Government | Sunday 16 July, 2017 8:06 am

Saudi Haj minister inspects institutions in preparation for Haj 2017

Minister of Haj and Umrah Mohammed Saleh bin Taher Bentin has started inspection and field visits, as well as preparatory meetings with the board of directors for Tawafa owners in preparation for the coming Haj season. Bentin started by visiting the National Tawafa Establishment for Pilgrims of...

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Government | Sunday 16 July, 2017 8:04 am

Housing Ministry launches 27,658 housing products across Kingdom

The Ministry of Housing has launched 27,658 housing products across the Kingdom within its “sakani” (housing) program to allocate and deliver 280,000 housing products this year, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The program includes 7,700 financially supported products to be funded by ...

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Government | Thursday 13 July, 2017 11:24 am

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives honorary doctorate degree in service of Holy Quran and its sciences

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received the honorary doctorate degree in the field of the service of the Holy Quran and its sciences from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. The degree was handed over to the King by the University s Director and...

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Government | Thursday 13 July, 2017 11:17 am

28.5% of world’s youths in OIC countries

More than a quarter of the world’s 1.75 billion people aged 15-29 live in member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Secretary-General Yousef Al-Othaimeen said Tuesday at the 44th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Abidjan. Al-Othaimeen, who was speaking on...

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Government | Wednesday 12 July, 2017 9:55 am

HRC makes 857 prison visits

 The Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) released its report on the 857 visits it has made to prisons and detention centers across the Kingdom last year. The commission said that the visits checked whether all prisoners and detainees enjoy all their rights guaranteed to them by Islamic law...

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Government | Tuesday 11 July, 2017 12:08 pm

Cabinet welcomes selection of Prince Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince

 King Salman and Cabinet members have welcomed the selection of Prince Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, deputy premier, and continuing as minister of defense and other missions assigned to him. Chairing the Cabinet session on Monday at the Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, the king also...

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Government | Monday 10 July, 2017 10:34 am

Jeddah community shows solidarity with families of martyrs

 Under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of interior, Jeddah Community Services on Saturday expressed their solidarity with the families of martyrs and paid tribute by holding Jeddah’s largest festival on Saudi armed forces and martyrs. The...

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Government | Monday 10 July, 2017 10:32 am

King Salman approves plans to make public health policy a priority

 King Salman has approved plans to make public health policy a priority, in ongoing efforts to combat and prevent ill health and the burden it places on the Kingdom’s resources. The directive requires all government bodies to work together to achieve the objective. The announcement was ...

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Government | Sunday 9 July, 2017 1:52 pm

Saudi Arabia to host 2020 G20 summit

Saudi Arabia will host the G-20 Summit in 2020, said an official statement issued on Saturday at the end of this year’s event in Hamburg, Germany. “We thank Germany for hosting a successful Hamburg summit, and look forward to meeting again in Argentina in 2018, in Japan in 2019 and in...

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Government | Sunday 9 July, 2017 1:49 pm

King Khalid Foundation eyes wider contribution to Kingdom’s GDP by 2030

Princess Banderi bint Abdulrahman Al-Faisal, director general of the King Khalid Foundation (KKF), has announced plans to assist Saudi Arabia in boosting the nonprofit sector’s contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) at 5 percent by 2030. According to the latest government statistics,...

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