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Saudi Arabia: Snapchat stars fined SR 400,000
Riyadh: The General Commission for Audio Visual Media (GCAM) in Saudi Arabia on Sunday penalised two female Snapchat stars for allegedly defaming a friendly country. The Commission has summoned the Snapchat celebrities…
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Saudi Arabia: E-license service for trade of petroleum products
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the launch of electronic service to issue a license for import and export activity for petroleum products, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The Ministry of…
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Saudi Arabia begins levying fees for hiring extra domestic help
Riyadh: The ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has begun levying a fee on domestic workers as decided by the Council of ministers on Sunday. As per the new rule, Saudi…
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Yemeni Siamese twins Mawaddah, Rahma arrive in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The Yemeni Siamese twins Mawaddah and Rahma arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Sunday, accompanied by their parents, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The 3-month-old twins…
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Saudi embassy in Canada calls on citizens to be cautious
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi embassy in Canada on Sunday called on its citizens to exercise caution and stay at home due to continuous strong storms in Ontario. This came due to…
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Dubai police sponsor Umrah pilgrimage for 50 employees
Abu Dhabi: Fifty employees of the Dubai police on Saturday set off for Umrah pilgrimage on a special itinerary arranged and sponsored by the Dubai police general command. This was initiated by…
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Saudi Arabia: Expat colleagues raise Rs 96L to return Telangana labourer’s body
In a heartwarming gesture, Pakistani and Bangladeshi ex-pat labourers in Saudi Arabia recently crowd-funded Rupees 96 lakh in order to send back the mortal remains of a co-worker who belonged to Telangana.…
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Saudi Arabia bans citizens from travelling to India, 15 other countries
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has banned its citizens from travelling to India and 15 other countries, another outbreak of the COVID-19 cases. According to Saudi’s Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat),…
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Saudi: SAR 2L fine, jail time for threatening someone to perjure
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) announced the imposition of a fine of 200,000 Saudi Arabian Riyals (SAR) and 5-years jail on anyone who forces or threatens someone to perjure. The…
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Saudi-led coalition spy drone shot down in Yemen’s Hajjah
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have said they shot down a “spy drone” of the Saudi-led coalition that supports the Yemeni government in the country’s civil war, accusing the coalition of violating the…
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Uniform to be mandatory for taxi drivers in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has announced implementation of the uniform dress code for taxi drivers, effective from Tuesday, July 12, local media reported. The decision aims to raise the…
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In a first for Saudi Arabia, airline operates flight with all-female crew
Riyadh: For the first time in the history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi airline operated the first flight with an all-female crew. The Saudi low-cost airline flyadeal took off the…
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Saudi Arabia elected as representative of Arab group at ICAO
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) unanimously won the ICAO Council elections to be a representative of the Arab Group, during the 27th Ordinary General Assembly of the Arab Civil Aviation Organization,…
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Sana Khan goes on Umrah again, ‘Allah has been very kind to us’
Mumbai: Former actress Sana Khan and her husband Anas Saiyad have jetted off to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. This is couple’s second Umrah in 2022 and the third one after their…
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Irfan Pathan, his wife Safa Baig perform Umrah [Photos]
Mumbai: Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan and his wife Safa Baig are currently on a religious trip to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. Taking to Instagram and Twitter, Irfan shared a couple…