Madinah launches plan to plant 300 trees
MADINAH,4th July 2024 : Madinah’s municipality has launched an initiative to have volunteers plant over 300 trees in the central area near the Prophet’s Mosque. The “Here It Was Planted” plan has been welcomed by residents and visitors, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. Officials from the municipality said the Bougainvillea plant was chosen […]
Saudi crown prince holds talks with US Senator Cory Booker in Jeddah
JEDDAH,4th July 2024 : Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a visit from US Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat who represents the state of New Jersey. During their meeting in Jeddah, the crown prince and the senator, and the latter’s accompanying delegation, reviewed relations and cooperation between their countries, and other issues of […]
Saudi foreign minister arrives in Madrid for meeting of European Council on Foreign Relations
RIYADH,4th July 2024 : Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, arrived in Madrid on Wednesday ahead of the annual meeting of the European Council on Foreign Relations, which will take place on Thursday and Friday. He will discuss with the members of the council the latest regional and international developments, sources said, in […]
Saudi FM, Blinken discuss Gaza, Sudan
RIYADH,4th July 2024 : Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, received on Wednesday a call from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Saudi Press Agency said. The pair discussed the latest developments in Gaza and Sudan. Separately, Prince Faisal congratulated Badr Abdel Aaty, Egypt’s newly appointed foreign minister, on assuming his new […]
Saudi Arabia inaugurates main building of Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Reserve Development Authority
RIYADH,4th July 2024 : Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd, Saudi minister of state and chairman of the board of directors of the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Reserve Development Authority, inaugurated the main building of the authority in Riyadh, the state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday. During his tour of the building, he […]
Bidding opens for ‘Coffee City’ in Baha region
RIYADH,4th July 2024: The Kingdom’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has opened bidding for its “Coffee City” in Baha’s Qalwah governorate, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday. The aim is to enhance local production by planting 300,000 coffee trees over an area of 5 million square meters. Businesses seeking to invest should submit […]
Saudi authorities thwart drug smugglers
RIYADH,4th July 2024 : Saudi Arabia’s Border Guard on Wednesday foiled an attempt to smuggle 90 kg of qat into the Kingdom. Officers in Jazan’s Al-Dayer area arrested six foreign nationals. Qat, a flowering shrub native to the Arabian Peninsula, contains cathine and cathinone that work as a mild stimulant. In Asir, a land patrol […]
New body to improve food, water supply set up as demand rises
RIYADH,4th July 2024 : Forty public and private entities in the Kingdom have joined the new Saudi Alliance for Agricultural and Food Technologies that aims to improve the country’s food supply chain as demand rises. Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti, deputy minister at the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, launched the body on July 3 […]
Head of Saudi aid agency KSrelief tours projects helping earthquake victims in Turkiye
RIYADH,4th July 2024 : The supervisor general of Saudi aid agency KSrelief, Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, on Tuesday visited the cities of Reyhanli and Kirikhan in Turkiye’s Hatay Province to inspect the work of volunteers taking part in the agency’s programs to help people affected by the earthquakes that hit parts of Turkiye and Syria in February […]
Saudi defense minister meets president of Turkiye’s Defense Industry Agency, Haluk Gorgun
RIYADH,4th July 2024 : As part of an official visit to Turkiye, Saudi Arabia’s minister of defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman, on Wednesday met in Istanbul with the president of the nation’s Defense Industry Agency, Haluk Gorgun, and the heads of leading Turkish companies. They reviewed opportunities for cooperation in the military and defense sectors, […]
