The Latest Breaking News from Kingdom

Government officials stressed that the recently approved royal commissions in Saudi Arabia will contribute to achieving the comprehensive, balanced, and sustainable development of the Kingdom’s regions. On Thursday, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued royal decrees that included the establishment of two commissions to develop…

Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef said Friday that the ministry has a goal to attract investments worth $32 billion to its mining and minerals sector through nine new projects. The projects are aimed at supporting supplies of mineral products to local and international markets. Alkhorayef added…

Saudi Arabia's Hajja and Umrah Ministry warned on Friday against suspicious Hajj websites. It tweeted that it will soon announce the necessary procedures to submit a Hajj application for pilgrims inside the Kingdom on its official website. In April, the ministry said it would be raising the number of Hajj…

Before the pandemic, nostalgia was a major force in global politics. Donald Trump promised to "make America great again", and Brexiteers won their political battle partly by idealising Britain's imperial past. While Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a "great rejuvenation of the Chinese people", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo…

A Saudi science and engineering team traveled to the US on Friday to compete for awards in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2022), which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on May 7-23. The Kingdom will be represented at the fair by the King Abdullah and His…

The former full-back, a four-time Munster title winner who won the All-Ireland twice with Cork, recalls glory days with the county and discusses what the county needs to be competitive in tomorrow's clash with the Kingdom and beyond

The Red Hands take on the Kingdom for the place in the All-Ireland U20 Football Championship decider

The Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) is holding meetings with major US technology companies and innovation and space centers. Minister Abdullah al-Swaha and the accompanying delegation will launch Thursday a series of meetings with the US companies to boost the Kingdom's leading role as a regional center…

Desert Technologies’ Chief Commercial Officer Majid Refae confirmed that Saudi Arabia is offering several programs that support Saudi manufacturers and facilitate the export of solar panels to all countries of the world. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Refae revealed that the Kingdom has set its priorities for green energy…

Saudi Arabia has seen indicators of high liquidity movement, prompted by the recovery of commercial demand and consumer spending over the last period, in parallel with the growth of the national economy and the rise in oil revenues and non-oil activity in the Kingdom. Cash liquidity rose by 2.7% at…

Ratings agency Fitch on Friday revised the outlook on Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), to "positive" from "stable" following a similar action on the country. It also affirmed the PIF's rating at "A". Fitch had cited improvements in Saudi Arabia's balance sheet due to higher…