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Saudi Arabia urges Umrah pilgrims not to overstay visa
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Haj and Umrah on Saturday urged pilgrims arriving in the country to perform Umrah to ensure departure from the kingdom before the expiration of…
- Business
Larsen & Toubro bags project worth Rs 1,000-2,500 crore in Saudi Arabia
New Delhi: The power transmission and distribution business of Larsen & Toubro has secured “significant” engineering, procurement and construction orders in the current quarter to build transmission lines and substations in Saudi…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia celebrates Halloween; netizens have mixed reactions
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) celebrated the festival of Halloween alongside activities of the Riyadh Season 2022 between Thursday to Saturday, October 27 to 29. Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority…
- Technology
Saudi Prince ‘2nd largest shareholder’ in Twitter after Elon Musk
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Al Waleed bin Talal and the Saudi Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) have completed transferring their shares in Twitter to the new company, becoming the “second…
- Middle East
Saudi traveller arrives in Qatar on foot to attend FIFA World Cup
Doha: The Saudi traveller Abdullah Alsulmi, on Friday arrived at the Abu Samra border port on the Saudi border with Qatar after he travelled on foot from Jeddah to attend the FIFA…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia reports divorce cases every 10 minutes in 2022
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recorded an unprecedented increase in divorce rates during 2022 in the Kingdom, reaching 168 cases per day, with 7 divorce cases every hour, and at a…
- Middle East
Saudi Games 2022: Over 6K sportspersons participate
Riyadh: The Saudi Games 2022, the largest national sporting event in the history of the Kingdom, kicked off on Thursday. The Saudi Games is held under the patronage of the Custodian of…
- Middle East
Saudi King Salman pardons 6 Pakistanis at Shehbaz Sharif’s request
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday pardoned six Pakistanis who were arrested during last Ramzan after they verbally assaulted a woman inside the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.…
- India
Saudi Aramco exec detained in India for carrying satellite phone
New Delhi: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, the world’s largest oil company’s senior executive was arrested in India in July for carrying a satellite phone without permission from authorities while on…
- Middle East
American singer John Legend to headline concert in Saudi Arabia’s AlUla
Riyadh: Renowned American singer and songwriter John Legend, known for his hit ballad ‘All Of Me’, is all set to perform his first concert in the city of AlUla in the Kingdom…
- Middle East
Saudi Aramco unveils USD 1.5B sustainability fund
Jeddah: Saudi oil and gas company Aramco unveiled a USD 1.5 billion fund on Wednesday for sustainable investments, part of efforts to burnish the state-owned company’s green credentials in an announcement ahead…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia’s PIF establishes 5 regional investment companies
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, on Wednesday announced that the Public Investment Fund (PIF) has established five regional companies in Jordan, Bahrain, Sudan,…
- Middle East
1st of its kind in Middle East: Saudi launches oncology e-platform
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health, has announced the launch of the first electronic platform in the Middle East for oncology, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The oncology…
- Middle East
Saudi AlBaik launches 5 mobile restaurants for Qatar World Cup
Doha: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s fast food restaurant AlBaik announced on Tuesday, the launch of five mobile restaurants that will provide their services in Qatar during the World Cup, which is…
- Middle East
US based Lucid opens first Middle East studio in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The United States (US) based electric car maker Lucid Motors, which is partly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), on Tuesday announced the opening of its first studio in the…
