AL-QURAYYAT — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) revealed that Al-Qurayyat in the northern Al-Jouf region recorded on Thursday the lowest temperatures reaching one degree Celsius below zero, followed by Turaif, which recorded zero degree (...)
RIYADH — The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) is organizing fireworks displays across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to celebrate its 94th National Day. The fireworks will be launched simultaneously in various regions of the Kingdom.
In Riyadh, (...)
ARAR — The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has foiled an attempt to smuggle in 349,710 Captagon pills at the Jadidat Arar Crossing on the northern Iraq border. Four persons were arrested.
The drugs were found hidden in a consignment of tile (...)
RIYADH — The rate of dust and sand storms in Saudi Arabia recorded a decrease of 80 percent during the last month. This is the lowest rate for the month of May in 20 years, according to reports from the Sand and Dust storm Warning Regional (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Culture has announced a series of cultural and historical events scheduled for February 21-26 to celebrate Saudi Founding Day, an annual event on February 22 that commemorates the establishment of the Saudi state by Imam (...)
JEDDAH — Moderate to heavy rain and fluctuations in weather conditions will be experienced in most regions of Saudi Arabia from Tuesday until Saturday, according to the latest forecast of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM).
The NCM warned of (...)
ARAR — Vice Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Mining Affairs Eng. Khalid Al-Mudaifer has confirmed that the Northern Border region contains 25% of Saudi Arabia's mineral wealth, with a total value of SR1.2 trillion.
Eng. Al-Mudaifer (...)
ARAR — The Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli confirmed that the value of water projects in Saudi Arabia exceeded SR150 billion within 8 years, of which, environmental and development projects were launched in (...)
ARAR — More than 157 investment opportunities worth about SR22 billion is being offered during the Northern Borders Investment Forum 2023.
The investment opportunities are distributed across a number of targeted sectors, such as transportation, (...)
ARAR — Minister of Investment Khaled Al-Falih said that the Ministry is working on a new phosphate project, costing SR33 billion, which will double the Kingdom's capacity of the product to become the third largest phosphate producer in the (...)
MADINAH — The e-commerce tour that the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority (Monsha'at) organized in partnership with the Saudi E-Commerce Council, has so far attracted more than over 3,500 visitors, according to a senior official at the (...)
RIYADH — The glow of fireworks celebrating the 93rd Saudi National Day dazzled millions of citizens and residents in various regions of the Kingdom on Saturday evening.
The entertainment areas and celebration sites witnessed a large attendance from (...)
ARAR — The Jadidat Arar land port in the Northern Border Region has been one of the major gateways for commercial movement between Saudi Arabia and Iraq over the past two years with the volume of bilateral trade exchange in the first half of 2023 (...)
RIYADH — The inflation rate in Saudi Arabia recorded an increase of 2.7 percent last month, compared to June of 2022. The rate of increase in inflation within a month stood at 0.2 percent in June 2023, compared to the previous month of May, (...)
DAMMAM — Prince Saud Bin Naif, emir of Eastern Province, has launched the start of conducting the electrical linkage between the GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) and Iraq.
The launch was attended by Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman (...)
Saudi Arabia and Iraq discussed establishing a special economic zone on the borders of the two countries.
The fifth session of the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council was held on Thursday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The meeting was held in the presence of (...)
RIYADH — Skies of 13 Saudi cities sparkled with colorful fireworks on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr.
The attendees felt the joy of Eid with the enchanting fireworks displays announced by the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) within the Eid (...)
RIYADH — The General Authority for Entertainment (GEA) has set the places where dazzling fireworks display will light up the skies of 13 cities in Saudi Arabia during the first day of Eid Al-Fitr.
The fireworks display which comes within the Eid (...)
RIYADH — Al-Ahli women have won the Saudi Women's Handball League Championship title by defeating Al-Nahda 23-8. The second edition of the championship, organized by the Saudi Arabian Handball Federation, was held at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musaed (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Culture has completed its preparations to organize a raft of cultural activities and events to mark the celebration of the Founding Day, which falls on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
There will be diverse innovative and creative (...)
JEDDAH — Nearly five million foreign Umrah pilgrims arrived in Saudi Arabia during the current Umrah season.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, as of Tuesday, Feb. 14, a total of 4,840,764 pilgrims from various countries (...)
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah reports that the number of Umrah performers of different nationalities who arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by air, land, and sea, this year amounted to 4,840,764; of these, 4,258,151 had left by (...)
Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah welcomed the arrival of 33,690 pilgrims from Iraq, among the two million pilgrims the Kingdom is preparing to receive during the 2023 Hajj season.
This came during a joint press conference the minister (...)
Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, welcomed the arrival of 33,690 pilgrims from Iraq today, among the two million pilgrims the Kingdom is preparing to receive during the 2023 Hajj season.
This came during a joint press (...)
JEDDAH — Most regions of the Kingdom are expected to witness weather fluctuations from Monday to Friday.
The fluctuations will be represented by dusty surface winds, rising waves, light rain, snowfall, a drop in temperature, and frost formation, (...)
