RIYADH — The Ministry of Health stated that the booster dose of coronavirus vaccine prevents severe disease and reduces the chances of infection as it doubles the level of antibodies reached inside the body by a large amount while compared to the (...)
The Arab Coalition said on Sunday that two residents sustained minor injuries after the Houthis fired a ballistic missile that fell in the industrial area of Ahad Al-Masarihah in Jazan.
The residents, of Sudanese and Bangladeshi origin, were wounded (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has awarded Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, the former secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, with the Order of King Abdulaziz of the second class, for his efforts in promoting joint (...)
The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) has signed a contract of a project to rehabilitate Aqbat Heijat Al-Abed Road with a total length of 8.7 kilometers.
The road constitutes a vital importance for 4,000,000 (...)
The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) and the National Developmental Housing Foundation (Sakan) signed Sunday a memorandum of joint cooperation under which the two sides will cooperate to improve the quality of life (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed virtually Sunday three cooperation agreements with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support and empower the capabilities of the Yemeni health sector according to the humanitarian (...)
RIYADH — The Premium Residency (Special Privilege Iqama) holders can enjoy soon the exclusive rights hitherto allowed only to Saudi citizens in the Kingdom's health and education sectors.
The Saudi Premium Residency Center (PRC) plans to make new (...)
RIYADH — New COVID-19 cases in Saudi Arabia stayed below the 5,000-mark on Sunday with 4,535 new infections recorded over the past 24 hours.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, 2 persons have died due to complications caused by the (...)
Millions of hectares of farmland are lost to the desert each year in Africa's Sahel region, but the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is showing that traditional knowledge, combined with the latest technology, can turn arid ground back into (...)
The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine's government with a pro-Moscow administration, identifying a former Ukrainian lawmaker it claims the Kremlin is considering as a potential candidate.
Moscow has (...)
There was a small protest of Afghan citizens in Oslo ahead of the Taliban's visit to the Norwegian capital on Sunday.
They're against the delegation meeting with Norwegian authorities and representatives from the international community for (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of condolence and sympathy to President Jair Bolsonaro of the Federative Republic of Brazil on the death of his mother.
In his cable, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques expressed (...)
RIYADH - Thailand Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Prayut Chan-o-cha will pay an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on January 25-26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced on Sunday.
The Thai Prime Minister's visit to the (...)
A magnitude-5.8 earthquake hit Delingha, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province at 10:21 a.m. on Sunday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) reported.
According to CENC, the epicenter was (...)
A British former government minister has been urged to make a formal complaint after reportedly claiming that she was sacked from her job in Boris Johnson's government partly because of her Muslim faith.
Nusrat Ghani, 49, lost her job as a junior (...)
The International Conference on "eLearning for Human Capability Development" will start tomorrow Monday in Riyadh under the patronage of Minister of Education Dr. Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sheikh, chairman of the Board Directors of the National (...)
Riyadh is scheduled on Monday to host the activities of the Saudi-Iraqi Business Forum, which is being organized by the Federation of Saudi Chamber at its headquarters, with a wide and big participation of ministers, officials, representatives of (...)
RIYADH — The GCC Ministers of Transport and the members of the Ministerial Committee for Transportation approved on Sunday the timeframe for the founding phase of the Gulf Railways Authority during an extraordinary meeting.
The council said in a (...)
The General Entertainment Authority (GEA) announced the launch of the Squid Game experience, at Riyadh City Boulevard, as part of the Riyadh Season2 activities.
The authority said that the experience will run from Jan. 21 to March 31 and it has a (...)
RIYADH — The drop in the number of critical cases in Saudi Arabia proves the COVID-19 vaccines' effectiveness, the spokesman of the Ministry of Health Dr. Mohammed Al-Abdali said.
The Health Ministry spokesman, at the press conference here on (...)
DAMMAM — The Eastern Region Municipality announced that they are working on establishing the first social club for the elderly in Saudi Arabia.
During an interview with Al Ekhbariya TV channel on Friday, the official spokesman for the Eastern Region (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan received here on Sunday the Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.
During the reception, they reviewed the historical and distinguished relations between the Kingdom and Germany, (...)
Kuwait's foreign minister Shaikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah visited Beirut on Saturday in the first trip by a senior Gulf official since a diplomatic rift last year.
Long strained by the influence of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, (...)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, she told reporters on Sunday.
New Zealand will impose mask rules and limit (...)
RIYADH — The severity of the strong cold wave that has been sweeping most regions of Saudi Arabia would start subsiding from Monday, Jan. 24, according to climate experts.
Abdul Aziz Al-Hussaini, a prominent weather expert and environmental (...)
