King Abdullah received the envoys’ credentials at a palace ceremony attended by Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, members of the royal family as well as senior civil and military officials.
Riyadh Mayor Prince Abdulaziz bin Mohammed bin Ayyaf Al-Muqrin also announced the names of the seven winners for the city’s municipal council with no single group sweeping the poll, be it moderate, religious or those with endorsements from celebrities or businessmen.
Saudi citizens unable to visit polling stations because of legal complications or statutory provisions can also avail themselves of the facility to vote by delegating authority to a Saudi citizen, Abdul Rahman Al-Dahmash, chief of the 11-member electoral commission, said Friday. The names of 5,069 candidates running in the elections to be held on Sept. 29 will be announced Saturday.
RIYADH: Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has announced the launch of a 24-hour international Arabic news channel, which will air from Dec. 12 next year.
“The three new ambassadors, Faisal H. Trad, Saleh Mohammed Al-Ghamdi and Khaled Musaed Al-Anqari, are veterans with exceptional records of integrity, service and achievements,” said Osama Nugali, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Riyadh on Saturday.
Top officials in Saudi Arabia including Shoura members, heads of Islamic organizations and academics lent their support Monday to the call made by the king to stop the bloodshed in Syria and initiate necessary reforms to ensure peace in the strife-torn country. “Syrian President Bashar Assad has lost the legitimacy to rule,” said Hamza Khoshain, a member of the Shoura Council, in Riyadh on Monday. “King Abdullah has sent a clear message to the Syrian regime by recalling the Saudi ambassador for consultations and by asking Damascus to rectify the situation as soon as possible.”
On the advice of his doctors, Saleh will remain in the Saudi capital for some time to recuperate and for further medical consultations before he returns to his strife-torn country, his aides said.
The iconic tower, dubbed as the “Kingdom Tower,” will be over 1,000 meters high, and the construction of this landmark structure overlooking the Red Sea and Obhur Creek will finish within five years and three months.Addressing a press conference at the KHC headquarters here, Prince Alwaleed said “the project symbolizes the growing business confidence in Saudi Arabia under the wise leadership of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Egypt have decided to launch fresh studies to build a gigantic 32-km bridge linking the two countries in a renewed bid to forge closer ties and boost bilateral trade and investment.
The Ministry of Labor has vowed to implement a plan to replace male clerks at various types of shops, preferably with Saudi women, as well as to offer job opportunities at grocery checkout lanes. But it is unclear if the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) would stand idle when it comes to women working in any commercial service that isn’t explicitly for women only.