Culture & Education | Saturday 17 August, 2019 3:32 am

Media persons thank King for unparalleled Haj services

 Some 300 media representatives, who are guests of the Ministry of Media for this year's Haj, expressed thanks and appreciation in writing to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman for the efforts the Kingdom has exerted and continues to exert to serve pilgrims, Saudi Press Agency...

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Culture & Education | Friday 16 August, 2019 5:21 am

Ithra hosts events as part of Tanween Cultural Season

For the first time in Saudi Arabia, the King Abdul Aziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) will host the Luminarium and Box Wars events from Oct. 10 to 26 in Dhahran city. The events are part of the Tanween Cultural Season’s second edition, details of which will be announced...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 16 August, 2019 4:24 am

King Salman’s guests visit historical sites in Madinah

Thousands of pilgrims have visited King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an, Quba Mosque, Martyrs of Uhud and a number of historical sites in Madinah. The guests, who came as part of the Custodian of the Two Holy...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 16 August, 2019 3:21 am

Rose Parade, Orchestra and Circus Blend Nature with Art in Taif Season

The Village of Roses at Taif Season blends nature with art creatively, with beautiful dance performances, music, and the fragrant roses of Taif, the Arab summer resort. Visitors have been entertained throughout August, with regular performances of the Rose Parada, Rose Orchestra, and Rose...

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Business & Money | Thursday 15 August, 2019 6:36 am

China’s Leading Fintech iPayLinks’ entry to impact the Middle East market 

The Middle East’s region is fast establishing itself as an emerging cross-border ecommerce market due to its ballooning smartphone penetration and growing consumer purchasing power.   iPayLinks, China’s leading provider of cross-border payment services, much-awaited entry...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 15 August, 2019 2:10 am

Madinah gears up to receive more than 800,000 pilgrims

Pilgrims began arriving in Madinah early Wednesday to pay homage to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and pray in his mosque after completing their Haj rites in Makkah and the holy sites. Jordanians were the first of the 800,000 pilgrims to arrive in the Prophet's city and will be the...

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Culture & Education | Thursday 15 August, 2019 2:01 am

Ministry of Media holds annual ceremony to honor media delegations participating in coverage of Hajj season

The Ministry of Media here today held the annual ceremony to honor the media delegations participating in the coverage of the Hajj season this year 1440 AH. Minister of Media Turki bin Abdullah Shabana delivered a speech on the occasion. He highlighted the success of the Hajj season and hailed the ...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 14 August, 2019 5:50 am

Saudi Aramco sets share sale stage with $47 billion profit

Saudi Aramco proved itself the most profitable company in history on Monday with financial figures that beat all its competitors by a long way. The Kingdom’s oil giant reported net income of $46.9 billion for the first half of 2019, way ahead of the $31.5 billion reported by the next...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 14 August, 2019 5:47 am

KSA hosted a successfully haj season: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulated Saudi Arabia Government and the Ministry of Health for successfully hosting the haj season 1440/2019 without a single public health event or disease outbreak being reported among pilgrims performing the haj. In addition, WHO expressed its deep...

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Government | Wednesday 14 August, 2019 2:48 am

Violations by Hajj pilgrims dropped 29% compared to 2018, says Prince Khalid Al-Faisal

Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal thanked King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for supervising the services offered to pilgrims during this year’s Hajj, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Prince Khalid said all Saudis were proud of the efforts made to help pilgrims during their...

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