Nearly 1.5 million religious services were offered to pilgrims during this year’s Hajj season, the Saudi Press Agency reported.The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance said that approximately 1,485,000 services had been offered from the day before Arafat, which was on June 15, until the end of Hajj.Saudi authorities said that 1.8 million pilgrims…
Several private farms in Baha have been renovated and revamped by their owners to reflect agricultural tradition and cultural identity, helping to attract tourists to the area. Among these, Al-Mandaq Governorate’s farms and rural cottages stand out, according to a report by the Saudi Press Agency. These farms, which are located throughout the region, have…
Border guards in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia thwarted an attempt to smuggle 73 kilograms of hashish, with an estimated street value of $1.8 million, into the Kingdom. The drugs were seized by authorities and preliminary legal proceedings have been completed, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. It follows an announcement on Friday…
Some tourism companies in several countries deceived visit visa holders by issuing visas not intended for Hajj and encouraged them to violate regulations by staying in Makkah two months before the pilgrimage, a Ministry of Interior spokesman said on Monday. The security spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior Colonel Talal bin Abdul Mohsen bin…
Muscat: The Shura Council approved the Electronic Transactions Law and the Organ and Tissue Transplantation Law on Sunday. Both the laws were referred by the government for study in accordance with the Article 49 of the Council of Oman Law. Each permanent committee of the Shura Council diligently reviewed the proposed laws within their respective areas…
Abu Dhabi, June 24 (BNA): His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of Foreign Affairs, received Dr. S. Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister of India. The two officials discussed the two countries’ efforts to strengthen cooperation in all sectors, including economic, trade, investment, education, culture, health, food security,…
VIENNA: Young Kuwaiti Pianist Rawan Behbehani captivated audiences at the Victoria Hall Theater in Geneva. Her appearance, the first of its kind, is a considerable feat, as the concert venue is known for hosting musical geniuses. Behbehani, a prodigy of classical music, appeared on stage for eight minutes playing the second movement of Beethoven’s four-movement second…
RIYADH: The eighth meeting of the Saudi-US Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council in the United States kicked off on Sunday in Washington DC.The Saudi delegation was led by the General Authority of Foreign Trade (GAFT), and it included 20 government entities.The council’s goal is to monitor trade and investment relations in order to…
Maysan governorate, located in western Saudi Arabia’s Sarawat mountain range, showcases stunning archaeological scenes of some of the most important and impressive environmental engineering formations. These include approximately 1,200 beehives that were a major source of daily sustenance for the early inhabitants of the place. The apiaries in Maysan have become a primary source for…
A Qatari firm is set to acquire a mobile communications subsidiary from the Kazakh national telecommunications operator for $1.1bn. On Tuesday, the Kazakh government announced that Kazakhtelecom is selling Mobile Telecom Services (MTS) to Qatar’s Power International Holding (PIH). The announcement was made during a government weekly briefing by the Kazakh Minister of Digital Development, Zhaslan Madiyev, who described…
