RIYADH — The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) revealed that the total number of people working in tourism activities in the Kingdom reached 966,500 during the fourth quarter of 2024. This figure marks an increase of four percent over the (...)
Gunmen killed at least 26 people and injured a dozen others in a suspected terror attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, a rare assault on tourists in an area fraught by decades of insurgency and opposition to (...)
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, the secretary confirmed Monday.
Noem, who was asked about the theft at the White House Easter Egg (...)
LONDON — The Theater and Performing Arts Commission announced the launch of the third edition of the Work and Learn International Track project, selecting 25 theater trainees to attend a four-week training program at Production Park in London from (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the decision to localize 41 professions in the tourism sector in private sector establishments.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia started implementing a decision to raise localization rates in four healthcare professions in the private sector effective from Thursday, April 17. According to the decision, Saudization rates have set at 65 percent in (...)
Republicans faced frustrated constituents at town hall meetings Tuesday, offering a glimpse at the building anger over Donald Trump's sweeping overhaul of the federal government among portions of the electorate — and, in the face of it, the (...)
Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics are calling another step toward authoritarianism.
The amendment, which (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, has launched an educational course titled "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" for third-year secondary school students.
This (...)
Israel's military has transformed every bit of Gazan territory within about half a mile of the Israeli border into a wasteland.
Armored bulldozers have systematically leveled one home after another. Combat engineers have laid explosives and (...)
RIYADH — A total of 25 endangered native species were released into the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve. The initiative was carried out by the National Center for Wildlife, in cooperation with the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has achieved a new global milestone in artificial intelligence, as highlighted in the AI Index Report 2025 by Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). In addition to leading globally in (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Education (MOE) will participate in the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, set to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 9 to 13.
The Kingdom will present 134 inventions at the event, alongside (...)
MAKKAH — More than 2.5 million worshippers gathered at the Grand Mosque on Friday to perform Isha and Taraweeh prayers on the 29th night of Ramadan, marking the Qur'an completion ceremony (Khatm Al-Qur'an) in a deeply spiritual and peaceful (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has prepared 15,948 mosques and 3,939 open-air prayer grounds across the Kingdom for Eid Al-Fitr prayers for the year 1446 AH.
The preparations were carried out through the ministry's (...)
MAKKAH — As many as 150,000 Umrah pilgrims have benefited from the hair cutting service, introduced by the General Presidency for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, to exit from Ihram during the holy month of (...)
MADINAH — The Prophet's Mosque in Madinah welcomed 4,000 male and female mu'takifs from 120 countries as the final ten days of Ramadan began, in line with the capacity allocated for the Itikaf service this year.
Mu'takifs arrived at the designated (...)
NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly hosted Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, as the keynote speaker for the International Day to Combat (...)
MAKKAH — The cleaning teams at the Grand Mosque take only 35 minutes to clean the entire Grand Mosque without affecting the comfort of Doyof Al-Rahman.
The General Authority for the Care of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque explained that it (...)
Police in Australia have charged a 17-year-old who got on a plane with a shotgun and ammunition.
He was filmed being wrestled to the ground by passengers and crew as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, carrying 160 (...)
RIYADH — As many as 29,133 male and female students were chosen as gifted students for the year 2025. The Ministry of Education and the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity (Mawhiba) announced the results of the (...)
MADINAH — A fourth batch of pilgrims hosted under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program for Hajj, Umrah and Visit has arrived in Madinah.
The current batch of guest pilgrims includes 250 men and women from 14 countries from South (...)
RIYADH — Amin Nasser, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, said that the giant Jafurah unconventional gas field, located in eastern Saudi Arabia, is expected to contribute $23 billion annually to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). He stressed (...)
Panda fever has swept through Hong Kong as residents compete to name the city's first locally born giant panda twins, who celebrated their six-month milestone on Saturday.
The naming contest, officially launched at a ceremony at Ocean Park, was (...)
The Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has looked shaky since it came into force on 19 January but now looks the closest yet to totally falling apart.
A senior Egyptian source told the BBC that regional mediators Egypt and Qatar were (...)
