DUBAI: The US was right to designate the Houthi militia as a terrorist group the respondents to an Arab News Twitter poll said. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that the US planned to blacklist the Iran-backed group this month and place a number of its leaders on terror lists. And an overwhelming 84.5 percent of the 627 who voted in the Arab News poll said
KAUST Challenge: Ideas and solutions for Hajj and Umrah
The event aimed to improve the Hajj and Umrah experiences for millions of people visiting from around the world
Updated 29 March 2021
March 29, 2021 00:36
JEDDAH: Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the governor of Makkah hosted the KAUST Challenge Award Ceremony on Sunday.
The event aimed to bring in leading experts and solutions to turn the holy city of Makkah into a smart city, and implement smart solutions to accommodate and improve the Hajj and Umrah experiences for millions of people visiting from around the world.
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A general view shows Sudanese people and traffic along a street in Khartoum, Sudan. File photo: Reuters Asharq Al-Awsat
Saudi Arabia has welcomed the US move to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism and asked allies and friends, financial and international institutions to respond to Sudan’s urgent needs, and to begin the process of forgiving their loans.
The US formally rescinded Sudan s status as a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday, removing the biggest barrier to the African country s access to international lending institutions and economic development.
US President Donald Trump had announced in October that he was delisting Sudan, 27 years after Washington first put the country on its blacklist for harboring militants.