Saudi Art Council To Launch 3-month Event
The Saudi Art Council is gearing up to launch Al-Obour (The Crossing), a multigenerational aesthetic experience that will be open to the public from Feb. 6 at the council’s headquarters in Gold ...
January 29, 20190516Category: Events
Saudi School Students Visit Falconry Festival In Malham
School students visited the King Abdul Aziz Falconry Festival in the town of Malham, north of Riyadh, on Monday.
The festival’s organizing committee received the students who wished to take par...
January 29, 20190644Category: Education
First Cinema In Jeddah Opens
Jeddah’s first cinema opened its doors to the public on Monday, and an industry expert told Arab News he expected up to 35 million people in the Kingdom to go to the movies every year.
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January 29, 20190975Category: Entertainment
Counterterrorism Law Comes Into Effect In Saudi Arabia
Legislation to combat terrorism and its funding has come into effect in the Kingdom, and has been published by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
Dimah Al-Sharif, a legal consultant and member of the Inte...
January 29, 20190615Category: General
US And Saudi Scouts Discuss Training Exchanges
Representatives from the Saudi Arabian Boy Scouts Association have discussed plans to improve domestic training exercises in collaboration with their US counterparts, at a meeting between the two asso...
January 29, 20190590Category: General
Saudi Arabia’s Tantora Winter Festival Gets Extension
The Winter at Tantora cultural festival in Saudi Arabia will be extended until Feb. 23 with additional concerts from regional superstars, organizers said Monday.
The event, which started last month i...
January 29, 201901523Category: CULTURAL
Severe Weather Sweeps Across Saudi Arabia
Strong winds, rainfall and sandstorms hit Jeddah on Sunday afternoon, severely limiting visibility. It was a similar story across the Kingdom, as predicted by the General Authority of Meteorology and ...
January 28, 20190842Category: Weather
Saudi Arabia, OIC Condemn Bomb Attack On Church In S. Philippines
Saudi Arabia and the head of the world’s largest body of Muslim-majority countries has strongly condemned the bombing of a Roman Catholic church in the Philippines that killed 20 people and woun...
January 28, 201901046Category: Crime News
Misk Innovation Partners With 500 Startups To Encourage Entrepreneurism
Misk Innovation has announced that it is partnering with 500 Startups to launch an accelerator program for entrepreneurism.
The program, starting on January 27, 2019, will work on encouraging innovat...
January 28, 20190588Category: BUSINESS
King Salman Promotes, Appoints 101 Judges
King Salman issued a royal order on Sunday promoting and appointing 101 judges at the Ministry of Justice at various ranks.
Justice Minister Walid Al-Samaani expressed his thanks and appreciation to ...
January 28, 20190636Category: Legal
Chinese Envoy Lauds Ease Of Doing Business In KSA
The strategic partnership between Saudi Arabia and China is based on harmonizing the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and China’s Belt and Road Initiative, said the chairman of the Royal Commission f...
January 28, 20190566Category: BUSINESS
Makkah Gov Signs Contract To Build New Bus Routes In Holy City
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal on Sunday signed a contract for implementation of a bus routes infrastructure project in Makkah with Al-Ayuni Investment and Contracting Co.
The contract, which ...
January 28, 20190518Category: General
Saleh M Al-Ghamdi, COO Of The Saudi National Water Co
Saleh M. Al-Ghamdi was appointed the chief operating officer (COO) at the Saudi National Water Co. (NWC) in December 2018.
Prior to his appointment as the COO, he served as the vice president of pr...
January 28, 201903502Category: Information
Record 41 Million Passengers Visit Jeddah Airport In 2018 Previous
Passenger traffic at King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah hit a new record in 2018, with 41.2 million people traveling through, the highest annual number in its history.
The n...
January 28, 201901483Category: Travel