|
Home
|
|
Welcome to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
|
 Central Riyadh Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia and it’s a emerging economic hub. Big commercial buildings, wide roads, planned city areas and mega shopping malls are hallmarks of Riyadh. Riyadh is located in the Najd region, and it is 400km from Dammad on the eastern side, and 850 from Makkah, which is on the westwern side.
Riyadh, although located in the desert, is by no means an isolated city. It have two airports, highway connections to other major cities and rail link to the eastern coastal cites of Dammad, Jubail and Khobar. Soon Riyadh will have state of the art railway connection to the cities in the western region.
| Saudi Arabia will introduce a new 95 octane fuel from 1 January 2007. Check Saudi Aramco website to see if your vehicle can take 95 octane fuel. | |
| |
Riyadh News
-
Riyadh to host global economic forum this month (MENAFN)
Riyadh to host global economic forum this month
-
Major Riyadh event to focus on global issues (Arab News)
RIYADH: More than 100 leaders will discuss solutions to the global financial crisis at the forthcoming Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) to be held from Jan. 25-27.
-
King Abdullah Visits Injured Gazans in Riyadh (Khaleej Times)
JEDDAH - Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia visited two seriously wounded Palestinians who have been admitted to the King Faisal Specialist Hospital (KFSH) in Riyadh on Friday.
-
Veteran Saudi journalist Talaat Wafa passes away (Arab News)
RIYADH: Veteran Saudi journalist and former editor in chief of the now-defunct English-language newspaper Riyadh Daily, Talaat Fareed Wafa, died yesterday in Riyadh after a brief illness.
-
Major Riyadh event to focus on global issues (MENAFN)
Major Riyadh event to focus on global issues
-
Saudi Arabia Blasts International Community For Condoning Gaza Attacks (Nasdaq)
RIYADH (AFP)--Saudi Arabia's cabinet headed by King Abdullah on Monday criticized the international community for condoning the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, a statement on the SPA news agency said.
-
Coordinated effort to provide relief (Arab News)
RIYADH: About 86 Islamic relief agencies, including the Riyadh-based World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO), have joined hands to raise donations and distribute relief in the Gaza Strip.
-
Saudi Arabia Reportedly Beheads Two Gay Men (The Advocate)
A pair of gay men may have been beheaded by the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry last month, according to French magazine Têtu. The men, from Riyadh, were accused of raping another man, according to a translation of the report by activist and blogger Michael Petrelis.
-
Shoura to discuss bill on children?s rights (Arab News)
RIYADH: A law to protect children?s rights is one of the key bills that will be discussed in upcoming Shoura Council meetings. The bill aims to protect children from all kinds of abuse, negligence and exploitation.
-
Pak expats cautioned against swindlers (Arab News)
JEDDAH: The Pakistani diplomatic mission yesterday asked its community to be vigilant about mobile phone calls from fraudsters and inform its welfare sections in Riyadh and Jeddah about such acts.
|
|
|
|