JAKARTA: Indonesia announced on Thursday that its pilgrims will not participate in this year’s Hajj due to coronavirus fears.Every year, Indonesians are the largest group coming to Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage season. Some of them have to wait up to 20 years for their turn.While last year the Kingdom did not accept pilgrims from abroad due to the pandemic, its Hajj quota
ROME: World food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, posting a 12th consecutive monthly increase to hit their highest level since September 2011, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. FAO also issued its first forecast for world cereal production in 2021, predicting output of nearly 2.821 billion tons a new record and 1.9
DUBAI: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised Saudi Arabia s role in establishing a global anti-corruption network on Thursday, stressing that corruption is a serious cross-border crime.
The UN chief said that the Riyadh Initiative establishes a global platform that links anti-corruption agencies around the world, and will provide important funds to confront the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic.
Guterres said that the success of the global anti-corruption network depended on dialogue between partners which he said must also work to combat cross-border terrorism.
Mazin bin Ibrahim Al-Kahmous, president of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), will head the Kingdom’s delegation at the session at the UN headquarters in Vienna.
JEDDAH: The Saudi national rowing team has secured a ticket to the Tokyo Olympics after the final qualification results were calculated and announced by the World Rowing Federation on Thursday. The Saudi Rowing Federation revealed that Husein Alireza, one of Saudi Arabia’s top rowers, will now compete in the Men’s Single Sculls, and Sultan Al-Shali will be his substitute at
RIYADH: A joint training exercise between the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and the Hellenic Air Force came to an end at the King Faisal Air Base in Tabuk on Thursday. Several intense sorties using F-15C aircraft by the RSAF and F-16 by the Greek Air Force took place, and the two-week long exercise called Falcon Eye 2 included offensive and defensive tactical counter