Saudi Arabia replaced the head of its civil aviation authority on Wednesday, Reuters reports, appointing Abdelhadi Al-Mansouri president of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA).

The upcoming Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale - the first art event of its kind to be held in Saudi Arabia - announced participating artists for the exhibition called Feeling the Stones, according to a report in The Art Newspaper.

Saudi Arabia has reduced the number of countries where its nationals and citizens are banned from traveling from 20 to just 9 as it continues to open up its airways following the global pandemic.

Planners and developers working on making Saudi Arabia's Al-Ula UNESCO heritage site easier and more enjoyable to visit are keen to keep in tact the natural beauty and wonder of the site, the UAE-based The National reports, citing an interview with Francesca Arici, the site’s chief planning office

The Saudi Heritage Preservation Society has called on UNESCO to protect traditional Khawlani coffee cultivation techniques in Saudi Arabia in a press release, noting that the Arabian tradition "has been passed down for generations by the ancient tribes of Khawlan."

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has appointed an international advisory board of business, tourism and environmental figures for its Red Sea tourism development.

A recently discovered fossil finger bone dating back about 90,000 years that was unearthed in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert is "pointing to what scientists are calling a new understanding of how our species came out of Africa en route to colonizing the world," Reuters reports.