Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 26 September, 2015 4:37 pm

Etihad Airways Showcase its Innovation in Europe with Mobile Product Exhibition

Etihad Airways has launched a unique new mobile exhibition which will visit its key European markets to give commercial partners and consumers first-hand experience of the airline’s revolutionary new cabin products and inflight service elements.   Weighing approximately 22 tonnes...

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Business & Money | Saturday 26 September, 2015 4:23 pm

Qatar Rail’s tunneling operations enter Guinness World Records Book

MARKING a milestone for large-scale transport projects in Qatar and across the region, Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail), the company overseeing the construction of Qatar’s integrated railway network, has been officially recognized by the Guinness World Records (the global authority on...

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Government | Saturday 26 September, 2015 12:48 pm

Al-Mashaer Train has all but eliminated congestion

Prior to the introduction of Al-Mashaer Train, millions of pilgrims used to be in their buses and other means of transport for hours on end moving form one place to another as part of their Haj rituals.  The announcement of plans to build a series of tunnels, bridges and the holy...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 26 September, 2015 12:44 pm

Apple fans brave Sydney rain as new iPhone 6s hit stores

The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus hit stores on Friday, with dozens of people — and a robot — queuing in Sydney to kick off a global sales cycle that will be scrutinized for signs of how much juice Apple Inc's  marquee product has left. Analysts expect 12 million to 13 million...

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Sports | Saturday 26 September, 2015 12:41 pm

Qatar World Cup to kick off Nov. 21

 Despite hastily canceling a news conference scheduled with President Sepp Blatter after the surprise arrival of Swiss federal police at its headquarters, FIFA did make some decisions during its two-day executive committee meeting that ended Friday. Among the decisions announced through a...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 26 September, 2015 4:23 am

Rare complete lunar eclipse over Kingdom early on Monday

The Astronomy Society of Jeddah said that the skies above Saudi Arabia would witness a complete lunar eclipse before sunrise on Monday morning, which will also be viewed in the skies of the entire Arab region, North and South America, Europe, Africa and West Asia. Engineer Majid Abu Zahirah,...

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Government | Saturday 26 September, 2015 4:22 am

Citizen offers free use of taxis to Hajis

A concerned Saudi citizen has joined collective efforts of both the government and private sectors in rendering service to pilgrims in the holy sites.  “The citizen is one among those who have shown to the pilgrims magnanimity and benevolence which are in accordance with the spirit of ...

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Government | Friday 25 September, 2015 11:04 am

King orders review of Haj plans

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered a review of the Kingdom’s Haj plans and entire procedures for the annual pilgrimage of Haj following the stampede in Mina.  The King also directed the agencies concerned to carry out a prompt investigation into circumstances...

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Business & Money | Friday 25 September, 2015 11:02 am

Wall Street joins global stocks slide; euro and bonds rise

Stocks around the world fell for a fifth day on Thursday, sliding toward two-year lows, as worries lingered over global growth and as the scandal over Volkswagen’s emissions test-cheating rattled Europe’s carmakers. Government bonds prices rose on safety bids, while the dollar fell...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 25 September, 2015 11:00 am

OPEC is winning battle to stimulate gasoline demand

OPEC’s bid to curb production of high-cost oil is taking time to produce results but the organization is already making good progress on its other objective of stimulating fuel demand. In the first half of the year, gasoline deliveries into US local markets jumped by 4.3 percent compared...

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