JEDDAH: Madinah’s governor, Prince Faisal bin Salman, opened the Scientific Forum of Hajj, Umrah and Visit Research at the Grand Hall of Taibah University on Thursday. In its 19th edition, the forum is organized by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute of Hajj and Umrah Research at Umm Al-Qura University, in partnership with…
Ahmad Alangari is the senior portfolio director at Takamol Holding, where he is acting head of a large international labor market automation program known as Musaned. This electronic platform by the Ministry of Labor and Social Development has made it easier for domestic workers to gain e-visas, which receive instant approval once requirements are fulfilled. …
RIYADH: Events from the World Nomad Games — ranging from archery to wrestling — will be staged in Saudi Arabia as part of the King Abdul Aziz Camel Festival.The events, which showcase the eye-catching skills of Central Asia’s hunters, horsemen and fighters, will be featured over 10 days from March 9-19 as the mountainous Asian…
DAMMAM: Brig. Gen. Al-Subaie, spokesman for the joint drill Gulf Shield 10, said the exercise was developing the joint military capability of GCC countries.Al-Subaie, at a press conference on Thursday in Jubail, said Saudi armed forces and security sectors were participating in the drill, along with land, air and sea forces from GCC countries.Al-Subaie said…
Saudi Arabia has worked to combat money laundering, terrorist financing for decades: EU envoy RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has worked to combat money laundering and terrorist financing for decades, the Kingdom's EU envoy Saad bin Mohammed Al-Arifi said Thursday. He added that all European Union states were surprised by the blacklist of countries suspected of being lax on…
Saudi Arabia has worked to combat money laundering, terrorist financing for decades: EU envoy RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has worked to combat money laundering and terrorist financing for decades, the Kingdom's EU envoy Saad bin Mohammed Al-Arifi said Thursday. He added that all European Union states were surprised by the blacklist of countries suspected of being lax on…
Riyadh : The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has launched vocational training programs for female breadwinners in Aden and Lahij governorates as part of its continuous efforts to improve livelihoods in Yemen." As part of its mission to provide training and vocational rehabilitation and improving livelihoods in Yemen, the KSRelief has launched…
JEDDAH: The General Commission for Audiovisual Media (GCAM) has announced its classification of the first ever movie from the Philippines to be shown in Saudi cinemas. Running for 115 minutes and with Arabic subtitles, “Jack Em Popoy: The Puliscredibles” tells the unusual story of a father and daughter police team taking on a crime syndicate,…
DUBAI: Dr. Fatmah Baothman is no ordinary Saudi woman. She embodies women’s empowerment in the Kingdom, as the first woman in the Middle East with a PhD in Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her AI journey started when she was a student at the University of Arizona studying the English language. She was introduced to computer…
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for African affairs on Wednesday pledged the Kingdom’s continued support for Palestine and Yemen at a top-level meeting of Arab states. Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz Kattan made the commitment on behalf of the country as he attended a ministerial session of the Arab League Council, being held at the…
FaceOf: Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Osman Al-Tuwaijiri, secretary-general of the Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Osman Al-Tuwaijiri has been the secretary-general of the Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) since 1991. Al-Tuwaijiri is also the ex-officio secretary-general of the ISESCO-affiliated Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW).…
Riyadh : The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has launched vocational training programs for female breadwinners in Aden and Lahij governorates as part of its continuous efforts to improve livelihoods in Yemen." As part of its mission to provide training and vocational rehabilitation and improving livelihoods in Yemen, the KSRelief has launched…
DUBAI: Dr. Fatmah Baothman is no ordinary Saudi woman. She embodies women’s empowerment in the Kingdom, as the first woman in the Middle East with a PhD in Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her AI journey started when she was a student at the University of Arizona studying the English language. She was introduced to computer…
DUBAI: Dr. Fatmah Baothman is no ordinary Saudi woman. She embodies women’s empowerment in the Kingdom, as the first woman in the Middle East with a PhD in Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her AI journey started when she was a student at the University of Arizona studying the English language. She was introduced to computer…
DUBAI: Dr. Fatmah Baothman is no ordinary Saudi woman. She embodies women’s empowerment in the Kingdom, as the first woman in the Middle East with a PhD in Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her AI journey started when she was a student at the University of Arizona studying the English language. She was introduced to computer…
DUBAI: Dr. Fatmah Baothman is no ordinary Saudi woman. She embodies women’s empowerment in the Kingdom, as the first woman in the Middle East with a PhD in Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her AI journey started when she was a student at the University of Arizona studying the English language. She was introduced to computer…
DUBAI: Dr. Fatmah Baothman is no ordinary Saudi woman. She embodies women’s empowerment in the Kingdom, as the first woman in the Middle East with a PhD in Modern Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her AI journey started when she was a student at the University of Arizona studying the English language. She was introduced to computer…
RIYADH: Shoppers in the Saudi capital will now be able to take in a flick after the opening of another cinema in the city. And the entertainment giant behind the project has revealed it plans to pump more than $500 million into building 600 screens in the Kingdom by 2023. VOX Cinemas on Wednesday got the…
JEDDAH: When it comes to mental arithmetic Saudi twins Emad and Muath Al-Amoudi have it all worked out. The gifted brothers have just taken the world by storm in beating off more than 9,000 other youngsters to come first and second in a major international mathematics contest. The 7th graders at Makkah-based Sheikh Abdullah Khayat Intermediate…
LONDON: Envoys from the 28 EU member states on Wednesday unanimously rejected a proposal to add Saudi Arabia and other nations and territories to the bloc’s money-laundering blacklist, sources told AFP. The ill-fated plan, which was drawn up by the EU’s executive arm, was dismissed by Saudi Arabia as well as the US and several…
