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Saudi Aramco announces completion of share sale worth $12.4bn
Riyadh: Saudi Aramco has announced the completion of a $12.4 billion sale in its natural gas pipeline to an international investor consortium. The consortium consists of a broad cross-section of investors from…
- NRIs Corner
Indus Food 4th edition very informative platform
The Saudi Indian Business Network (SIBN), under the Patronage of Indian Embassy, Riyadh and Consulate General of India, Jeddah led a delegation to the recently concluded fourth edition of Indus Food which is…
- Middle East
‘Iran-Saudi talks continue in constructive climate’
Tehran: The spokesman of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the talks between Tehran and Saudi Arabia to settle issues continue in a “constructive” climate. The spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh on Monday…
- Middle East
Riyadh: Restaurant owned by Hyderabad man gutted in fire accident
Hyderabad: A fire broke out inside a Hyderabadi restaurant at a famous Indian locality in Riyadh on Wednesday afternoon. The gutted Alfa restaurant is one of the oldest establishments there serving Indian…
- Middle East
Saudi extends residency permits, visit visas for expats
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has extended the validity of residency permits for expatriates who are outside the Kingdom, as well as exit and re-entry visas for visitors, state media said in a report. The…
- Middle East
Iran confirms direct talks with Saudi
Tehran: Iranian authorities have confirmed reports that direct talks had taken place with Saudi Arabia on Monday. “There have been talks and they have been about bilateral and regional issues,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson…
- Middle East
Saudi Aramco’s Q1 net profit rises by 30%
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco said on Tuesday that its net profit increased by 30 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, due to higher oil prices and an improved economic…
- Middle East
Over 9mn vaccine doses administered in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: Over nine million doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered across Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late Thursday on its official Twitter account. According to the statement,…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia reports 1,072 new Covid-19 infections
Riyadh: Single-day coronavirus cases stayed above 1,000-mark on Saturday with 1,072 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. The ministry announced nine more deaths over…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: 150-year old Al Mansaf Mosque reopens after renovation
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday reopened a 150-year old Al Mansaf Mosque as part of Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s project to preserve historical mosques in the Kingdom. As per media…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels
Dubai: Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen’s Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country’s yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom’s latest attempt…
- Middle East
Oil giant Saudi Aramco sees 2020 profits drop to USD 49 billion
Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s state-backed oil giant Aramco announced Sunday that its profits nearly halved in 2020 to USD 49 billion, a big drop that came as the coronavirus pandemic roiled global energy markets.…
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Saudi Arabia prohibits men from marrying women from Pakistan, 3 other nations: Report
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has prohibited its men from marrying women from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad and Myanmar, Dawn reported citing a report in Saudi media. According to unofficial figures, there are about 500,000…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia shuts down 184 Chinese websites for marketing fake products: Report
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has shut down 184 Chinese websites for targeting the Saudi market with poor and adulterated goods and fake offers, Gulf News reported. The websites also failed to offer consumers…
- Middle East
Saudi shuts more mosques after worshippers test COVID-19 positive
Riyadh: As many as 79 mosques have been temporarily closed in Saudi Arabia in the past nine days after several worshippers tested positive for COVID-19, the ministry of Islamic affairs said on Tuesday.…
- Middle East
Saudi announces job vacancies for women as first soldiers
Riyadh: The agency for military affairs of Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced openings for the first soldier (lance corporal) job that is exclusively reserved for women. Riyadh’s King Fahd Security College will take…
- Middle East
32 mosques shut in Saudi after worshippers test COVID positive
Jeddah: As many as 32 mosques have been temporarily shut in Saudi Arabia in the past three days after several worshippers tested positive for COVID-19, local media reports said. On Wednesday, ten…
- Middle East
Iraq reports 757 new COVID cases, tally rises to 599,126
Baghdad: The Iraqi Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday 757 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total nationwide infections to 599,126. It reported in statement 12 new deaths, raising the death toll from the…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to abolish sponsorship system; move to benefit over 1M
Riyadh: In a landmark move, Saudi Arabia is set to abolish the sponsorship system effective from the first half of the next year. The sponsorship system called kafala, ties the workers to their…
- News
Hyderabad man dies in Riyadh, father seeks govt help
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old man has died in Riyadh and his father urged the central government to enquire into the matter and help in repatriation of the body. Shaik Fareed, father of deceased…
- News
Hindutva hatred and India-Gulf ties—warning signals coming
This is the third and final part of the article written by Talmiz Ahmad. He is a former diplomat, holds the Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis International University, Pune, and is consulting…
- Middle East
Republic Day Celebrations in Riyadh further Indo-KSA ties
At the Cultural Palace in the diplomatic quarters of Riyadh, the 71st Republic Day celebrations marked the strengthening of an age-old bond between India and Saudi Arabia. In his welcome address Ambassador Ausaf…
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Pak FM in Riyadh to defuse Saudi-Iran tensions
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi held talks with his Saudi counterpart in Riyadh in what appears to be a visit linked to Islamabad’s efforts to seek de-escalation in rising tensions…
- Middle East
Premature delivery costing Rs. 4.5 crore to TS family in Riyadh
By Irfan Mohammed Jeddah: The parents of premature quadruplets born at a leading hospital in Riyadh are appealing for help. The parents had paid for a normal delivery package but owing to…
- Middle East
Riyadh in talks with Yemen rebels in a bid to end civil war
RIYADH: Riyadh is in talks with Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels in a bid to end the country’s civil war, a Saudi official said Wednesday in the first official confirmation of dialogue between…
- India
Modi reaches out to Riyadh
New Delhi: Since Narendra Modi was first elected Prime Minister in May 2014, there has been a perceptible shift in India’s approach towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. For centuries, though, the…
- Middle East
IPS officer Merin Joseph in Riyadh by wearing Abaya – Pic inside
By Mr. Irfan Mohammed Jeddah: The extradition of NRI worker, who is accused in a rape case in Kerala, is diplomatic success for a number of reasons. India’s success rate in extraditing…
- Middle East
Khashoggi’s killers will pay the price, says Erdogan
Istanbul: Shortly upon the release of a UN report regarding Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said that late journalist’s killers “will pay the price.” “(They will) pay…
- Hyderabad News
Hyderabadi man stranded in Riyadh, mother seeks Indian Embassy’s help
Hyderabad: A Hyderabadi woman has urged the Indian Embassy in Riyadh to rescue her son who is stranded in the Gulf nation. “Some agents in Riyadh, Saudi have locked my son in…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr today – Here’s the live streaming from Makkah
Makkah: Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr today. It may be mentioned that Saudi Arabia observed 29 fast in Ramadan this year. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other neighboring…
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