The second stage of the selection process for 60,000 places available at the Hajj pilgrimage in 2021 began on Friday, the National reports, with applications being sorted according to health status.
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Tuesday condemned Israel’s attempts to evict Palestinians from their homes, as the Kingdom and the Arab League "angrily denounce" what they call the use of excessive force in Gaza.
Recent data on Saudi Arabia's economy showed a mixed picture for the Kingdom, with non-oil PMI trending lower in March, month-on-month, while remaining in expansionary mode, according to Jadwa Investment and official government figures.
Saudi Arabia could be just weeks away from clinching the first significant funding package for a key part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s program to diversify the Kingdom’s economy, Bloomberg reports.
Oil rose above $67 a barrel on Friday, gaining for a fifth session, "as a stronger demand outlook and signs of economic recovery in China and the United States offset rising COVID-19 infections in some other major economies," Reuters reports.
A new paper published by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Saudi Arabia examines the Kingdom's advances in economic diversification so far under Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 social and economic reform plans, launched in 2016.
