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Mango festival aimed at enhancing trade links between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
A sumptuous range of Pakistani mangoes were featured at a festival held in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah to boost Pakistan’s share of the mango market. The event, organized by the Pakistani consulate in Jeddah, treated guests to various
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Another cinema debuts in Saudi Arabia as social and economic reforms continue
The first cinema has been inaugurated in Saudi Arabia’s eastern industrial city of Al Jubail as the kingdom boosts its entertainment industry amid dramatic social and economic reforms. Municipality head of Al Jubail Naif Bin Faisal
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Saudi Arabia: Hoisting national flag mandatory under new official instructions
All state and private public institutions in Saudi Arabia are obliged to hoist the national flag over their buildings under new official instructions, according to a media report. Royal Advisor Prince Khaled Al Faisal, who is also the governor of
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King Salman briefs Saudi cabinet on oil-market talks with Nigerian president
King Salman briefed the Saudi Cabinet on Tuesday on a recent telephone conversation with Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, during which the
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Saudi water project to benefit 30k in Socotra
The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen (SDRPY) on Tuesday handed over a water resources management project to the local
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Saudi Arabia: Volunteer lawyers help inmates in Jeddah
The Saudi National Committee for the Care of Prisoners and their Families (Trahum), a non-profit legal advocacy foundation, was honoured by the
Read MoreSaudi Arabia: Ahlam Bint Abdulrahman Yanksar becomes Foreign Ministry’s first female director-general
The Saudi Foreign Ministry has appointed Ahlam Bint Abdulrahman Yanksar as director-general of the ministry’s department of cultural affairs, becoming the first woman to hold such a senior post in Saudi Arabia. In recent years, the kingdom
Read MoreCOVID-19: Escorts of Saudis allowed into kingdom
Saudi citizens are allowed into the country along with their foreign relatives and domestic workers via land crossings amid precautions against the new coronavirus, a media report said Tuesday. The Saudi Directorate General of Passports has noted
Read MoreCOVID-19: Saudi authorities shut 149 Jeddah shops for breaking health protocols in three days
Saudi municipal authorities in Jeddah have shut down 149 shops over the past three days for breaking health protocols, local media reported. Undersecretary for Sub-Municipalities, Engineer Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Zahrani, said the shops have a
Read MoreWorking parents get top tips on home schooling for children
Education experts have been offering top tips to Saudi working parents worried about being unable to oversee their children studying online from home. With schools returning remotely for the first seven weeks in the Kingdom, many parents with
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