RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce instructed a car agency that it must cancel an illegal procedure that it had undertaken by requesting the payment of a full amount when the consumer made a booking for the purchase of a car.
The ministry explained (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the Israeli confiscation of 8,000 dunums of land in the Jordan Valley in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Eng. Ahmed Al-Rajhi said that more than 59000 seasonal visas for various professions are expected to be issued from a number of countries during the year 2024.
Speaking at the meeting of (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Media Salman Al-Dosary said that the ministry has established three harmonious media academies that are aimed to train more than 4,000 individuals within two years.
"This is through three educational tracks, containing 50 (...)
JEDDAH — Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif chaired the 31st annual meeting of the emirs of the Saudi provinces in Jeddah on Tuesday. The meeting discussed several key development and security issues pertaining to the regions (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development announced that the second phase of the Saudization of consulting services professions has come into force on Monday, March 25. The second phase covers 40 percent of professions related (...)
MAKKAH — The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque has introduced smart golf carts for tawaf (circumambulation around the Holy Kaaba). The golf cart service is made available on the roof of the (...)
ما زالت الفضائح تلاحق الاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم، فبعد إيقاف الرئيس لويس روبياليس، أواخر العام الماضي، من قبل الفيفا، في قضية الاعتداء الجنسي على لاعبة المنتخب جينيفر هيرموسو بعد فوز إسبانيا بكأس العالم 2023، داهمت الشرطة هذه المرة مقر الاتحاد (...)
RIYADH — Gender dysphoria (GD), previously gender identity disorder, is a mental illness and not a hormonal or organic disorder, according to a competent Saudi scientific body.
"Gender dysphoria is a psychological illness, and those affected by it (...)
أقامت الجمعية السعودية لأولياء أمور ذوي الإعاقة، حفل إفطارها السنوي لمستفيدي الجمعية، بحضور رئيسة مجلس إدارة الجمعية الأميرة لطيفة بنت ثنيان بن محمد، والأمير خالد بن عبدالله بن سعود بن سعد. وقالت رئيسة مجلس الإدارة إن الجمعية السعودية لأولياء أمور (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce started taking punitive measures against some commercial establishments and individuals who organized lottery retail prize draws for commercial goods with a condition that consumers must purchase goods as a (...)
RIYADH — The number of point-of-sale operations in Saudi Arabia during the first week of Ramadan (March 10-16) reached 168,615,000, with a value of SR11,688,154,000.
According to the weekly bulletin for points of sale, issued by the Saudi Central (...)
أعلنت هيئة تقويم التعليم والتدريب تطبيق «مقياس ألف ياء» المقياس الرقمي للذكاء، بالتعاون مع وزارة التعليم وإداراتها في عدد من المناطق، وذلك على عينات من طلاب التعليم العام من الفئة العمرية (5 إلى 18 عاماً).
ويستهدف المقياس طلاب وطالبات التعليم من (...)
MAKKAH — The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque urged Umrah pilgrims to devote fully to worship while performing tawaf (circumambulation around the Holy Kaaba) at the Grand Mosque.
"Pilgrims (...)
MAKKAH — The Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites urged the people and residents of Makkah to ease the burden on the guests of God by opting to perform prayers in any mosques within the boundaries of the Haram. "The great reward for (...)
MAKKAH — Two students of Umm Al-Qura University were killed and four others injured in a traffic accident in Makkah on Monday afternoon. According to reports, a minibus, carrying the students, swerved during rainfall and collided with one of the (...)
BRUSSELS — The topic of giving exemption for the citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states from the regime of Schengen visa was figured high in the talks between senior officials of the GCC and the European Union on Monday.
GCC Secretary (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah met with his French counterpart Rachida Dati in Riyadh on Monday.
During the meeting, Prince Badr praised the strong cultural relations between the Kingdom and France and the development it (...)
RIYADH — A woman was arrested for her involvement in selling gold-plated aluminum bars after misleading through advertisement on Snapchat platform that they are real gold bars. Officials from the Ministry of Commerce found that she was involved in (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has approved the classification of foreign investors (owners of private establishments) as Saudis under the Nitaqat Saudization program. This is one of the provisions for the (...)
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced that pilgrims are not allowed to repeat Umrah during the holy month of Ramadan. This regulation is aimed at easing overcrowding to perform the rituals during Ramadan, which marks the peak Umrah (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Justice launched 'real estate data,' which contains chronological record of all the details of the documentation of property transactions, through the Saudi Real Estate Market. This service provides a record of transactions (...)
انتقلت إلى رحمة الله تعالى نجوم يحيى دحمان الصائغ، وسيصلى عليها عصر اليوم (الخميس) في جامع القريقري، وسيوارى جثمانه الثرى في مقبرة الصالحية بجدة.
والفقيدة شقيقة كل من دحمان، ومحمد (رحمهما الله)، وعلي، وإبراهيم. ووالدة عبدالله، وحسن، وإبراهيم، وهاني، (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced on Wednesday the launch of a job mobility service between government entities through the Masar platform. This service aimed to enhance the investment in human (...)
JEDDAH — Jasem Albudaiwi, secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), revealed that the GCC will vigorously pursue to get the Gulf citizens exempted from Schengen visas. "During negotiations in Brussels with the leaders of the European (...)