RAFHA — The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) said that more than 52,000 of violating perfume-manufacturing materials from unknown sources, ready for distribution and poorly stored, were seized at a rest house in Rafha governorate.
The SFDA found (...)
RIYADH — President of Human Rights Commission (HRC) Awwad Al-Awwad met here on Thursday with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arabian Peninsula Affairs Daniel Benaim.
During the meeting, they discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation (...)
MANAMA — Bahrain's Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments has decided to limit access to mosques for the five daily prayers and Friday prayer for worshipers who have spent 14 days after taking the second dose of a coronavirus vaccine (...)
WASHINGTON — The United States has reiterated its support for Saudi Arabia to defend itself in face of threats posed by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia.
In a press conference on Thursday, spokesman for the US Department of Defense John Kirby (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Sports has announced the resumption of professional sporting activities across the Kingdom, starting from June 21 (Sunday).
The move comes three months after the Kingdom decided to halt all the sports activities (...)
RIYADH — Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, sent cables of condolences to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for the victims of the terrorist attack which took (...)
RIYADH — Six workers died inside a large underground water pipeline while carrying out construction work on the project site in Aziziyah district in Riyadh. The mishap occurred on Wednesday evening, according to Lt. Col. Muhammad Al-Hammadi, (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Health announced that it has begun implementing a new mechanism of home quarantine for citizens arriving in the Kingdom from abroad. The returnees will be quarantined in their homes in accordance with specific (...)
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates on Thursday unveiled an initiative to bring back around 200,000 residents who have valid visas and are stranded overseas following the suspension of international flights due to global outbreak of the coronavirus (...)
RIYADH — The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has announced it will lower the cap on termination rates for local mobile and fixed calls. Termination rates, which are the fees network providers charge one another for (...)
JEDDAH — An unprecedented lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday alleges that Qatar secretly provided financial support for a number of terror attacks that killed Americans.
The lawsuit filed by American attorney Steven Perles seeks (...)
DHAHRAN — The King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) will launch a new cultural window next Saturday, through the establishment of a series of dialogue sessions under the slogan "Enrichment Dialogues, Closer to You" which open a door for (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Sports unveiled on Thursday the details of the second edition of Dakar Rally to be held in the Kingdom.
The historic 12-day marathon, which is scheduled to run from Jan. 3-15, will start and finish in Jeddah after (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has prepared an inventory of about 229 rare and perennial trees, some of them up to 1,400 years old, in the governorates and towns in various regions of Asir. The ministry has counted and (...)
KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait on Thursday reported 609 new coronavirus cases and four more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections to 34,432 and fatalities to 279 in the country, state news agency KUNA reported (...)
MANAMA — Bahrain on Thursday recorded 468 new coronavirus cases and 378 recoveries, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health.
Of the new cases, 273 were detected among expatriate workers, while 176 were due to contacts of (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia reported on Thursday 3,733 new coronavirus infections, surpassing the 3,000-mark for six consecutive days.
This is the highest ever daily toll since the outbreak of the pandemic, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 (...)
MUSCAT — Oman on Thursday registered 1,067 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Sultanate to 19,954, the health ministry said in a statement carried by Oman News Agency.
Among the (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has launched a field campaign to educate expatriate workers on the need to follow health protocols in their lifestyle within and outside their workplaces in its bid to stem the spread (...)
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates on Thursday announced 479 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 40,986, the state news agency WAM said citing a statement from the Ministry of Health and Prevention.
The new (...)
ABU DHABI — Outward personal remittances from the United Arab Emirates increased in the first quarter of 2020 by 7.8 percent or AED3 billion ($816, 78 million) from AED38.4 billion to AED 41.4 billion compared to the same period of 2019, according (...)
up on the implementation of OIC Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women (OPAAW), and the challenges faced by the process of empowering women in the Member States, especially the difficult conditions experienced by women in areas of conflict and (...)
JEDDAH — King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah received the bulk of Umrah pilgrims who arrived from abroad this season. According to statistics released by the Ministry of Haj and Umrah, 69 percent of pilgrims traveled through the (...)
DAMMAM — Saudis spend around 35 percent of their budget on entertainment during Eid, Al-Madina newspaper reported.
Essa Al-Showqabi, father of two children, said he preferred to send his kids to indoor entertainment rather than outdoor events.
"The (...)
JEDDAH — A recent report confirmed that cyber criminals have successfully adopted new tactics and techniques designed to rob bank clients, creating problems for financial institutions, Makkah daily reported.
The year 2016 saw a rapid increase in (...)
