In recent years, Nike ad campaigns have depicted a series of previously unthinkable scenes: Saudi girls studying, driving, and even playing sports—alone, unaccompanied by male guardians. While Nike may be in the business of selling sneakers, its partner in Riyadh was selling something far more consequential: Mohammed bin Salman, the prince-engineer of Saudi Arabia’s social…
Another year, another moonsighting debate where as Saudi Arabia declares that Eid-ul-Fitr 1446 will fall on Sunday, March, 30 2025, the global Muslim community finds itself divided over when to celebrate. The UK-based New Crescent Society had already raised concerns about the announcement, calling it “controversial” and highlighting the scientific impossibility of seeing the Shawwal…
The head of Hong Kong’s anti-graft agency has vowed to crack down on bribery cases involving the city’s imported workers amid a rising trend, but stressed there is no systemic risk of corruption among new arrivals. Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Danny Woo Ying-ming said on Thursday that investigators had held talks in…
The bombshell publication of a group chat involving Trump administration officials discussing U.S. battle plans revealed in unusually stark fashion what the Trump administration hopes to achieve with airstrikes this month against the Houthi militia in Yemen. The attacks, some of the chat’s participants said, were meant to deter the Houthis from attacking commercial ships…
The holy month of Ramadan is all set to conclude as Muslims around the world will observe Eid al-Fitr, depending on the sighting of the moon on March 30 or March 31. Eid ul-Fitr is observed at the end of the month of Ramadan every year, signaling the beginning of Shawwal, the tenth month in…
Art Central returns this year on Wednesday with more galleries from the Gulf region, at a time when Hong Kong is pushing to build ties with the Middle East for fresh growth amid geopolitical challenges. The 10th edition of the art fair is set to open at the Central Harbourfront, featuring two galleries from the…
Art Central returns this year on Wednesday with more galleries from the Gulf region, at a time when Hong Kong is pushing to build ties with the Middle East for fresh growth amid geopolitical challenges. The 10th edition of the art fair is set to open at the Central Harbourfront, featuring two galleries from the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov during a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Moscow, Russia October 8, 2024. Sergei Ilnitsky | Via Reuters The Kremlin on Tuesday said that it would not disclose the content of ceasefire deal talks with…
Day-long talks in Saudi Arabia between the U.S. and Russia over a ceasefire in the Ukraine war were “difficult” but “constructive,” a Russian official said. Grigory Karasin, a member of the Russian delegation and head of the international committee of the Federation Council, gave the update to state news agency RIA. “A very interesting, difficult,…
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appeared at odds on Sunday night over peace talks as delegations prepared to discuss a possible ceasefire in Ukraine. The United States was optimistic that Monday’s summit in Saudi Arabia could pave the way to a “full-on” ceasefire and bring an end to the three-year war, Mr Trump’s envoy to…