Saudi Arabia, Canada hold first political consultations in Ottawa    Saudi Gazette publishes full text of new foreign property ownership law The law grants non-Saudis broader real estate rights under defined conditions while imposing restrictions in Makkah and Madinah    Saudi anti-graft authority investigates 425 employees, detains 142 in July corruption cases    US envoy Witkoff visits Gaza aid distribution site as starvation crisis deepens    Saudi Arabia's real GDP grows 3.9% in Q2 2025 on broad-based economic expansion    New Murabba, Alat sign MoU to develop next-gen vertical transport for The Mukaab    Over 1.2 million Umrah pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia since Dhul Hijjah 15    Iran drives out 1.5 million Afghans, with some branded spies for Israel    Kyiv toll rises to 26 after wave of Russian strikes defies Trump ceasefire demand    Young Ukrainians get their way as Zelensky overturns law to defuse crisis    Sotheby's returns Buddha jewels to India after uproar    Riyadh Film Music Festival returns with live orchestral performances of iconic movie scores    Nissan Formula E Team celebrates a landmark season 11 with proud Saudi sponsor Electromin    Qiwa sets 60-day window before reporting worker as absent under new contract rules    Saudi, Russian energy ministers discuss oil market and joint committee plans    Fahad bin Nafel steps down as Al Hilal president after historic six-year run    João Félix unveiled by Al Nassr as €50m move marks bold new chapter in Riyadh    Saudi Arabia approves first Alzheimer's treatment with lecanemab for early-stage patients    Chris Tucker, Pete Davidson and Aziz Ansari among stars set for Riyadh Comedy Festival    Al Nassr beat Benfica to €50m João Félix signing after Ronaldo, Jesus intervene    Sholay: Bollywood epic roars back to big screen after 50 years with new ending    Ministry launches online booking for slaughterhouses on eve of Eid Al-Adha    Shah Rukh Khan makes Met Gala debut in Sabyasachi    Pakistani star's Bollywood return excites fans and riles far right    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Saudi Gazette publishes full text of new foreign property ownership law The law grants non-Saudis broader real estate rights under defined conditions while imposing restrictions in Makkah and Madinah
RIYADH — Saudi Gazette has obtained an official copy of Saudi Arabia's "Non-Saudi Real Estate Ownership Law" and is publishing the complete English text of its 15 articles below. The law consists of 15 articles and will come into force 180 days (...)

02 - 08 - 2025
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering, bribery
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery, marking a historic verdict against one of the country's most influential political figures. The ruling followed a nearly (...)

02 - 08 - 2025
Collapse at Chile's El Teniente copper mine kills 1, traps 5 workers underground
A collapse at Chile's El Teniente copper mine killed one worker and left five others trapped underground, prompting the state-owned National Copper Corp. (Codelco) to suspend operations in the affected areas of the world's largest underground copper (...)

02 - 08 - 2025
Thailand returns two wounded Cambodian soldiers after ceasefire in border conflict
Cambodia on Friday welcomed the return of two wounded soldiers captured by Thailand after the two countries had agreed to a ceasefire ending five days of fighting over disputed border territory. The repatriation took place amid ongoing accusations (...)

02 - 08 - 2025
HR ministry proposes strict rules for advertising domestic labor services
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has proposed a set of regulations for advertising domestic labor services, aiming to protect workers' dignity, curb misleading promotions, and ensure transparency. The draft (...)

02 - 08 - 2025
Iran drives out 1.5 million Afghans, with some branded spies for Israel
Ali Ahmad's eyes fill with tears as he lifts his shirt to show deep bruises across his back. While he was detained, Iranian officers struck him and accused him of spying, he says. "They used hoses, water pipes and wooden boards to beat me. They (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
US envoy Witkoff visits Gaza aid distribution site as starvation crisis deepens
Steve Witkoff, the United States' special envoy to the Middle East, on Friday visited a controversial US-backed aid distribution site in Gaza, one of three such locations near which hundreds of Palestinians have died in recent weeks as they tried to (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
Trump announces new tariffs across the globe
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposed new tariffs on dozens of countries, which will go into effect in seven days, a deadline that has been delayed by a week so that the tariff schedule could be updated. To many, the (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
Saudi customs thwarts smuggling of over 817,000 amphetamine pills at Al-Batha crossing
RIYADH — The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) foiled two separate attempts to smuggle a total of 817,733 illicit pills through Al-Batha border crossing in the Kingdom's Eastern Province. In the first case, officials discovered 797,647 pills (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
Saudi anti-graft authority investigates 425 employees, detains 142 in July corruption cases
RIYADH — The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced on Friday that it investigated 425 public employees and detained 142 individuals in corruption cases during July 2025. Some of those detained were later released on bail. In a (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
Genocide is taking place in Gaza and Europe is duty bound to stop it, Israeli scholar says
Voices describing Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide are rising: an increasing number of politicians, rights-defenders, historians and legal experts say there is a clear will on the part of the Jewish state to destroy the Palestinians as a group (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
Haram imam warns against fake social media accounts, misuse of technology
MAKKAH — Sheikh Yasser Al-Dosari, imam and preacher of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, urged Muslims in his Friday sermon to verify news before sharing it and avoid spreading content from paid or fake social media accounts that fabricate statements and (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
Saudi Arabia, Canada hold first political consultations in Ottawa
OTTAWA — Saudi Arabia and Canada held their first round of political consultations in Ottawa on Thursday, marking a new chapter in bilateral relations between the two countries. The consultations were chaired by Dr. Saud Al-Sati, Saudi Arabia's (...)

01 - 08 - 2025
Qiwa sets 60-day window before reporting worker as absent under new contract rules
RIYADH — Qiwa platform has introduced updates to the employment contract system that impact how employers can report workers as "absent from work." According to the platform, an employer can only submit such a request if the worker's residency (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
Flights resume from UK airports after air traffic control glitch closes airspace
Flights are beginning to restart from UK airports after a technical issue grounded and diverted planes earlier on Wednesday before engineers were able to restore the system, the air traffic control operator said. Airports said it would take time for (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
At least 22 killed in protests against fuel price hikes in Angola
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 1,200 arrested in violence that erupted during protests this week in Angola sparked by the government's decision to raise the price of fuel, the president's office said on Wednesday. Joao Lourenco's (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
Belgium refers complaints against Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes to the ICC
A legal complaint against two Israeli soldiers, who were accused by an NGO of violating international humanitarian law in Gaza after being identified at a music festival in Belgium, has been sent by Belgian prosecutors to the International Criminal (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
Canada and Malta say they will recognize Palestine, joining France and UK
Canada and Malta both announced on Wednesday that they plan to formally recognize the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, joining France and the United Kingdom, who announced earlier they would do so. The move to (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
US allies break with Trump to force diplomatic shift on Gaza
As Canada joins France and the UK in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state, the US is standing firmly with Israel — but does Trump have a long-term plan for Gaza's future? Of all history's declarations about the Middle East, one that may (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
Saudi Arabia welcomes Canada and Malta's pledge to recognize Palestinian state in September
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia welcomed the announcement by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela of their countries' intention to recognize the State of Palestine this coming September. In a statement issued Thursday, (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
Saudi, Russian energy ministers discuss oil market and joint committee plans
RIYADH — Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held a meeting in Riyadh to discuss recent developments in the global oil market and ongoing cooperation between the two countries within (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
Saudi Arabia's real GDP grows 3.9% in Q2 2025 on broad-based economic expansion
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's real gross domestic product (GDP) recorded a 3.9% growth in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, according to flash estimates released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). The (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods
Flooding killed 31 residents at a care home for elderly people on the outskirts of Beijing this week, local officials have said. Footage showed emergency teams wading through chest-high water trying to rescue those trapped in the home in the Miyun (...)

31 - 07 - 2025
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