Environment & Energy | Sunday 27 September, 2015 4:30 am

220,000 cubic meters of water pumped since first day of Tashreeq in Mina

The National Water Company pumped 220,000 cubic meters of water in Mina without any disruption in supply since the first day of Tashreeq, according to Saudi Press Agency. Engineer Abdullah bin Ahmad Hasnain, director of the work unit of Makkah and Taif at the National Water Company, said that the...

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Government | Sunday 27 September, 2015 4:29 am

Golf carts a great help for pilgrims in Jamarat

The golf carts that have been provided by the Central Administration for Development Projects within the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs have transported 30,000 Haj pilgrims so far to their destinations including the sick, the elderly and those with special needs inside the Jamarat...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 27 September, 2015 4:25 am

BlackBerry to release smartphone to run on Android OS

BlackBerry has revealed plans to release the BlackBerry Priv as its first smartphone to run on the Android operating system. CEO John Chen said that the new phone, which is named after the privacy of its high-level security technology, will arrive before the end of this year in major...

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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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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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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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Healthcare | Friday 25 September, 2015 10:57 am

MoH: No MERS cases among Haj pilgrims

The current number of Coronavirus patients is 20 percent less than in the same period last year, with just 417 cases in comparison to 547 at this time in 2014, according to statistics from the Command and Control Center of the Ministry of Health. This news comes as the Minister of Health...

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Government | Thursday 24 September, 2015 3:25 am

Civil Defense personnel to use electric scooters in Jamrat

Brig. Gen. Nasser Al-Nahari, Commander of the Civil Defense forces in Jamarat, has revealed that electric scooters will be used by Civil Defense Personnel during the Haj season in order to ensure the fast movement of all Haj pilgrims in the Jamrat area for their safety and security, according to...

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