JEDDAH — The Saudi General Traffic Department will start implementing the automatic monitoring of the violation of not having valid insurance for vehicles, effective from Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The violation of a vehicle will be monitored (...)
RIYADH — There has been a decrease in the unemployment rate among Saudis, reaching 8.3 percent in the second quarter of 2023 compared to 8.5 percent in the first quarter of the current year, according to the latest figures released by the General (...)
RIYADH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) granted the Air Navigation Meteorology Services Provider license to the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), allowing it to provide meteorological services in the field of air navigation.
GACA (...)
JEDDAH — The name and identity of the mobile phone caller will be displayed effective from Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST), the Saudi digital regulator, has completed all preparations in this (...)
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing has begun monitoring of municipal violations in accordance with the updated table of penalties approved by the ministry.
The ministry also updated penalties for road and street (...)
JEDDAH — The General Directorate of Civil Defense called on the public to take utmost caution in the midst of the weather forecast about the chances of thunderstorms hitting most regions of Saudi Arabia starting from Sunday until Thursday.
The (...)
NEW YORK — Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, advisor to the Royal Court and general supervisor of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), said that Saudi Arabia has hosted more than 260,000 Rohingya refugees ever since the beginning of (...)
عبر رئيس لجنة تجار الخضار والفواكه ب«الغرفة التجارية الصناعية» في جدة سحيم الغامدي، عن سعادته باحتفال المملكة باليوم الوطني.
وقال الغامدي: تحتفل بلادنا اليوم بالذكرى الثالثة والتسعين لتوحيد كيان عظيم هو مهبط الوحي ومثوى رسوله الكريم صلى الله عليه (...)
عقد وزراء خارجية دول مجلس التعاون، ووزير خارجية الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية أنتوني بلينكن، والأمين العام لمجلس التعاون جاسم محمد البديوي، اجتماعهم الوزاري المشترك في نيويورك في 18 سبتمبر 2023م، وذلك للاحتفال بالأهمية الإستراتيجية للعلاقات التاريخية (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture decided to take stringent punitive measures against those who are involved in polluting the environment and damaging environmental sites. As part of this, the ministry is working to (...)
MAKKAH — Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah unveiled plans to develop more than 100 historical sites in Makkah and Madinah.
"The ministry, in coordination and cooperation with partners from several agencies, will work to develop (...)
RIYADH — There has been an increase of 45 percent in the average monthly wages of Saudis working in the private sector during the past five years, up from SR6600 in 2018 to SR9600 in 2023, according to the latest figures released by the National (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports amounted to 6.012 million barrels per day (bpd) during July 2023, down from 6.804 million bpd in the previous month of June, according to the latest figures released by the Joint Organizations Data (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's foreign exchange reserves increased during the month of August, reaching SR1601.4 billion, compared to the previous month of July 2023 when it stood at SR1600 billion.
The Kingdom's reserves decreased seven percent by SR114 (...)
RIYADH — The amended Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) came into effect on Thursday, Sept. 14 in Saudi Arabia.
The Kingdom had enacted the law on Sept. 16, 2021, by a royal decree, with a grace period of 720 days for its implementation after the (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has confirmed that all ingredients used in energy drinks and carbonated soft fizzy drinks are considered safe as per the evaluations made by the reliable international agencies.
The authority (...)
RIYADH — The number of practicing lawyers in Saudi Arabia recorded an increase of 315 percent during the current year compared to the year 2016, thanks to the relentless efforts by the Ministry of Justice to reform the legal sector as well as to (...)
RIYADH — Hussein Al-Qahtani, spokesman of the Saudi National Center of Meteorology (NCM) rejected news reports being circulated in the media about the possibility of a cyclone hitting Saudi Arabia. "The media reports about Saudi Arabia's atmosphere (...)
وسط مخاوف تسيطر على الأوضاع الصحية وانتشار الأوبئة في شرق ليبيا جراء تكدس الجثث في الشوارع، عقب إعصار «دانيال» المدمر، الذي جرف عمارات سكنية ومستشفيات ومدارس خاصة في مدينة «درنة» المنكوبة بالفيضانات، فاقمت الكارثة الوضع الصحي في المستشفيات ومراكز (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Media and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Media Regulation Salman Al-Dossary thanked Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman on the (...)
RIYADH — Local studies revealed that a quarter of the children, who were exposed to shaken baby syndrome, had a premature death. According to the studies, those who survived, had to suffer from mental, sensory, and motor disabilities as a result of (...)
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates' Zayed the Second Medal has been conferred on Saudi Ambassador to UAE Turki Al-Dakhil. On behalf of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Justice Dr. Walid Al-Samaani inaugurated the technical office at the Court of Appeal in Riyadh.
The office aims to raise the quality of judicial rulings, and support court departments with legal studies of the facts presented to (...)
أصدرت وزارة الصناعة والثروة المعدنية 36,293 «شهادة منشأ» خلال شهر أغسطس الماضي، وذلك في إطار سعيها لدعم الخدمة وتسهيلها على المصدرين في مختلف القطاعات سواء الصناعي، أو التجاري، أو قطاع الأفراد.
وتُعد شهادة المنشأ وثيقة تُفيد بأن المنتجات المصدرة إلى (...)
RIYADH — Fines amounting to SR4000 will be slapped on smart taxi drivers in the event of trip cancellation after accepting the trip request from customers.
This punitive measure is one of the provisions in the amendments made in the regulations (...)
