Saudi Arabia
Abha International Airport is set to be overhauled as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveils Saudi Arabia's latest move to transform its travel sector. The hub in Asir, a province in the country's south-west, will grow from 10,500 square..
Saudi Arabia formally informed FIFA of its wish to host the men’s World Cup in 2034 on Monday in a bidding contest that increasingly looks designed for the kingdom to win. The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said it "su..
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) announced the group placements of the sixteen teams competing in the 2023 FIBA Asia U-16 Championship, hosted by Doha from September 17 to 24. Qatar placed in Group B, alongside Iran, Japan and Saudi Ar..
Pakistan has received $2 billion in financial assistance from Saudi Arabia, days after Islamabad and the IMF reached a $3 billion stand-by agreement, the country's finance minister announced on Tuesday. "State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has r..
Saudi Arabia is gearing up to receive as many as 10 million overseas Muslims to perform Umrah or minor pilgrimage in its new season, a TV report said. Al Arabiya TV quoted unidentified sources as saying that the kingdom is preparing for a huge Umr..
F1 has announced the calendar for the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship, approved by the World Motor Sport Council. The calendar features 24 races and begins in Bahrain on March 2 and finishes in Abu Dhabi on December 8. In an effort to r..
Saudi Arabia said it had executed five people convicted on terror charges in a deadly attack on a mosque more than seven years ago. The convicts were involved in planning and targeting the mosque in Saudi Arabia’s eastern governorate of Al A..
Saudi Arabia will consider expanding an “economical package” for domestic pilgrims in next year’s Islamic Hajj pilgrimage, a Saudi official has said, as nearly 2 million Muslims completed the annual rites in the kingdom. “T..
Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) announced today that the total number of pilgrims this year, 1444 AH, amounted to 1,845,045 pilgrims. Of these, 1,660,915 pilgrims came from outside the Kingdom through various ports, while..