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Riyadh, Feb 20: The Passports Department urged residents to report their lost passports and Muqeem cards (non-Saudis) within 24 hours or face a SR1,000 to SR3,000 fine, reported Al-Madinah newspaper. The department also called on non-Saudis to renew their Muqeem (resident) IDs before they expire through the Ministry of Interior’s website after payment of fees through banks. Carrier of an expired

Riyadh, Feb 19: Cold weather conditions were prevailing late Saturday in various parts of the Kingdom, although some regions were experiencing alternating spells of warm and cold atmospheric conditions. The Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) forecast cloudy and cool days in the Saudi capital on Sunday and Monday with the weather expected hit 13 C. Overall, temperatures will reach a

Jeddah, Feb 18: Bureaucratic hurdles and a lack of qualified personnel are among the major challenges facing philanthropic works in the Kingdom, a study revealed. The King Khalid Foundation (KKF), Riyadh, recently conducted a study, titled “Donor Institutions in the Kingdom: Facts and Figures” in cooperation with the Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement. The study mentioned about

Baghdad, Feb 17: A massive car bomb ripped through a used car market in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 51 people in the deadliest such attack this year, security officials said. The Amaq propaganda agency linked to Daesh, which has claimed nearly all such attacks recently, reported the blast and described it as targeting “a gathering of Shiites”. The explosion sent a thick plume of

Riyadh, Feb 17: Security forces in Saudi Arabia are undertaking “intense efforts” to identify terror cells, an official has said. Maj. Gen. Bassam Attia, director of the Investigations and Strategic Planning Center of the Interior Ministry, and ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, described in a press conference how security agencies immediately start investigating information received

Jeddah, Feb 16: Palestinians have expressed shock and anger over an apparent shift in US policy, after a White House official said peace with Israel did not necessarily have to entail a two-state solution. In its first reaction to the outcome of the Trump-Netanyahu meeting, the Palestinian Authority reiterated its commitment to a two-state solution in accordance with the relevant international

Washington, Feb 16: US President Donald Trump broke with his last three predecessors Wednesday by forgoing the US commitment to a two-state solution between the Israelis and Palestinians. Instead, he offered a regional approach to negotiating peace and achieving what he called a “great deal.” Trump, ahead of his first official meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, veered away in

Riyadh, Feb 15: Ties between the Kingdom and Turkey are set to scale new heights as their interests align on key regional issues following talks between King Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan here Tuesday. The summit at Al-Yamamah Palace also focused on bilateral subjects covering political, security and commercial fields. The talks ahead of the UN-sponsored Syria peace dialogue

Jeddah, Feb 14: Engaging more women in the workforce in Saudi Arabia is a key pillar in turning the recommendations of Vision 2030 into reality. Shahd Attar, a Saudi young professional who co-founded the “CellA Network,” utterly disagrees with the saying: “Women are their own worst enemy.” She told Arab News: “It makes me sad when I hear this (saying). In CellA (a network for professional women in