When you visit the city of Minneapolis in Minnesota, you cannot help but fall in love with it. The mix of old and modern architecture, the art shows, music festivals and farmers’ markets give a sense of culture, warmth and exclusivity. In recent years the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, were on the way to becoming an important business capital in the American Midwest,
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s decision to only allow 60,000 residents vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to perform this year’s Hajj, and to bar Muslims from abroad for a second straight year, has been widely welcomed. The Hajj a must for able-bodied Muslims at least once in their lives packs millions of pilgrims into religious sites and could be a major source
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs office in Jazan temporarily closed the Budaiya Mosque in Abu Arish governorate after it was confirmed that the imam had COVID-19. Field teams undertook preventive and precautionary measures, including sterilization operations and comprehensive maintenance, in preparation for reopening the mosque and receiving worshippers at a
RIYADH: Jobs have been created for about 400,000 Saudi nationals as a result of 11 Saudization agreements put in place since 2018, the Argaam website reported, citing information from Abdullah Abuthnain, vice minister of human resources and social development at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development. Increased privatization and Saudization of roles are the key
BEIRUT: Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at least 16 people Saturday, many of them when a hospital was struck, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a doctor, three hospital staff, three women and a child died at Al-Shifaa hospital in the city which is held by Turkish-backed rebels. The artillery fire originated from