The Kingdom
KAUST Launches Robotics Bay to Boost Saudi AI and Automation
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has launched the...
GASTAT Hosts Second Statistical Forum at University of Jeddah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) is organizing the second...
Saudi Arabia Showcases Mining Vision at PERUMIN 37
SPA — Saudi Arabia presented its mining vision and expanding investment opportunities at the...
PIF to Issue New 3- and 7-Year Green Bonds
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — According to Reuters’ IFR, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) is...
S&P Sees 3.5% Saudi GDP Growth Through 2028 on Vision 2030 Push
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — S&P Global has forecast that Saudi Arabia’s economy will grow by an...
Saudi Arabia Approves First Alzheimer’s Drug, Leqembi
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — In a landmark move, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has approved...
Corporate
Ministry closes 12 water plants in Jeddah
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The Ministry of Commerce has closed 12 water-production facilities in Jeddah governorate after monitoring and investigative operations found regulatory violations that could endanger public health. The...
Hail Chamber holds workshop on automotive retail training
Hail, Saudi Arabia — The Hail Chamber is holding a workshop today with the Ministry of Commerce and the Council of Saudi Chambers to examine training challenges in the retail sector, with a focus on automotive retail. The...
Tabuk Chamber reviews SME sector challenges
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia — The Tabuk Chamber of Commerce, working with the General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises, concluded discussions today on the main challenges and obstacles facing small and medium enterprises in...
Qatar delegation visits Saudi insolvency committee
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The Insolvency Committee, known as Isar, received a delegation from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Qatar in Riyadh. The visit focused on cooperation, the exchange of expertise, and a review of...
Monsha’at Holds Marketing Sessions in Jeddah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — The General Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises, known as Monsha’at, organized a series of scientific sessions in its marketing track at the Enterprise Support Center in Jeddah. The event...
Hail Chamber Opens Quality Course Registration
Hail, Saudi Arabia — The Hail Chamber has opened registration for a training course titled “Basic Quality Concepts,” aligned with ISO 9001 standards. The program is aimed at male and female job seekers, and it forms part of the...
Tarmim Deepens Housing Restoration Partnerships
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — The Tarmim for Development Association in the Makkah Region signed a community partnership agreement with the Al-Birr Charitable Association in Al-Muwaiyah. It also signed a memorandum of understanding...
AAOIFI and arbitration center host seminar
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, in cooperation with the International Islamic Center for Reconciliation and Arbitration, will hold a seminar next Tuesday by...
Tourism
Asir readies parks and roads for summer 2026
Abha, Saudi Arabia —Asir Municipality has stepped up its preparations for the 2026 summer tourism season, as it expects a notable rise in visitors and tourists. The work focuses on operations, maintenance, and general readiness...
Dammam Airports Ranks in Global Top 5
Dammam, Saudi Arabia — Dammam Airports has been selected among the top five global projects in the Digital Innovation Solutions track for asset management and institutional excellence. The announcement came during an awards...
Foreign Trade Authority Holds Virtual Workshop
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The General Authority for Foreign Trade held a virtual workshop titled “Investment in Foreign Trade Operations” for members of its negotiating team. The authority said its Agency for Agreements and...
Riyadh Industry Week Ends With 17 Countries
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Riyadh International Industry Week 2026 concluded its activities with participation from 17 countries, according to the event title and summary provided. The limited information confirms the scale of the...
Culture
Tourism incubator ends first edition in Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The Tourism Development Fund marked the close of the first edition of its Tourism Growth Incubator, a program run through the Tourism Growth Center. The event included 30 startups. That is the key fact....
stc Group wins TM Forum regional impact award
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — stc Group said it won the 2026 Excellence Award in the Regional Impact category in partnership with IBM at the TM Forum conference in Copenhagen.Recognition tied to regional impactThe company said the...
Collecting Heritage Pieces in Najran
Najran, Saudi Arabia — In Najran, the habit of collecting heritage pieces is not just a private pastime. It has become a way of handling memory, one object at a time. Recent years have seen growing interest among community...
Al Madinah Chamber Plans Child Entrepreneur Camp
Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia — The Al Madinah Chamber plans to organize the “Child Entrepreneur Camp 2026” next July for children aged 5 to 10. The camp aims to nurture entrepreneurial thinking and encourage creativity at an early...
Mud Palaces and Memory in the Northern Borders
Rafha, Saudi Arabia — The historic palaces of the Northern Borders region stand as quiet evidence of a building tradition that understood climate before it understood ceremony. Local mud became walls, and those walls became...
Summer Qur’anic Recitation Course Opens in Medina
Medina, Saudi Arabia — The Presidency of Religious Affairs for the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque is organizing the Summer Qur’anic Recitation Course at the Prophet’s Mosque. The program begins on the 13th of the current...
Sports
SURJ Invests $40M in T100 Triathlon Tour to Boost Regional Endurance Sports
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s SURJ, the sports-focused investment arm of the Public...
OpTic Gaming Sweeps CoD BO6 Final at EWC 2025, Wins $600K
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — OpTic Gaming claimed the Call of Duty BO6 EWC 2025 championship with a...
AG.AL Wins $750K Honor of Kings KWC Title in Riyadh
SPA — Honor of Kings KWC 2025 concluded with AG.AL is emerging as champions after an undefeated...
Carlo Biado Wins 2025 World Pool Championship in Jeddah
SPA — Filipino cue sports legend Carlo Biado has been crowned champion of the 2025 World Pool...
Environment
The Little Potter in Jazan’s cultural workshop
Jazan, Saudi Arabia — The Jazan House of Culture has organized the “Little Potter” workshop as part of the “Haraf” Cultural Club programs, with the aim of developing creative skills among participants aged 10 to 18. The workshop...
Health
Al-Laith Governor Reviews Amal Association Work
Al-Laith, Saudi Arabia — The Governor of Al-Laith, Imran bin Hassan Al-Zahrani, reviewed the work and achievements of the Amal Association for Persons with Disabilities in the governorate during a meeting with the association’s...
Technology
Madinah Henna and the Local Farm Economy
Madinah, Saudi Arabia — Henna cultivation in the Madinah region remains an agricultural tradition with economic value for local farmers. It also supports the regional supply of agricultural products. The crop has gained...
Energy
Deputy Governor Reviews Aramco Partnerships
Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia — His Royal Highness Prince Saud bin Nahar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Al-Madinah Region, received the Director of Government Affairs for the Western Region at Saudi Aramco in his office...
Industry
Taibah University registers new dental implant design
Al Madinah al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia — Taibah University has registered an industrial design for a dental implant abutment that uses an internal locking mechanism instead of a traditional fixation screw. The design aims to...
Investment
Saudi Summer Offers 2026 debuts in Riyadh
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi Tourism Authority has launched the Saudi Summer Offers 2026 platform under the slogan “Now and Later” Offers. It is working with more than 50 partners from the private tourism sector. The...
