DUBAI: The UAE may invest in a COVID-19 vaccine production facility in Indonesia, Energy and Infrastructure Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei said on Monday. He said that economic relations between the UAE and Indonesia were witnessing an exceptional boom, especially during the past ten years, and that, currently, the UAE has a number of promising projects that will strengthen
CAIRO: Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir said that the railway connecting Egypt and Sudan will extend more than 450 kilometers and cost between 4 to 5 billion Egyptian pounds ($254.6 million-$318.73 million). Al-Wazir, who is visiting Khartoum as head of an official delegation, said that the main purpose of his trip is to move talks with Sudan forward and begin
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Development Company is building accommodation for some 14,000 people working on the mega project. It signed a contract with Contracting & Construction Enterprises (CCE), to design and construct the infrastructure for the staff city, Al Eqtisadiah reported. The contractor will also help to develop infrastructure designed to reduce carbon
RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) on Monday launched special Ramadan food distribution projects in different Muslim countries such as Yemen, Albania, and Pakistan. The center distributes special food baskets that suffice the needs of an entire family for a month. In the Ataq district of the Shabwah governorate in Yemen, the center
RIYADH: Worshippers performed the first Tarawih prayer at the Two Holy Mosques on Monday amid strict COVID-19 measures. King Salman issued a decision on Sunday approving the evening prayer in mosques across the Kingdom during the month of Ramadan, but that they be reduced and combined with the Isha prayer. Only vaccinated or immune worshippers will be allowed to enter the