RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will announce $1 billion in aid to support Yemen at a donor conference in Riyadh on Tuesday. The money to be released by the state-owned Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) will deposited with the Yemeni central bank, said a Reuters report quoting Yemeni Planning and International Cooperation Minister Mohammed Al-Saadi.
RIYADH: Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah will leave for Tehran today to attend the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit amid mounting pressure from Western nations and the Gulf bloc on Iran over its nuclear program, said Alauddin A. Al-Askary, deputy foreign minister for protocol affairs, in Riyadh yesterday. Prince Abdul Aziz and his accompanying delegation will also attend the ministerial meeting of the NAM member states to be held on Thursday in the Iranian capital.
RIYADH: For those who think that academics and sports do not go hand in hand, here is a brilliant girl, who has excelled in both fields. Wardah Talib, 18, a national-level table tennis player and captain of the Riyadh-based International Indian School (IISR), has won several awards and commendations at such a tender age.
A major donation campaign launched by Saudi Arabia to alleviate the suffering of Syrian civilians raised SR 552 million as of yesterday. The campaign under the title ‘Saudi National Campaign for the Support of Brothers in Syria,’ launched late last month by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah with a donation of SR 20 million, has been joined by a large number of philanthropists and donors, including businessmen.
The historic move to transform the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) into a Gulf Union inched closer yesterday with the announcement of the plan to discuss the final proposal by GCC foreign ministers within a few weeks from now.
Saudi Arabia has entered the elite club of 21 nations possessing all the essential components of e-readiness that enable a nation to offer an effective e-government and empower it further to render all types of e-services for public and private sectors. “The presence of Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain appearing in the top 21 rank is a feat,” read a new UN e-government survey released in Riyadh yesterday.
Saudi police are searching for a man and his son in connection with the rape and torture of a Filipino woman in Turaif, a small city in northern Saudi Arabia. Saudi police are searching for a man and his son in connection with the rape and torture of a Filipino woman in Turaif, a small city in northern Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh-based King Saud University (KSU) has established a Water Desalination Research Chair funded by UNESCO. The chair’s aim is to evaluate and study the water desalination program comprehensively and recommend the necessary technology required by the Kingdom to ensure the cost-efficient production and supply of desalinated water in the future.
The drive toward e-governance for Saudi Arabia, which is now benefiting both public and private sectors alike, received a major boost from the Saudi government after the e-government program “Yesser” launched its second edition of the Saudi e-Government Achievement Award (Enjaz). The award will serve as a major tool to encourage, inspire and value government agencies’ efforts for advancing e-government services in the Kingdom.
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has emerged as “a strong alliance capable of facing all kinds of internal or external challenges,” GCC Secretary-General Abdullatif Al-Zayani said this week.