RIYADH — The Saudi security forces have arrested a total of 21,485 illegal residents from various regions of the Kingdom during the last week. The arrests were made during the joint field security campaigns that were carried out in collaboration (...)
MAKKAH — Ghazi Al-Shahrani, CEO of the General Presidency for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, revealed that the Grand Mosque in Makkah has more than 11 sources of main and backup electricity supply, and there (...)
Saudi Ambassador to Spain, Princess Haifa bint Abdulaziz bin Ayyaf Al-Mogrin, visited the Ministry of Interior's pavilion at the fourth Hajj Conference and Exhibition, themed "A Passage to Nusuk."
During her visit, the ambassador was briefed on the (...)
RIYADH — The Heritage Commission has announced the addition of 3,202 new sites to the National Urban Heritage Register, bringing the total number of documented sites to 28,202.
This significant milestone underscores the richness and diversity of (...)
JEDDAH — Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah revealed that more than 18.5 million foreign pilgrims performed Hajj and Umrah during the year 2024. "This was achieved under the guidance of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and (...)
JEDDAH — The Hajj Conference and Exhibition marked the launch of Makkah Taxi, a new transportation service developed by the General Transport Center of the Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites (RCMC), with the first operating license (...)
MAKKAH — The Makkah Region Police arrested 10 Pakistani residents after their involvement in about 31 financial fraud crimes. The gang was succeeded in getting hold of more than SR2.8 million through fraudulent operations of selling counterfeit gold (...)
RIYADH — A total of 19,418 illegal residents have been arrested from various regions of the Kingdom during the last week. The arrests were made during the joint field security campaigns that were carried out by the security forces, in collaboration (...)
RIYADH — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has forecasted that most regions of Saudi Arabia will experience rain of varying intensities, ranging from light to moderate and heavy, starting from Friday, and continuing through Sunday, Jan. (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development launched Empowerment Clinics that enhance the capabilities of social security beneficiaries, and work to address the social and economic challenges they face, through establishing (...)
JEDDAH — The Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced on Wednesday that the upcoming Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 will witness the first-ever display of the entire kiswah of the Holy Kaaba outside the Makkah city. Titled "And all that is in between", the (...)
RIYADH — There has been a growth of 70 percent in the commercial registrations for cloud computing services, according to a report of the Ministry of Commerce. The report for the fourth quarter of 2024 recorded a 36 percent increase in the growth of (...)
JEDDAH — Most parts of Makkah and Madinah regions, especially the Jeddah city and other areas of the governorate, witnessed heavy rain on Monday.
Many roads and squares flooded with rainwater, affecting the smooth flow of traffic on highways and (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi Red Crescent Authority's (SRCA) Makkah Region branch has heightened its readiness level in response to heavy rain warnings issued by the National Center of Meteorology.
The authority confirmed the full operational readiness of its (...)
JEDDAH — The National Center of Meteorology (NMC) issued a red alert, expecting heavy rains in Jeddah from 6:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon on Monday.
The center stated that the accompanying effects of the weather condition will be (...)
RIYADH — The National Center of Meteorology (NMC) expects that most regions of Saudi Arabia will be affected by moderate to heavy rain, starting from Sunday and continuing until Wednesday. The rain conditions will be accompanied by descending winds (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi security forces have arrested a total of 19,541 illegal residents from various regions of the Kingdom during the last week. The arrests were made during the joint field security campaigns that were carried out in collaboration (...)
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Civil Defense has urged the public to exercise utmost caution and vigil amid forecasts of thunderstorms in various regions of the Kingdom. It called on the people to stay in safe areas as well as to avoid valleys (...)
JEDDAH — The National Center of Meteorology (NMC) revealed that the most intense cold wave that Saudi Arabia had ever witnessed was in 1992. The NMC's Hail station recorded the lowest ever temperature in January 1992 at -9.3 degree Celsius and an (...)
RIYADH — More than 480,000 Saudi women have joined the employment market in just four years, specifically from the end of the second quarter of 2020 until the same period in 2024.
This figure shows an average of 328 Saudi women entered the labor (...)
Lulu Retail launched its first store in Makkah, located near Masjid Al Haram, Jabal Omar, Ibrahim Al-Khalil Street.
This highly anticipated opening marks a significant milestone, as it also represents Lulu's 250th store globally.
The new Makkah (...)
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Border Guards has foiled several attempts to smuggle in a huge cache of drugs and seized them. The seized drugs include 1.3 tons of hashish, 1,388,622 narcotic pills and 136 tons of khat.
The operations that took (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi security forces have arrested a total of 23,194 illegal residents from various regions of the Kingdom during the last week. The arrests were made during the joint field security campaigns that were carried out in collaboration (...)
RIYADH — The National Center for Meteorology has warned on Saturday that strong surface winds causing waves to reach up to 2,5 meters would hit along the Red Sea coast, starting from Monday until Wednesday.
The coastal areas of Al-Wajh and Umlaj in (...)
MAKKAH — Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly of Indonesia Ahmad Al-Muzani led a delegation of the assembly members to the headquarters of the Muslim World League (MWL) in Makkah. MWL Secretary General and Chairman of the Muslim Scholars (...)
