Saudi Arabia
- Technology
iPhone maker Foxconn, Saudi Arabia enter EV market
Riyadh: iPhone maker Foxconn and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund have formed a joint venture called ‘Ceer’ to build and sell electric vehicles. The joint venture will license component technology from BMW…
- Middle East
Saudi: 11 persons get 65 yrs in jail for emblazing public property
Riyadh: As many as 11 persons were on Wednesday sentenced to 65 years in jail and penalized Saudi Riyal 29 million for allegedly emblazing public property. They were jailed for forming organised…
- Jobs
Saudi Arabia: JWS Global to hire candidates for online, onsite jobs in upcoming project
JWS Global is going to hire candidates for upcoming projects in Saudi Arabia. The hiring is for both online and onsite jobs. Selected candidates will get accommodation, medical and transportation. Based on…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Air Traffic rises by 43%; marine by 7%
Riyadh: The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Monday announced that in 2021, Saudi Arabia saw its air traffic increase by 43 percent while its marine traffic went up by seven percent.…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia updates passport procedure for travelling to Qatar
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) has updated travel procedures for those wishing to travel to Qatar from November 1. The decision has been taken in order to support those…
- Middle East
Saudi records a budget surplus of over SR14 billion in Q3 of 2022
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s finance ministry on Monday said that the country’s general budget recorded a surplus of SR14.14 billion during the third quarter of 2022. The budgetary revenues amounted to about SR301.86…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia to cut oil production by 573,000 barrels/day from Nov
Riyadh: Abiding by the decision of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Saudi Arabia has decided to reduce oil production by 573,000 barrels per day. OPEC+ recently decided to cut down…
- Middle East
Indian cyclist’s world tour entered into Saudi Arabia as 170th country
Jeddah: A young Indian cyclist who is on a mission to pedal around the globe and reached Saudi Arabia after touring different countries across the globe was touched by the warm welcome…
- Middle East
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…
