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Coronavirus: Prices of facemasks up 1,700% in Saudi Arabia

Riyadh: It is no wonder you can’t find medical masks at pharmacies or any shop easily in Saudi Arabia these days. Owning to the lack of supplies, some shops there have hiked prices of facemasks by a whopping 1,700 per cent, the Saudi daily

Saudi Arabia Confirms First Coronavirus Case, State-Run SPA Says

Saudi Arabia’s health ministry confirmed the kingdom’s first positive coronavirus case, state-run Saudi News Agency reported. Citizen came from Iran via Bahrain and didn’t disclose his travel itinerary at

No ban for entry of work-visit Visa holders

RIYADH — The Saudi authorities have clarified that passengers holding employment visa, work visit visa, business visit visa and family visit visa are exempted from the travel restrictions imposed by the Kingdom on Thursday. Saudi Arabian

Amid COVID-19 fears, Saudi ban hits Umra pilgrims

The ban on Umra pilgrims imposed by Saudi Arabia from Thursday over fears of COVID-19 has hit hundreds of Keralites preparing to fly to

Saudi Arabia may slash April oil prices to Asia by most since 2012

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is expected to make the deepest cuts to its monthly official selling prices (OSP) to Asia since 2012, tracking declines

Saudi Arabia halts travel to Mecca, Medina over coronavirus

Saudi Arabia on Thursday halted travel to the holiest sites in Islam over coronavirus fears just months ahead of the

Saudis put on brave face as coronavirus roils oil markets

The coronavirus outbreak has been pressuring oil prices for weeks as Saudi Arabia-led OPEC and other oil producers try to gauge how the widening outbreak could affect global energy demand. Tuesday saw even more

Saudi, Egypt, Bahrain to resume Qatar post services despite dispute

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain have agreed to resume postal services to Qatar almost three years after they were stopped due to a political dispute, the United Nations said , Reuters reports. The announcement follows a meeting last

IHS Markit and Tadawul launch Saudi government Sukuk index

The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) has partnered with IHS Markit for the launch of an index tracking the performance of Arabic government bonds named Sukuks. A Sukuk is similar to a western government bond but complies with Islamic Sharia

Traditional Saudi game jumps to the digital world

RIYADH: Baloot, a card game similar to bridge, has developed from a traditional game — usually played at family gatherings — to an online game for your mobile phone. The Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronic and Intellectual Sports