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  • Camel Fashion
    The latest compression-suit technology comes to camel racing and beauty contests

    A skin-tight fit for a camel, however, has its own difficulties – after six months of research, the design is still a work in progress. While race horses have a sleek and streamlined uniformity, race camels are too lumpy for a one-size-fits-all suit. It’s not just the variability in hump size, but hump placements that ­matters.

  • Gaza
    Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes in Gaza

    Human Rights Watch accused Israel of committing war crimes by attacking three U.N.-run schools in the Gaza Strip in fighting in July and August, killing Palestinian civilians who had sheltered there. The New York-based group issued a report on Thursday that it described as the first in-depth documentation of the incidents, which took place during a 50-day conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants that ended in a ceasefire on Aug. 26.

  • Social Media
    Who’s the king of the GCC social media ring?

    The UAE comes out on top with high Facebook and LinkedIn penetration rates, yet Saudi Arabia leads the region on most platforms, especially Twitter. According to the Arab Social Media Report published in May this year, Facebook usage in the Arab world has expanded to approximately 81 million users, while LinkedIn and Twitter user numbers have also grown to 8.5m and 6m, respectively.

  • U.S.-Saudi
    Joint Statement: Foreign Minister Prince Saud & Secretary of State Kerry

    Another important item that we discussed today is the importance of being clear in our plans and policies and to share responsibilities – this, in addition to being serious and continuous in our action to eliminate and wipe out all these terrorist organizations.

  • U.S. Strategy
    The “Best Game in Town” – Five Key Risks of the President’s Strategy

    It may seem unusual to criticize a strategy you have both suggested and endorse, and it is important to stress from the outset that President Obama has almost certainly chosen a strategy that is the “best game in town” — if he fully implements it, gives it the necessary resources, and sustains it over time.  The President has had to choose a strategy based on the “rules of the game” in the United States, in Iraq, in Syria, and allied states. They are rules that place major constraints on what the United States can do.

  • Saudi Entrepreneurs
    Young entrepreneurs become the toast of Saudi Arabia

    Young entrepreneurs were recognized at the prestigious Injaz-Saudi Arabia awards at Jeddah Hilton Tuesday night. The competition was launched in 2010 and attended annually by winners from all over the Kingdom. This year’s competition focused on preparing Saudi youths as the future leaders of the entrepreneurship world and involved 691 schools from more than 50 cities around the country.

  • Labor
    Expat employment in Saudi up by 14% in 2014

    A Shoura council member has urged the Labour Ministry not to allow major companies to circumvent Saudisation laws by signing accords with subcontractors run mostly by expatriates, according to the report in Arab News.

  • Terrorism
    Since 9/11, Fewer Americans Say Terrorism Top Problem

    Relatively few Americans -- usually less than 0.5% -- mentioned terrorism as the most important problem facing the U.S. prior to 9/11. But that changed quickly after the 9/11 attacks. Mentions jumped to 46% the month after the attacks, the highest percentage Gallup has found for terrorism since it began asking Americans monthly to name the most important problem facing the nation in March 2001.

  • Unrest in Yemen
    Saudi Arabia evacuates students from restive Yemen

    The Saudi Higher Education Ministry has issued instructions to evacuate 60 Saudi students who are studying at the University of Science and Technology (UST) in Sanaa due to the country’s volatile security situation, reports said on Tuesday.

  • Oil
    Why Now is the Worst time for Saudi Arabia’s Giant New Oil Refinery to Come Online

    Yanbu is coming online at a time when crude demand growth in Asia is disappointing, the region's refiners are struggling to make decent profits, crude prices have gone into contango and Middle East producers are cutting official selling prices (OSPs).