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Saudi Arabia summons Denmark’s charge d’affaires over desecration of Quran
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has summoned the Denmark charge d’affaires in the Kingdom over recent desecration of copies of the Quran in Copenhagen. The ministry of foreign affairs said in…
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Saudi Arabia hits out at Israeli minister’s for storming into Al-Aqsa compound
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday, July 27, condemned the storming Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by an Israeli minister and some settlers and warned of its dangerous consequences. The Israeli…
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Saudi Arabia scraps visa stickers for these 12 countries
Riyadh: The authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have have decided to cancel visa stickers for arrivals from 12 countries and replace them with printed e-visa. The General Authority of…
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Saudi appoints first female director general of education
Riyadh: Manal bint Mubarak Al Luhaibi made history as she became the first Saudi Arabian woman to hold a leadership position in the field of education. The Saudi minister of education Youssef Al Bunyan…
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Pakistan inks deals with local, Chinese firms for Saudi-backed oil refinery
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik said on Thursday that four Pakistani public entities signed three memorandums of understanding to raise the necessary local equity for a multibillion-dollar Saudi…
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Saudi Arabia cautions people against extreme heat waves
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has warned people against exposure to extreme heat that most regions of the Kingdom witness during the summer season. The Ministry of Health (MoH) on…
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Saudi fighter jet crashes during training, killing crew
Riyadh: An F-15SA fighter jet of the Royal Saudi Air Force crashed during a training session, killing the crew on board, state media reported. Turki Al-Malki, the spokesman of the Saudi Defence…
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Saudi Cabinet reiterates condemnation of Quran desecration in Sweden, Denmark
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers, chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on Tuesday, July 25, reiterated the Kingdom’s strong condemnation of the repeated acts of the desecration of…
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Saudi club Al-Hilal offers to pay a billion dollar to get Kylian Mbappe
Al-Hilal, a professional multi-sports club, based in Saudi Arabia has made an official bid of 300 million-euro (332 million USD) for French striker Kylian Mbappe. L’Equipe, a French media reported that Paris…
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Saudi convicts 23 expats in money laundering case
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Monday, July 24, convicted 23 expatriates of Asian nationalities on charges of money laundering, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The Public Prosecution investigation…
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Saudi Arabia: Forged degree lands NRI in jail
Jeddah: Some expatriates, whose visa professional status required qualifications, are feeling the heat in authenticating academic qualification documents. Besides engineers and scores of other technical job visa holding expatriate employees are required…
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Yemen’s Houthi group says peace talks stalled over payment dispute with Saudi
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi militia said that peace talks with Saudi Arabia have been put on hold because of a dispute over the payment of the country civil servants in areas held by…
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Saudi Arabia: Temperatures expected to reach 50 degrees Celcius this week
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced that the high temperatures are expected to continue until the end of this week in four regions, ranging from 46 and 50 degrees Celsius.…
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Saudi Arabia spends over USD 18 billion on ‘visitor’ refugees in 12 years
Riyadh: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has spent a total of 18.6 billion dollars aid on visitor refugees within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) since 2011 until the…
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Saudi: First flight of Umrah pilgrims lands in Madinah
Riyadh: The first flight of pilgrims coming to perform Umrah for the year 1445 AH arrived at Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz international airport in Madinah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The Saudi General Directorate…