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RIYADH: Global oil demand was at 102 percent of pre-pandemic levels in December 2022, primarily driven by gains in Japan, Indonesia, and South Korea, the latest data from the Joint Organizations Data

RIYADH: Saudi Telecom Co. has posted profit exceeding SR12 billion ($3.2 billion) for the first time in its history. The telecommunications firm reported an 8 percent increase in its net profit to

Riyadh: Saudi designer Mona Al-Furayan has launched a new Founding Day collection of her brand clothing brand, Jelbab. Founding Day is commemorated annually in the Kingdom on Feb. 22 to mark the

NEW YORK: For two weeks, an owl that escaped from New York’s Central Park Zoo has flown from treetop to treetop, eluding capture and amassing legions of fans worried about its ability to survive

LONDON: Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such as “Cats,’’ “The Phantom of the Opera’’ and “Evita,’’ has written the anthem for King Charles

DUBAI: The Berlin International Film Festival red carpet on Saturday became a protest platform against Iran’s regime when a group of the country’s filmmakers and international stars, joined by jury

Riyadh: A new documentary called “The Story of Emblem Road” tells the story of the horse’s victory in the 2022 Saudi Cup, through the eyes of its owner Prince Saud bin Salman Abdulaziz, jockey Alexis

RIYADH: The volume of global investment in carbon capture and storage projects has hit $6.4 billion in 2022, said Fatih Yilmaz, an expert in the Climate and Sustainability Program at the King

LONDON: She lived and died aged about 40 some 2,000 years ago, in the fabled Nabataean city of Hegra. Now the face of one of the ancestors of today’s Saudis has been brought back to life, thanks to

RIYADH: Naif Arab University for Security Sciences will host a three-day workshop titled “Cyber-enabled financial crimes: Online social-engineering scams” in Riyadh, beginning on Sunday. Experts from

BEIRUT: The death toll from an attack by the Daesh group against an army checkpoint and people collecting truffles in central Syria has risen to at least 53, most of them civilians, state media and

LONDON: Australian boys held in detention camps in northeast Syria are set to be separated from their families and placed in men’s prisons, The Guardian reported. At least 10 boys of various

RAS AL-KHAIMAH: The Ras Al-Khaimah Half Marathon returned for its 16th edition this morning, with an electrifying race that saw world-class athletes Bernard Koech and Hellen Obiri cross the finish

SHARJAH: The Environment and Protected Areas Authority on Friday celebrated the first anniversary of the opening of the world’s largest safari park outside Africa, the Sharjah Safari project. Opened

JEDDAH: After the destructive earthquake that recently hit Syria and Turkiye, Emirati journalist Monther Al-Muzaki Al-Shamsi went to Syria to cover the disaster, where he met families and children

Riyadh luxury department store Harvey Nichols launched the eighth edition of its Ramadan Caravan fashion event on Feb. 15 ahead of the holy month. Offering fashion and accessories from top regional

RIYADH: During his visit to the UK Embassy in Riyadh on Wednesday, British Minister for the Middle East Lord Tariq Ahmed stated that the only way to mitigate security risks within the region and in

DUBAI: Arts AlUla has launched a new exhibition that brings renowned artist Andy Warhol’s work to the Arabian desert for the first time. Titled “Fame: Andy Warhol in AlUla,” the event is organized by

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to speak with China’s President Xi Jinping about what the United States says was a Chinese spy balloon that a US fighter jet shot down

DUBAI: Pharmaceutical and biotechnology company AstraZeneca has announced plans to build sustainable offices at Dubai Science Park, the Emirates News Agency reported on Thursday. It said the design

DUBAI: Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, has touched down in Saudi Arabia to be with her son’s family — and she took to Instagram with a picture of her grandson, Cristiano

Last Sunday, the final of the DP World ILT20 was played in front of a near capacity crowd in Dubai. The previous day, at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat the Pretoria

Jeddah: Saudi vintage collector, fashion entrepreneur and creative consultant Rae Joseph is tapping into the Kingdom’s nostalgia by shedding light on the azeema — a type of gathering that took place

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended for nine months an asset freeze and travel ban targeting a dozen Yemenis, mainly top members of the Iran-backed Houthi militia, over the