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Insurance for jobless Saudis to be tackled by Shoura

2013-05-18T03:32:37+00:00

JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS - Draft regulations of an insurance scheme for unemployed Saudis are likely to be debated at the Shoura Council today.
The insurance scheme consists of 31 articles. It falls under the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) and provides “a minimum amount of income for a worker who lost his/her job for reasons out of his/her hands ...”

The US government might be the biggest hacker in the world

2013-05-12T06:13:57+00:00

RT - The United States government is investing tens of millions of dollars each year on offensive hacking operations in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the computers of its adversaries, Reuters reports.

According to an in-depth article published Friday by journalist Joseph Menn, the US and its Department of Defense contractors are increasingly pursuing efforts to hack the computers of foreign competitors, in turn exposing a rarely discussed aspect of the nation’s clandestine cyber operations.

UAE slams Iran visit to disputed Gulf islands

2013-05-07T06:11:43+00:00

Arabianbusiness - By Reuters - The UAE has criticised a visit by Iranian lawmakers to Gulf islands near the Strait of Hormuz at the centre of a territorial dispute between the two countries, who are both trade partners and strategic rivals.

Tension between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in a Middle East shaken by two years of political turmoil has sharpened the 42-year-old dispute, complicating an ambivalent relationship in which national pride has vied uneasily with economic pragmatism.

Syria: Attack on military facility was a 'declaration of war' by Israel

2013-05-05T13:17:22+00:00

By Frederik Pleitgen and Sara Sidner - Damascus, Syria (CNN) -- A Syrian official called an attack Sunday on the nation's military research facility a "declaration of war" by Israel.

In an interview with CNN, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad said the attack represented an alliance between Islamic terrorists and Israel.

Absence of Policy on Niqab in Tunisian Schools Sparks Tension

2013-04-13T07:17:51+00:00

Tristan Dreisbach - Tunisia Live - A Tunisian high school principle alleges that he was assaulted Wednesday because of his decision to ban a student wearing a niqab from participating in classes. The incident occurred in the town of Menzel Bouzelfa, where the principle, Abdelwahed Sandasni, accused Islamist activists of attacking him.

$100 a barrel reasonable price for oil: Al-Naimi

2013-03-26T10:09:19+00:00

Saudi Gazette - KUWAIT CITY - Saudi Arabia said Monday that $100 a barrel is a "reasonable" price for oil while its Gulf neighbor Kuwait said the price is "fair" and the market was stable.

"In 1997, I thought 20 dollars was reasonable. In 2006, I though 27 dollars was reasonable," Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi told reporters in Kuwait City on the sidelines of a Gulf oil conference.

‘Quarantine her!’ Top Tunisian Islamist says topless girl needs stoning

2013-03-23T03:18:49+00:00

Al Arabiya - A Tunisian Salafi preacher has called for a 19-year old girl who posted her topless pictures on Facebook to be “quarantined” and stoned to death before she starts “an epidemic.”

Tunisian newspaper AssabahNews quoted Salafi preacher Alami Adel, who heads the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, saying: “According to God’s law, she deserves 80 to 100 lashes, but what she committed is worth much more than that. She deserves to be stoned to death and she must be quarantined because what she did is an epidemic.”

Kingdom Tower, Burj Khalifa and the era of the megatall buildings

2013-03-19T04:09:24+00:00

The National - James Langton - Imagine a particularly intricate and improbable piece of engineering that would uproot the Statue of Liberty, pedestal and all, from New York Bay and place it on top of the Burj Khalifa.

Now take a second Lady Liberty, all 93 metres of her, and balance this on top of the first. Only now do you have a structure to match the height of the proposed Kingdom Tower in Jeddah.

Obama Tells Israel He Will Prevent Iran Bomb

2013-03-16T07:00:00+00:00

Says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in 'a year' -
Asharq Alawsat - Jerusalem, Reuters - President Barack Obama has told Israelis that the United States has significant capabilities to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and that he was keeping all options on the table.

Saudi Arabia delays execution of seven facing crucifixion and firing squad

2013-03-06T03:28:05+00:00

Security official says king will review sentences handed to group for armed robbery -
Associated Press in Riyadh - The Guardian - The executions of seven Saudis sentenced to death by crucifixion and firing squad have been postponed for a week.

A Saudi security official said King Abdullah would review the sentences. He met families of the seven on Sunday.