Tue, 21-Oct-2025

President Al-Sudais: Successful Plan And Smooth Operations In Grand Mosque For Hajj Season

President Al-Sudais announces successful plan for pilgrims’ circumambulation during Hajj season. Preparation of entry and exit sites, paths, and organizing facilities for pilgrims. Use of robots and artificial intelligence for cleansing and sterilization operations. President of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, announced the success of the plan to … Read more

Saudi King Salman enters hospital for ‘examinations’: report

King Salman

Saudi Arabia’s ailing King Salman was admitted to a hospital on Sunday for unspecified tests, according to state media. The kingdom has generally sought to quell speculation about the 86-year-old monarch health, who has ruled the Arab world’s largest economy and top oil exporter since 2015. He entered King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the coastal … Read more

Guidance robot launched to serve Two Holy Mosques

The GPH General President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophets Mosque ash-Shaykh Dr Abd Arrahmaan ibn Abd al-Azeez as-Sudays has launched the guidance robot among its efforts in implementing artificial intelligence to serve the two Holy Mosques. During the launch, he said: “The use of technology has come positively to serve … Read more

No COVID-19 case reported among pilgrims since outbreak

Saudi Arabia

Not a single case of the novel coronavirus recorded among the pilgrims and worshipers since the start of pandemic, said the Saudi authorities. According to the media report, Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais who is the head of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques; highlighted while speaking during a seminar about the … Read more

King Salman partially lifts curfew; keeping 24-hour curfew in Mecca

King Salman

Saudi King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz ordered to partially lift the curfew in all regions of the Kingdom. From 9am to 5pm, starting Sunday till Wednesday, May 13. While keeping a 24-hour curfew in Mecca and in previously isolated neighborhoods. The order also allowed the opening of some economic and commercial activities. The activities include … Read more