Latest Saudi Arabia News
RSS-
Food prices continue to rise in Saudi Arabia
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Central Department for Statistic and Information (CDSI) released Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data for April, showing prices slightly rising to 4 percent year-on-year compared with 3.9 percent in the previous three months. This level of inflation remains among the ...
-
Saudi- IDB chief Islamic banking not confined to Muslim communities
(MENAFN - Arab News) The global credit squeeze and recession have made many countries turn to the Islamic Development Bank more than ever to seek help in their development projects, says its President Ahmed Mohammed Ali. "Islamic banking is a fast-growing global industry. This is due to the ...
-
Saudi veggie seller self-immolates
A SAUDI vegetable seller who set himself on fire after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorised area has died, a newspaper ...
More Saudi Arabia News
RSS-
Maaden resumes ammonia production shares rise
The Saudi Stock Exchange closed 1% higher at 7,300.34 points on Sunday amid a healthy market breadth with 115 advancing shares and 28 declining stocks. Sabic added 0.27% to hit SR92.25. Saudi Arabian Mining Company or Ma'aden (Arabic for 'metals') finished up 0.32% at SR31. Ma'aden said earlier today it resumed the production of ammonia plant operation located in the ...
-
Saudi vegetable seller dies after lighting self on fire in rare case in conservative kingdom
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died. The website for newspaper Sada reported that the man, identified only by the family name of Sureihi, died in hospital late on Friday. The self-immolation emulated that of a street vendor ...
-
Saudi man dies from self-immolation
A SAUDI vegetable seller who set himself on fire after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorised area has died, a newspaper says. The website for newspaper Sada reported that the man, identified only by the family name of Sureihi, died in hospital late on Friday. The self-immolation in Riyadh emulated that of a street vendor in Tunisia, whose 2011 death sparked the Arab Spring ...
-
Saudi Crown Prince Meets Szech Official
Riyadh, May 19 (BNA) -- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defence Salman bin Abdull Aziz Al Saud met here today with the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg. During the meeting they reviewed relations between the two countries and means of bolstering them and discussed the latest regional and ...
-
Saudi Arabia Man Sentenced to 3000 lashes and Five Years Jail for Abusing Parents
A Whip Image Credit: Flickr/ puuikibeach A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced an unidentified young man to five years in prison and 3,000 lashes, after he was found guilty of physically and mentally his parents and family. The incident occurred in the city of ...
-
Badir program Waed program underline importance of cooperation to support entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia
Badir program for Technology Incubators at the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology and Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Company Limited - Wa'ed - underlined the importance of mutual cooperation and coordination to support technology entrepreneurship, foster Saudi innovators, and develop the sector of technology incubators in the ...
-
Saudi airline eyes US Canada after 777 delivery
Saudi Arabia's national carrier is planning to launch services to Los Angeles and Toronto on the back of receiving a 777-300ER (Extended Range) aircraft from US plane maker ...
-
Izdehar SME Forum to address challenges in Saudi markets SME and entrepreneurship sector
From May 19 until May 21, 2013, the meeting point for Saudi small and medium enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs, government officials, investors and other stakeholders will be at the Izdehar SME Exhibition and Summits in Jeddah, where the objective will be to drive the growth of the Saudi SME sector and to support aspiring ...
-
Saudi Arabia to allow women into football stadia
According to English language Arab News, the president of the Saudi Football Ittihad Federation confirmed in a statement that it would create separate sections for women and families within ...
-
Saudi to issue 6m umrah visas this year
Authorities in Saudi Arabia say they will issue 6m visas for umrah pilgrimages, according to the Gulf kingdom's Ministry of Haj, up from 5.5m last ...
-
Female architect to design Saudi metro station
Known for her eccentric and experimental concepts, it is hoped the 22,000 square metre station will become a focal point for the city as much as a commuter ...
-
Kanoo Shipping participates at Saudi International Marine Services Show 2013
Kanoo Shipping, one of the largest offshore & marine services providers in the Middle East, Operating throughout Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, Iraq and ...
-
Saudi farmer offered Dh345000 for sheep
A Saudi farmer was offered SR350,000 (Dh345,000) for a rare sheep he owns at a cattle action in the Gulf Kingdom, but he refused to sell the ...
-
STC tops the list of companies with highest impact in social networking channels in Saudi Arabia
STC achieved advanced positions in the competitive social Networking platforms to prove its constant adoption of new and modern methods of customer ...
-
Saudi woman tops Everest as country warms to women in sports
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal's Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said on Sunday.The 25-year-old reached the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) summit early Saturday morning with a party of foreign mountaineers and Nepalese ...
-
UAE overtakes Saudi as top Gulf construction market
The UAE overtook Saudi Arabia as the region's largest construction market last year, the first time since 2008, according to a new report by ...
-
UAE is top MidEast performer for tourism receipts
The UAE topped the Middle East region for international tourism receipts in 2012, according to data released by the UN's World Tourism ...
-
Riyadh Islamabad to expedite treaty MFN treatment to be accorded to investors
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reportedly decided to expedite finalisation of an agreement on encouragement and reciprocal protection of investment according to which both countries will accord most favoured nation treatment to investors, official sources told Business Recorder. The sources said ...
-
Saudi vies to avoid Afghan-style blowback from Syria
Chastened by the experience of Afghanistan, where hundreds of Saudis fought before returning to sow terror at home, the kingdom is battling to avoid similar blowback from the conflict in Syria, analysts say. In recent months, Saudi officials have issued increasingly stern warnings against ...
-
Transplants deal could save lives
ORGANS donated by people in Saudi Arabia could be used to save the lives of transplant patients in Bahrain. Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) is tying up with Dammam's King Fahad Hospital to create a cross-border transplant programme for patients needing a new kidney, liver or pancreas. Organs ...
-
Hackers target Saudi websites
The Saudi interior ministry has said that several government websites have come under attack in a campaign hackers are calling #OpSaudi, the Associated Press has reported. Most of the sites are facing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, in which hackers flood each site with traffic until they collapse under the load. Among the targeted website are the Saudi finance ministry, General ...
-
Saudi Arabia to ban import of high energy-consuming ACs
The Saudi Customs Department has said air conditioners imported into the kingdom will have to meet local standards and classifications on minimising energy consumption, Arab News has reported. The department said implementation of the ban will take place in two stages, the first of which will begin on September 7, and the second in January 2015. Customs officials will inspect cargo to make sure ...
Saudi Arabia Digest
-
Saudi Arabia's massive infastructure drive
Saudi Arabia is in the midst of a major construction boom being implemented and supported by the national government in order to improve infrastructure and living standards in the largest economy in the Arab world.
It was recently announced by the director-general of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), Tawfig Fawzan Alrabiah, that a new industrial city would be built in Taif in order to cope with growing demand for industrial land in Saudi Arabia. The Taif Industrial City will in fact be a ‘city within a city’ so to speak, but will measure 11 square miles in size and will function as a fully-fledged industrial city, providing all the infrastructure required in such zones. Read more
News from around our Network
