RIYADH, May 10 — Saudi Arabia has announced its plan to hold hajj ritual this year in a manner that ensures preserving health and safety of the pilgrims, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Those selected to perform the Haj this season will be given the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines as they have been approved by Saudi Arabia.

RIYADH, May 3 — Foreign pilgrims and visitors who are visiting Saudi Arabia must now have insurance coverage against the risk of coronavirus (Covid-19) infections.

MAKKAH, April 26 — The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques managed the entry and exit of nearly 1.5 million worshipers and Umrah performers at Masjidil Haram during the first 10 days of Ramadan.

MADINAH, April 13 — The Saudi government has reopened the Nabawi Mosque here to allow worshippers to perform tarawih prayers throughout Ramadan this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — The zakat fitrah (personal tithe) rates this year, have been fixed at RM5 (compulsory), RM7 and RM14.

NILAI, March 23 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) seized 94.8 million Captagon pills which contain amphetamine worth RM5.2billion from containers at Port Klang on March 15, making it the largest drug haul in the country’s history.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Global long-term sovereign sukuk issuance is expected to decline slightly in 2021 as higher oil prices and recovering economic activity support government revenue growth while pandemic-related spending is expected to fall, Moody’s Investors Service said.

CAIRO, Jan 9 — Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine on Friday in the NEOM economic zone, the state news agency SPA said.

GENEVA, Jan 8 — The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights on Thursday welcomed Saudi Arabia's withdrawal of more than three years of sanctions against Qatar as a "positive first step", reported Anadolu Agency.

RIYADH, Dec 28 — Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the extension of the suspension of international commercial flights for an additional week.

RIYADH, Dec 15 — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday began registering citizens and residents for free Covid-19 vaccines, the Health Ministry said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Malaysia has strongly condemned the missile attack targeting the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday.

RIYADH/DUBAI, Nov 24 — Yemeni Houthi forces fired a missile that struck a Saudi Aramco oil company distribution station in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah, a Houthi military spokesman said on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — In sending Malaysian umrah pilgrims to the Holy Land, the government will seek advice from the National Security Council (NSC) and the Ministry of Health Ministry (MOH).

DUBAI, Oct 27 — Saudi Arabia, birthplace of Islam, on Tuesday condemned cartoons offending the Prophet Mohammad and any attempts to link Islam with terrorism but did not echo calls by other Muslim states for action against images being displayed in France of the Prophet.

RIYADH, Sept 14 — Saudi Arabia will lift a coronavirus-related travel ban at the beginning of the new year, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting Saudi's official news agency on Sunday.

RIYADH, July 24 — Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud underwent a successful laparoscopic surgery to eradicate the gallbladder at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) based on a statement issued by the Royal Court on Thursday.

RIYADH, July 22 — Saudi King Salman held a cabinet meeting via video call from hospital in the capital Riyadh on Tuesday, a day after the 84-year-old monarch was admitted with what state media said was inflammation of the gall bladder.

RIYADH, July 20 — Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to King Faisal Specialist hospital in the capital Riyadh for medical checks, the state news agency (SPA) reported early on Monday.