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RIYADH: Raising Saudi Arabia’s import tariffs on more than 500 items led to an investment increase in goods production and more jobs in the Kingdom, according to the Ministry of Industry and Mineral

LONDON: The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the Taliban on Thursday for violently beating an Afghan journalist and charging three others over corruption reporting, urging them to file an

RIYADH: Banque Saudi Fransi’s $4 billion guaranteed Medium-Term Note program has been assigned a provisional senior unsecured foreign-currency rating of (P)A2 by Moody’s Investors Service. The MTN

DHAHRAN: With the iconic Ithra building glistening in the night sky, the eight annual Saudi Film Festival came to a close on an unusually cool Dhahran night. Once again, as it did on opening night on

DHAKA: Al Amin grew up wishing he could run but even walking was difficult for the 28-year-old until February, when doctors from a floating hospital corrected his clubfoot — a treatment he otherwise

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government has announced that Muslims would be allowed to perform Hajj this year provided they pay their travel costs in foreign currency, as the country faces its worst

BRUSSELS: The speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament made a vibrant plea Wednesday for his country to be named a candidate for European Union membership. The move would bring the war-torn nation closer

JEDDAH: Turkey is aiming to boost the tourism sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product by up to 15 percent this year, said its top ministry official. Speaking on the sidelines of the 116th

RIYADH: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is building three water reservoirs valued at 550 million dirhams ($149.7 million) to raise the storage capacity of desalinated water while enhancing the

DUBAI: More than 90 women plan to file lawsuits against the FBI, accusing former agents at the agency of botching the sex abuse investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, the New

RIYADH: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is set to pump $1 billion into food supply schemes to support nations affected by Russia’s war with Ukraine. The new OPEC Fund Food Security

LOS ANGELES: “Jurassic World Dominion” marks the finale of the new and original “Jurassic” trilogies, but fan excitement is far from extinct. “Dominion” sees a world where dinosaurs have escaped

The Iran-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi paramilitary movement has adopted a “divide-and-conquer strategy” in its efforts to dominate Iraq’s ethnically diverse Nineveh province. A new report by the

RIYADH: Jordan will provide one million job opportunities during the next 10 years as part of its new vision for its national economy, according to Jordan News Agency. As Jordan is facing economic

DUBAI: Pensioners protested in Iran on Monday against soaring living costs, according to Fars news agency and social media reports, in a further challenge to authorities grappling with weeks of

RIYADH: Bahrain announced on Monday 24 deaths from COVID-19 – the highest figure since the pandemic began. The number of cases in the kingdom has increased sharply during May, with 3,177 new

“Beware the Asian Cup’s most entertaining player!”, warned Australia’s newspapers as the Socceroos prepared to face the UAE for a place at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup final, the host nation’s publications

GAZA: Israel arrested four Palestinian fishermen off the Mediterranean coast of Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The Israeli military said it apprehended four suspects after

AL-MUKALLA: Hundreds of Yemenis thronged to health facilities across government-controlled areas to receive COVID-19 vaccines on Monday as the country resumed its campaign to inoculate thousands of

LONDON: An-Nahar newspaper launched on Monday a campaign titled “Your Judgement,” which calls for the independence of the Lebanese justice system and its liberation from political affiliations.

TUNIS: Tunisian police scuffled with protesters against President Kais Saied on Saturday as around 100 people demonstrated against a planned July referendum, a year after his power grab opponents

MADRID: Lebanese-Colombian superstar Shakira and FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said Saturday they were calling time on their relationship of more than a decade. The couple share two children.

KYIV: Ukraine’s embattled eastern region of Donetsk will not fall quickly to Russia’s assault, but it needs the world to supply more weapons to keep the offensive at bay, its governor told Reuters on

BERLIN: Three people were killed and several injured when a regional train derailed in southern Germany on Friday, a police spokesperson said. The spokesperson, who did not have any details on who