Saudi Arabia News in English

Saudi Arabia's news in English, and what a day in the Kingdom means for you. For expats, people moving to the Kingdom, investors and visitors. NOT A GOVERNMENT APP: Saudi Arabia News is independent. It does not represent the Saudi government or any government agency and is not affiliated with them. Every source is listed under SOURCES, with its link. NEWS By topic (security, expat life and work, the economy, oil, Vision 2030, Hajj and Umrah, football and more) and by city, from Riyadh to NEOM. A notification at most once a day for what you follow, never at night. Tap a term under a headline (Iqama, Qiwa, PIF) for a plain-English explanation. TODAY For your city: the Hijri and Gregorian date, prayer times by the Umm al-Qura method and the time to the next one (suhoor and iftar in Ramadan), security, flight and weather alerts in the news, the weather, heat and UV, rule changes for expats, the riyal and what money sent home comes to, Brent crude, and what's coming up. LIFE IN KSA Your Iqama, passport, exit and re-entry visa, licence and insurance dates, in Hijri or Gregorian, with a reminder a month, a week and a day before each runs out. An end-of-service (gratuity) calculator under the Labour Law. Emergency numbers and official e-services. CALENDAR AND ARABIC Founding Day, National Day, Ramadan and both Eids (expected dates), Hajj, the midday work ban, VAT and Zakat deadlines and Riyadh Season, with reminders. An everyday Saudi Arabic word a day in Arabic script with how to say it, and "Saudi explained": 100 terms. SOURCES Government information, and its official source: Public and Eid holidays, the Labour Law, the work ban: Ministry of Human Resources, https://www.hrsd.gov.sa/en Moon sightings and announcements: Saudi Press Agency, https://www.spa.gov.sa/en Weather warnings: National Center for Meteorology, https://ncm.gov.sa/ VAT and Zakat: ZATCA, https://zatca.gov.sa/en/ Hajj and Umrah: Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, https://www.haj.gov.sa/en Residency, visas and traffic: Absher, https://www.absher.sa/ Work permits: Qiwa, https://www.qiwa.sa/ Digital ID: Tawakkalna, https://ta.sdaia.gov.sa/en Social insurance: GOSI, https://www.gosi.gov.sa/en Domestic workers: Musaned, https://musaned.com.sa/ Visas: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, https://visa.mofa.gov.sa/ Courts and contracts: Najiz, https://najiz.sa/ Emergency numbers: 911, 999 police, 997 ambulance, 998 Civil Defense Everything else, and its source: News feeds: Saudi Gazette (saudigazette.com.sa), Arab News (arabnews.com), Asharq Al-Awsat (english.aawsat.com), Al-Monitor (al-monitor.com), Middle East Eye (middleeasteye.net), The Guardian (theguardian.com), This is Riyadh (thisisriyadh.com) News through Google News (news.google.com): Saudi Press Agency, Al Arabiya, Argaam, Zawya, Reuters, AP, AFP, Bloomberg, Financial Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Semafor, BBC, CNN, CNBC, Al Jazeera, Gulf News, The National, Khaleej Times, Arabian Business, Gulf Business, AGBI, MEED, Construction Week, Time Out, S&P Global, OilPrice.com, Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Dawn, GMA News, Inquirer.net, ESPN, Sky Sports, Goal, The Athletic, Formula 1, DW, TechCrunch, Breaking Defense, Fortune, POLITICO, The Economist, The New Arab, TradeArabia, NDTV, India Today, Economic Times, New Indian Express, Deccan Herald, ANI, Express Tribune Weather: Open-Meteo (open-meteo.com) and MET Norway (met.no). Exchange rates: ExchangeRate-API (exchangerate-api.com). Brent: CNBC, delayed. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited in the app. Prayer times, Arabic words and Saudi explained: worked out and written for the app. WHAT IT CAN'T DO Stories are the publishers' own; some ask you to subscribe. Alerts come from the news: in an emergency follow Civil Defense. Ramadan and the Eids follow the moon sighting. The gratuity calculator is an estimate, not legal advice. Free, with a single banner ad. A one-time purchase removes it.

A completely new app: Saudi Arabia's news in English by topic and city, prayer times and the Hijri date, an alerts watch, Iqama and visa expiry reminders, a gratuity calculator, the riyal and money sent home, the holidays with reminders, and an Arabic word a day.