Total Tonnage Cargo Handled By Saudi Ports Increased By 4.3 Pc In 2019
The total tonnage cargo handled in Saudi ports during the first half of 2019 was over 133 million tons with an increase of 4.32%. The number of handling containers reached 3.4 million, an increase of ...
July 12, 2019255Category: General
3,000 Saudis Undergo Counseling On Marriage Through Al-Zawaj Program
Al-Zawaj, a civil association helping young Saudi people in marriage and family guidance, has launched an intensive training program for 3,000 young men and women.
The program, which will be ...
July 14, 2019347Category: General
Children Of Killed, Injured Saudi Soldiers Become Peace Envoys
The children of killed or injured Saudi soldiers are to form part of a new army of peace ambassadors to promote the military throughout the Kingdom.
A project to highlight the courage and sacrifice...
July 14, 2019337Category: General
Fraudsters Apply Innovative Ways To Cheat People
Fraudsters are now applying innovative ways to cheat people via email.
They used to make mobile calls and send texts or messages via WhatsApp, but now they are sending emails bearing bank logos and...
July 15, 2019312Category: General
Arab Military Coalition Intercepted 2 Drones Launched By The Houthis
The Arab military coalition intercepted two drones launched by the Houthis in Yemen toward Khamis Mushayt in southern Saudi Arabia Monday.
Debris from the drones fell on a residential area and dama...
July 16, 2019826Category: General
Neom Beach Soccer Cup Taking Place On The Saudi Arabian Coast
Beach Soccer will enter a new world this July, with the Neom Beach Soccer Cup taking place on the Saudi Arabian coast between July 17-20.
A new international beach soccer competition with six teams...
July 17, 2019325Category: General
Group Of Saudi Youths Has Helped To Build A Giant Market
A group of Saudi youths has helped to build a giant market for the latest session of Souq Okaz, one of the most famous historical attractions of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula.
A total of 67 you...
July 17, 2019288Category: General
Malaysia Arrests Pop Singer Maggie Lindemann
US pop star Maggie Lindemann was arrested during a performance in Malaysia for failing to have proper permits, officials said Friday, with the singer describing the experience as a "living hell&q...
July 18, 2019746Category: General
Saudi Student Drowned In Niagara Falls Buried In Makkah
Qasim Addawi, the Saudi scholarship student in the US who drowned in the Niagara Falls was laid to rest on Friday at the Haram Martyrs Graveyard in Al-Sharaie to the east of the holy city.
Large cr...
July 21, 2019514Category: General
Cement Plants In Ras Al Khaimah Using Camel Dung As Alternative Fuel
Thousands of tons of camel dung are being used to fuel cement production in the northern United Arab Emirates, cutting emissions and keeping animal waste out of landfill.
Under a government-run sch...
July 22, 2019296Category: General
Syrians Living Illegally In Istanbul Have Until Aug 20 To Leave The City
Syrians living illegally in Istanbul have until Aug. 20 to leave the city or face expulsion, authorities warned on Monday, as hostility mounts towards the millions of refugees in Turkey.
Turkey has...
July 23, 2019370Category: General
614,918 Pilgrims Arrive In Saudi Arabia For Haj Season
A total of 614,918 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom till Monday evening, according to statistics issued by the Saudi General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat), Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. ...
July 23, 2019327Category: General
US Sanctions Cripples Iran Middle Class Mobility, Housing Prices Double
Stay-at-home mom Maryam Alidadi used to lead a comfortable middle-class life. The 35-year-old and her husband, a mechanic, could afford a spacious rental apartment in a central neighborhood of Tehran,...
July 23, 2019229Category: General
Hundreds Of Saudi Women To Be Trained On Passport Work
A total of 760 newly recruited Saudi women passport officials are being trained to perform various tasks so as to serve the visitors and pilgrims arriving in the Kingdom through its air, land and sea ...
July 24, 2019344Category: General
Foreign Minister Receives Russian Envoy
Minister of Media Turki Bin Abdullah Al-Shabanah received Sergey Kozlov, ambassador of Russia, in Jeddah on Tuesday. They reviewed the domains of media cooperation between the two countries and means ...
July 24, 2019246Category: General
Kuwait Working With Saudis On Resuming Neutral Zone Oil Production
OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have discussed resuming oil production in jointly operated fields in the Saudi-Kuwaiti Neutral Zone, Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA said on Wednesday.
Saudi Ara...
July 25, 2019481Category: General
Sajid Javid Became Britain's First Ethnic Minority Finance Minister
Sajid Javid became Britain's first ethnic minority finance minister on Wednesday, capping off an unlikely rise from a humble start on a street dubbed the country's worst to holding the purse s...
July 25, 2019263Category: General
Arab Coalition Downs Houthi Drone Targeting Khamis Mushait
The Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia intercepted a Houthi drone targeting Khamis Mushait on Thursday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
"The drone targeting civilians in the city of Khamis Mu...
July 25, 2019287Category: General
HM King Awards First-class Order Of Bahrain To Saudi Ambassador
Bahrain King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa on Wednesday at the Safriya Palace received Saudi Ambassador Dr. Abdullah Bin Abulmalik Al Sheikh, and conferred on him with a top honor, Saudi Press Agency said ...
July 27, 2019257Category: General