Middle East
Flight Delay: Airlines to Pay Massive Fines
by Ibrahim Naffee
JEDDAH – The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) will impose a SR300 hourly fine per passenger on local airliners who fail...
Lebanon Warns Refugees Against Returning To Syria
BEIRUT, June 1 – Lebanon’s interior ministry Saturday warned all Syrian refugees registered in the country not to go back to Syria as of Sunday,...
Saudi Govt Issues Stern Warning To Bogus Foreign Investors
SAUDI ARABIA, May 31 — The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has cancelled 792 licenses of foreign companies registered in the kingdom while urging small-scale foreign investors to...
Policeman Faces Punitive Action for Dishonoring the Kaaba
By P.K. Abdul Ghafour
JEDDAH — Makkah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah has expressed his indignation over a policeman putting his leg on the Holy...
Russia, China Veto UN Move on Syria Again
UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China, two permanent members of the UN Security Council, Thursday used their veto power over a draft resolution intended...