Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense, headed to France on Tuesday on an official visit. He will hold talks with President Francois Hollande and other senior French officials, a Royal Court statement said.“The royal visit comes in response to an...
Makkah has a high-tech 24-hour control center that has been set up to prevent crime and assist people in need.It is linked to 300 cameras and patrols on the ground, and follows up on alerts and requests for assistance received from members of the public via calls and SMSs, a local publication...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has approved a new arrangement granting persons with disabilities SR150,000 for their transportation needs. Disabled people had previously received specially equip vehicles. The Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Alqasabi thanked the...
More than 25 licensed Ramadan tents for iftar cater to approximately 35,000 guests daily in the Eastern Province.The cost is more than SR400,000 for the iftar meals, said Mubarak Al-Fayez, Ramadan tent supervisor and deputy director of the Call and Guidance Department in Dammam.“The Eastern...
Nearly 1 million people prayed at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on the first Friday of Ramadan.Worshippers and Umrah pilgrims from inside and outside the Kingdom flocked to the Grand Mosque from the early hours of Friday morning, filling its corridors, floors and the courtyards to pray there in an...
The Passport Department has announced that companies and individuals would no longer need to visit its offices from Aug. 16 because services would be available online and identity cards for expatriate workers would be sent through Saudi Post, a media report has said. Col. Khaled Al-Saikhan,...
The King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works has conducted a huge relief operation for refugees on the Yemeni side of Al-Wadeeah southern frontier town checkpoint in Najran region.Rafat Al Sabbagh, spokesperson of the center, said that the aid included 50,000 meals, 400,000 loaves of...
The Shoura Council’s decision not to discuss proposals to set up a national unity project has ignited a war of words on Twitter between supporters and opponents.Hamdah Al-Enzi, a woman member of the Shoura, tweeted on her account that she supports the initiative. “The Shoura Council dropped the ...
The Passport Department’s upgrade in the recent past has seen it provide improved services for women, pilgrims, citizens and expatriates, particularly Yemenis, a top official said here recently.In a wide-ranging interview with Arab News, Maj. Gen. Khalafallah Al-Tuwaireqi, director general of the ...
Under the leadership of Abdullah Mohsin Al-Turki, the secretary-general of Muslim World League (MWL) and chairman of the board of directors, the International Islamic Relief Organization-Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) opened an endowment building for orphans in Ajyad Al-Sad, Makkah, on Tuesday in presence...