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Saudi: Dog barking leads owner to jail for ‘violating public morals’
Riyadh: A dog’s barking in an apartment building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, led to the conviction of a Sudanese resident on charges of violating public morals, local media reported. The Saudi Appeals…
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Saudi: Rua Al Madinah project to facilitate 30M pilgrims, 93K jobs
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has announced the launch of the infrastructure works and the master plan for the Rua Al Madinah project, in the area east of the…
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Saudi Arabia to open first Korean language institute in Riyadh
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) plans to open the King Sejong Institute in the capital, Riyadh, on Sunday, September 11, and it is the first institute to teach the Korean…
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Saudi Arabia to invest USD 1 billion in Pakistan
Islamabad: Saudi Arabia will invest USD 1 billion in Pakistan to support the cash-strapped country’s ailing economy, the Gulf Kingdom’s Foreign Minister told his Pakistani counterpart during a telephonic conversation on Thursday.…
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Saudi records highest oil exports in its history during June 2022
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s oil exports during the month of June on an annual basis jumped by 94.1 per cent, to reach about 117.7 billion riyals (about 31.32 billion dollars),…
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Saudi jails former Imam of Makkah’s Grand Mosque to 10 years
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Courts of Appeal has sentenced a prominent former imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Makkah Sheikh Saleh Al Talib to ten years in prison.…
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Saudi to allow children of illegal residents to enrol in schools
The Ministry of Education declared on Tuesday that the children of foreigners who are illegally residing in Saudi Arabia will be permitted to sign up in schools for the new academic year.…
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Saudi Arabia to hold Global AI Summit in September
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will organise the second edition of the Global AI Summit in September. Under the theme “Artificial Intelligence for the Good of Humanity”, the upcoming event will attract experts and…
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Buried Indian body exhumed in Saudi Arabia to send home for last Hindu rituals
Jeddah: In one of the rare cases, an NRI worker’s dead body was exhumed from a graveyard in Saudi Arabia where it was buried mistakenly two months ago and Indian officials are…
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Egypt, Saudi and Greece to submit tripartite bid to host FIFA WC 2030
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Greece are planning to submit a tripartite bid to host FIFA World Cup in 2030. Earlier this month Egypt’s sports and youth minister Ashraf Sobhi finalised the plan…
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Saudi: Students to be taught financial literacy from next year
Riyadh: In a recent statement Saudi Arabia’s education ministry has said that students will be taught financial literacy in the upcoming academic year. Also ReadHamas, Islamic Jihad vow resistance to Israeli occupation…
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Saudi allows expat returnees to replace expired driving licences
Saudi Arabian authorities have decided to allow returning expatriates to apply for a new driving licence if they possess a new visa. The Saudi General Directorate of Traffic recently released a statement,…
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Saudi doctors remove coin from minor girl’s oesophagus
Dubai: Doctors in Saudi Arabia on Sunday removed a coin from a girl’s oesophagus four years after she swallowed it accidentally. After conducting a chest X-ray on the girl, the doctors found…
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UAE ambassador to Iran to resume duties in coming few days
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday, that the UAE’s ambassador to Iran, Saif Mohammed Al Zaabi, will resume his duties at the embassy in Tehran in the coming days,…
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Bus carrying 23 Saudi tourists overturns in Turkey
Riyadh: A bus carrying 23 Saudi tourists was involved in a traffic accident in the Turkish province of Rize on Sunday morning, local media reported. Four people were taken to the hospital,…