Five thousand and eighty people have been charged with terrorism-related crimes and 1,612 of them sentenced to several years in prison by a Saudi court, the Ministry of Interior announced Saturday; Kazinform refers to Arab News.
“All necessary steps will be taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs depending upon the situation in Iran,” said Osama Nugali, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry. Asked about the possible evacuation of diplomats and support staff from the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, Nugali said that the ministry would take “further measures if the situation worsens.”
Algerian twins Sarah and Ekram were separated during an eight-phase marathon surgery that began at 7:30 a.m. and lasted until 6 p.m. The operation was carried out in line with the instructions of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
An aviation doctor has already examined Hindi, who is awaiting a medical clearance certificate to be issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency of the US Department of Transportation.
“It is too early to talk about the possibility of any future seismic activity in the Arabian Peninsula,” said Khaled Abdulaziz Al-Eissa of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).
RIYADH: Attorneys representing the defunct Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation criticized the US government for designating the Saudi-based charity as a “global terrorist organization” without spelling out the charges against it in 2004.
The call was made by Rexhep Boja, charge d’affaires of the Kosovo Embassy, during a reception in Riyadh Saturday night to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the country’s independence.
Ansari said that the compensation amount received by the embassy for all dead Nepali workers is regularly sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Katmandu. Ansari, who gave Arab News a copy of bank statements and documents showing the remittance of money, contradicted the reports of his complicity in stealing compensation money.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched a multimillion riyal project to set up 122 new weather stations and install 11 weather surveillance radars (WSR). It forms part of an ambitious plan to expand the weather forecast system, with the main objective of warning the public about natural disasters like heavy rainfall and cyclones, Tarek Al-Samawi, a spokesman for the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME), said Wednesday.
“An additional few hundred are expected to be flown within a day or two,” said Waleed Al-Olumi, a spokesman for Saudi Arabian Airlines, which alone has operated 62 flights to evacuate Saudi citizens from different Egyptian cities so far.