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SFDA’s Dammam Laboratory Gains Middle East’s First Accreditation for PFAS Food Monitoring
Dammam: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has achieved a significant scientific and regulatory milestone by securing ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for its Dammam Reference Laboratory. With this achievement, it becomes the first national reference…
UNITAR Launches Its First Global Cybersecurity Office in Riyadh
Riyadh: The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has established its first office dedicated to cybersecurity. Through training, research, policy development, and knowledge exchange, the Riyadh-based UNITAR Cybersecurity Office w…
Saudi Reef Provides Over SAR4.2 Billion to More Than 87,000 Beneficiaries
Riyadh: The Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development Program (Saudi Reef) has revealed that support provided since its launch has exceeded SAR4.2 billion to more than 87,235 beneficiaries, aimed at supporting small farmers and families working in th…
KSrelief Delivers Essential Food Supplies to Afghan Returnees and Displaced Persons
Farah: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) today distributed 200 food baskets to returnees from neighboring countries, internally displaced persons, people in need, and orphans in Farah Province, Afghanistan. The assistance b…
Riyadh to Host Global Security and Technology Summit in December 2026
Riyadh: Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, the Ministry of Interior will organize the Global Security and Technology Summit (GSTS) in Riyadh from December 18-20,…
Saudi Arabia and France Sign Joint Action Program to Advance Tourism Cooperation
Toledo: A Saudi delegation led by Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb met with a French delegation headed by France’s Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade, Crafts, Tourism and Purchasing Power Serge Papin in Toledo, Spain, on 11 June 2026,…
39th Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union Begins Virtually
Riyadh: Under the patronage of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the 39th Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) commenced today via videoconference. The conference is organized by the Shura Council …