RIYADH — Saudi students have showcased exceptional talent at the largest international competitions for science, engineering, invention, and innovation, ISEF 2024 and ITEX 2024, securing a total of 114 medals, grand, and individual awards.
This (...)
ANKARA — Saudi Arabia launched the Makkah Route Initiative at the Esenboga International Airport in Ankara.
A lounge was set up at the Ankara airport, which is the second airport in Türkiye to see the launching of the initiative. Saudi Ambassador to (...)
KARACHI— Saudi Arabia has launched the Makkah Route Initiative for Pakistani pilgrims for this year's Hajj at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. This is the second airport in Pakistan to benefit from the initiative, which is part of Saudi (...)
RIYADH — The National Center for Palms and Dates announced that the value of Saudi Arabia's exports of dates during the first quarter of 2024 rose to reach SR644 million, an increase of 13.7% compared to the same period in 2023 when the value of its (...)
KUALA LUMPUR — Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, has inaugurated the "Council of Southeast Asian Scholars" in Kuala Lumpur.
The ceremony (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior is completing its preparations to implement the Makkah Route Initiative for selected pilgrims from seven countries. The initiative comes within the Doyof Al-Rahman Program, one of the Saudi Vision 2030 executive (...)
KUALA LUMPUR — Saudi Minister of Commerce, Dr. Majid Al-Qasabi, held key meetings recently in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian officials, including the Minister of Entrepreneurship Development and Cooperatives, Ion Benedick, the Minister of Agriculture (...)
Myanmar's military government will no longer allow conscription-age men to travel out of the country for work, weeks after an enlistment order prompted many to try and flee.
On Thursday, authorities said they would suspend all applications from men (...)
Renewed eruptions from a remote Indonesian volcano have triggered fresh evacuation orders and sparked flight cancellations and airport closures this week with smoke, lava and volcanic gasses spewing out of the fiery mountain.
Mount Ruang, a (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman held wide ranging talks with a number of world leaders in Riyadh on Monday. The talks were held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting.
The leaders included US (...)
Norway's king plans to scale back his participation in official duties "out of consideration for his age", the country's royal household has said.
Officials said the move would see King Harald, 88, make a "permanent reduction" to his public (...)
تخطو الفتاة السعودية بتميز في ميدان العلوم والابتكار مستندة على قاعدة تعليمية تستشرفُ بناء الأجيال عبر برامج أكاديمية ومهنية متخصصة، ومسارات نوعية للمبتعثات في أرقى المراكز والجامعات العالمية، نتاجها فكر متّقد مبدع يسهم بعطائه في خدمة الوطن (...)
تخطو الفتاة السعودية بتميز في ميدان العلوم والابتكار مستندة على قاعدة تعليمية تستشرفُ بناء الأجيال عبر برامج أكاديمية ومهنية متخصصة، ومسارات نوعية للمبتعثات في أرقى المراكز والجامعات العالمية، نتاجها فكر متّقد مبدع يسهم بعطائه في خدمة الوطن (...)
JEDDAH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received the credentials of a number of ambassadors of friendly countries accredited to the Kingdom in a ceremony held at (...)
China says the Philippines ignored proposals it put forward to "manage" their dispute in the South China Sea.
An unnamed senior Chinese official told news outlet the Manila Times that the deal was "met with inaction by the Marcos (...)
It's what Malaysia Airlines told him when flight MH370 disappeared, with his son Yanlin on board.
"For years I have been asking what do you mean by 'lost contact'? It seems to me that if you lose contact with someone, you should be able to reconnect (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday in Riyadh, examined the recent endeavors carried out by the Kingdom in the economic, cultural, and social domains, and expressed pride in the large international presence (...)
A New Zealand court has ordered NZ$10m (£4.8m; $6m) in compensation to the victims of the White Island volcano disaster, where 22 people died.
In December 2019, 47 people were touring the volcano when it erupted, killing nearly half of the group and (...)
RIYADH — Seven trainees from the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) have clinched gold, silver, and bronze medals at the prestigious International Exhibition of Inventions, Innovations, and Technology (MTE 2024) held in Malaysia on (...)
JEDDAH — Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel, president of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, met with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. Secretary General of the Islamic Chamber Yousef Khalawi and Dr. (...)
Malaysia has cut former Prime Minister Najib Razak's 12-year prison sentence for corruption in half, according to authorities in the Southeast Asian country.
Najib, who served as prime minister from 2009 to 2018, was found guilty of money (...)
The Cabinet, chaired Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, discussed the developments in the Palestinian arena and the international efforts in this regard, and reiterated the Kingdom's rejection of the Israeli (...)
KUALA LUMPUR — The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (NAZAHA) of Saudi Arabia and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) have signed a memorandum of understanding in Kuala Lumpur.
This agreement, signed by the authority President (...)
2023 was an extraordinary year for OMODA, marked by the sensational debut of the OMODA E5 at the global brand launch event in April, followed by the boundary-pushing expansion showcased at the user conference in October, and capped off with a (...)
MADINAH — The first batch of Umrah pilgrims, as part of the Guests of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Program for Hajj, Umrah, and Visit, arrived in Madinah on Thursday. This initial group, under the initiative led by the Ministry of Islamic (...)