary— has requested bids for the $65.9 million civil and installation contract of nuclear and turbine islands 3 and 4, which are part of the El-Debaa

RIYADH: The Saudi stock market ended Tuesday’s session on a downward note, with oil prices tumbling following a steep rise. The Tadawul All Share Index dipped 0.6 percent at 12,455, while the

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on all parties in Iraq to unite on Tuesday, after violent protests erupted in the country following the resignation of prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric

RIYADH: The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones, known as MODON, revealed that it has successfully evaluated 58 factories using the international Smart Industry Readiness

RIYADH: The Saudi Grains Organization has deposited SR57.5 million ($15 million) to 89 local wheat farmers who supplied quantities allocated for this season. Purchasing an amount of 31,762 tons, the

LONDON: The UK is to send £1.5 million ($1.76 million) in aid to Pakistan in the aftermath of devastating floods. A state of emergency has been declared across much of the country, with nearly 1,000

RIYADH: The National Bank of Iraq has opened its first branch in Saudi Arabia, becoming the first Iraqi lender to engage in banking activities in the Kingdom, the CEO announced in a tweet. Yazeed

DUBAI: French Algerian model Loli Bahia has nabbed a starring role in the new autumn-winter 2022 campaign by British luxury label Burberry. The 19-year-old rising star shared images of the shoot with

ISLAMABAD: Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan has called on Pakistani authorities to ramp up nutrition aid for women and children in the wake of deadly floods ravaging the country. Around 37 percent of