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BUCHAREST: Romania’s president sparked fresh political turmoil on Tuesday after rejecting a proposal by the election-winning leftist party to name the EU country’s first female and first Muslim prime minister. Klaus Iohannis gave no reasons for his rejection of Sevil Shhaideh, put forward by the Social Democrats (PSD), but there was speculation that it may be due to her Syrian ... Read More »

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he has evidence that US-led coalition forces give support to terrorist groups including Daesh and Kurdish militant groups YPG and PYD, he said on Tuesday. “They were accusing us of supporting Daesh,” he told a press conference in Ankara. “Now they give support to terrorist groups including Daesh, YPG, PYD. It’s very clear. We ... Read More »

By Adnan Al-Shabrawi JEDDAH — The fees to be paid by expatriates for their dependents will be effective from July 2017 and will be collected along with the fees for Iqama (residence permit) renewal, according to sources at the department of passports (Jawazat). The sources, however, said the Jawazat is still waiting to receive instructions on the mechanism to collect ... Read More »

NEW DELHI — A woman and a teenager believed to be linked to a banned militant group blew themselves up during a police raid on a two-story house in Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, a government minister said. The woman died after detonating explosives attached to her body during the raid, while the teenage boy’s bloodied body was found inside an ... Read More »

Jeddah —There are no plans at present to impose any taxes on remittances by expat workers, Mohammed Al-Tuwaijri, secretary general of the Financial Committee at the Royal Court, was quoted as saying by Al-Madina Arabic daily on Saturday. The Shoura Council is discussing plans to impose a 2 to 6 percent tax on expat workers’ remittances. Former Shoura Council member ... Read More »

By Syeda Amtul JEDDAH — A huge gathering of Bangladeshi expatriates witnessed the inauguration of the Bangladesh Krishok League’s (Bangladesh Farmers League — BKL) western Saudi Arabia branch at a function held at Hotel Holiday Inn in Jeddah recently. BKL President Mohammad Motahar Hossain Mollah inaugurated the ceremony. Giasuddin Mahmoud, vice chairman of Bangladesh International School Jeddah and president of ... Read More »

ANKARA: Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was assassinated Monday night during the opening ceremony of a photo exhibition in Ankara when he took to the podium to make a speech. Turkey’s interior minister said the gunman, 22-year-old Mevlut Mert Altintas, who was killed, was part of Ankara’s anti-riot police. The assailant was on duty as a security officer during ... Read More »

A 13-year-old boy has died in hospital in Bangladesh after an apparently gruesome assault at a spinning mill. The incident took place in Dhaka's Narayanganj district. Police say a colleague pumped air into the boy's rectum using a high-pressure hose. Police say the reason for the incident is not clear but the teenager's colleague has been arrested and his family ... Read More »

KUALA LUMPUR: Get set for a month of free rides on the MRT and its feeder buses from tomorrow. Beginning tomorrow until January 16, all rides on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) as well as feeder bus services will be free of charge for the public. This was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak at the official launch ... Read More »

IRBIL: Daesh has been producing weapons on a scale and sophistication which matches national military forces and has standardized production across their self-styled caliphate, an arms monitoring group says. Conflict Armament Research (CAR) said the terror group had a “robust supply chain” of raw materials from Turkey, and the technical precision of its work meant that it could not be ... Read More »

RIYADH: New Saudi banknotes and coins to commemorate the era of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman were officially launched here Tuesday night. Livestreaming of the launch of the new currency by the Riyadh-based Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) marked the formal release of the sixth issue of Saudi legal tenders. The new banknotes are identical in size ... Read More »

By Abeer Al-Fahd   RIYADH — An Asian street cleaner in his 50s did not realize that a sarcastic comment about him on social media would result in an outpouring of support and make him rich in a matter of hours. The man, Nuzroul Abdul Karim from Bangladesh, was photographed looking at gold on display at a jewelry shop. A ... Read More »

JEDDAH: Fifteen people who have been accused of spying for Iran were sentenced to death by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, local media reported on Tuesday. Fifteen other suspects were slapped with prison terms ranging from six months to 25 years, while two of the accused were acquitted, Al-Riyadh newspaper said. The sentencing capped 10 months of trial, which ... Read More »