British PM praises Saudi crown prince for role in promoting Middle East stability
LONDON,16 july: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke on Monday. Starmer thanked the crown prince for giving his congratulations on the Labour Party leader’s election victory and reported on his first days in government, a Downing Street statement said. While discussing the situation in the Middle […]
Saudi Shoura Council delegation arrives in Bahrain for official visit
RIYADH,16 july: Saudi Shoura Council Speaker Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Al-Sheikh is leading a delegation on an official visit to Bahrain, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. During the visit, Sheikh Abdullah will hold a meeting with Ahmed bin Salman Al-Musallam, speaker of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives. He will also meet […]
Madinah governor receives deputy minister of energy
MADINAH,16 july: Madinah Gov. Prince Salman bin Sultan received in Madinah on Monday the Deputy Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Mudaifer. Issues related to the industrial and mining sector at regional level were discussed, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The ministry’s role in creating a lucrative investment environment in the Madinah region […]
Who’s Who: Riham El-Gizy, CEO of Voluntary Carbon Market
16 july2024:Riham El-Gizy is the CEO of Voluntary Carbon Market, a Saudi company which is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region. In the company’s first 18 months, El-Gizy led the world’s largest-ever voluntary carbon market auction in Riyadh in 2022, before setting a new record at a second […]
SFDA fines facility for changing expiration dates
RIYADH,16 july: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has seized around 4 tonnes of expired poultry with tampered expiration dates. It also seized poultry and meat from an unknown source in a warehouse in Riyadh, kept to sell and circulate through food stores and markets. The authority said that while carrying out its inspection tours […]
Harvesting season fuels Madinah Date Market
MADINAH,16 july: The central Madinah Date Market is witnessing an uptick in activity as the fruit’s harvesting season in Saudi Arabia continues apace. The harvesting of date palms begins in the first quarter of June every year across 29,000 farms in the region. The market is characterized by the variety of types of fresh dates […]
Saudi Arabia condemns terrorist attack on cafe in Mogadishu
RIYADH,16 july: Saudi Arabia condemned and denounced on Monday a terrorist attack targeting a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday that killed nine people. A car bomb exploded outside the cafe in Mogadishu on Sunday night, killing nine and injuring 20 as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on […]
Saudi Arabia invests $46m on cutting-edge veterinary lab
RIYADH,16 july: A state-of-the-art veterinary laboratory will be built in Riyadh to develop local vaccines against animal diseases. A contract worth more than SR175 million ($46.6 million) was signed by Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli to establish the site. The laboratory will conduct disease diagnosis as well as vaccine development and localization […]
UP: 4 cops suspended after youth who fled police station found dead
Banda (UP), July 16 (IANS) Four police personnel have been suspended and an FIR was lodged against them after a man, who fled from a police station, was later found dead on railway tracks in Chitrakoot district. Anshu (27) was brought to the Manikpur police station on Sunday for allegedly creating a ruckus in an […]
Property dealer shot, friend severely beaten in Gurugram
Gurugram, July 16 (IANS) A property dealer was shot while his friend was severely beaten when they were assaulted by a group of people following a money-related brawl in Gurugram, police said. The police said the incident was reported on Tuesday when the victims — identified as Rajkumar Sehrawat a resident of New Colony and […]
