Saudi Arabia has renewed its resolve to fight drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorism and other forms of cross-border crimes
Some Indian expats have started taking personal loans from banks and approached their respective companies for borrowings in a bid to take advantage of a record fall in the value of the Indian rupee against the Saudi riyal. “The Indian rupee touched an all-time low of 16.38 against Saudi riyal and 63.13 against the US dollar on Monday,” said Farid Khan, a local banker.
Norway has restricted public access to 15 of its embassies in the Middle east and Africa (MENA), including its embassy in Saudi Arabia, said Norway’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Frode Andersen via telephone interview from Oslo, on Tuesday.
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) on Monday announced the signing of a shareholders agreement to jointly develop an SR26 billion fully integrated phosphate production facility in Saudi Arabia with partners — The Mosaic Company and the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
Journalist Tahir Hussain Ansari, 64, who had the distinction of being the longest-serving Indian journalist in Saudi Arabia, died following a heart attack on Friday night.
RIYADH: Citing a “credible and serious” terror threat, the US State Department has ordered several US embassies in the Middle East to shut down on Sunday.
Two Saudi teens will represent Saudi Arabia at the six days Allianz Junior Football Camp in Munich, Germany set for Aug. 7-12.
Riyadh Gov. Prince Khaled bin Bandar, chairman of the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh, unveiled the $22.5 billion Riyadh Metro Project at a grand ceremony late Sunday.
An estimated 23 percent of abused children have also suffered from sexual abuse, an official from the National Family Safety Program (NFSP) said Saturday.
The Ministry of Commerce, in cooperation with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), is launching a campaign to enforce a rule stipulating that retailers, including supermarkets and groceries, keep small denomination coins and to give them to shoppers as leftover change.