Government | Wednesday 21 March, 2018 5:34 am

235 companies licensed to provide pilgrim services

The Ministry of Haj and Umrah has licensed 235 companies to provide services to pilgrims and asked the General Syndicate of Cars to improve the transport services to cope with the rising number of visitors to the holy city. The ministry has also designed a special smartphone app to document the...

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Government | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 11:28 am

Marketing Expert at IGCF to Highlight Crucial Role of Social Media in Government Campaigns

One of the world’s most respected and prominent strategic marketing experts will be presenting two interactive sessions at the International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) in Sharjah next week on how social media platforms can rally support for government projects, raise revenues and...

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Government | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 5:42 am

Crown Prince embarks on historic US visit

Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, left Riyadh on Monday for Washington on an official visit to the United States. This was in line with the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, the Royal Court said in a statement carried by the Saudi...

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Government | Tuesday 20 March, 2018 3:39 am

How CBS interview with Saudi crown prince set the tone for American tour

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Washington with the broadcast of his first interview with a western television network still being digested in America. CBS anchorwoman Norah O’Donnell had told Arab News beforehand, and with a degree of understatement, that she thought the 60...

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Government | Monday 19 March, 2018 9:00 am

US keen to deepen strategic relations with Saudi Arabia

US President Donald Trump will host Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, in Washington on Tuesday, giving the president a receptive audience to denounce Iran and a chance to take stock of significant changes the Crown Prince is engineering in the Kingdom. The ...

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Government | Monday 19 March, 2018 7:00 am

Saudi crown prince discusses his vision for the Kingdom in first US TV interview

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed has said the anti-corruption crackdown he initiated in the Kingdom was "extremely necessary" because roughly $20 billion of state funds was "disappearing" every year. In a wide-ranging interview aired by CBS television on “60 Minutes” on...

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Government | Sunday 18 March, 2018 3:30 pm

Saudi finance minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan to attend G-20 meeting in Argentina

Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan will participate in the first G-20 finance ministers’ session at the Central Bank Governors Meeting in Buenos Aires. The event will kick off on Monday. The aim of the two-day event is to review recent global economic developments and ...

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Government | Sunday 18 March, 2018 2:57 am

Crown Prince prepares to leave for US

As Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, prepares to embark on a historic visit to the US where he is scheduled to meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the US media has been all praise for the reforms taking place in the Kingdom. “It’s a...

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Government | Saturday 17 March, 2018 4:41 pm

Trump's instructions to the CIA for not interfering in the Russian presidential election

The US president has ordered the CIA not to interfere in the Russian presidential elections, and in return Russia will not intervene in the upcoming US election. Former CIA employee and current whistle blower "Jeffrey Sterling" announced that US President Donald Trump had ordered...

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Government | Wednesday 14 March, 2018 6:51 am

Saudi ministry launches app to report privacy violations

A smartphone app to help protect individual privacy has been launched by Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Interior as it combats the use of mobile phones to spread damaging footage or images. The ministry described the sending of malicious images via smartphones as “crossing a red...

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