Category: Market

Prices of 21-karat gold, the highest demand at local market, stood at JD40.60 per gramme, as purchasing price, against JD38.90 as selling price, an official said Saturday.

Jordan Jewelers Association’s Secretary General, Ribhy Allan, told Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the price of 24-karat and 18-karat gold amounted to JD47.10 and JD36.20 respectively.

The price of a Rashadi lira, weighing seven grammes, stood at JD286, while an English lira, which weighs eight grammes reached JD327, Allan said.

The demand on gold in the local market is still “weak”, while the supply was moderate, Allan added.

“Demand on gold is expected to rise in the last week of the holy month of Ramadan, nearing Eid al-Fitr, which usually coincides with social events,” Allan explained.

He noted that gold prices in global markets on Thursday reached $2008 per ounce.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 6 tons and 30 kilograms of food baskets in Shkodër province, Republic of Albania, benefiting 540 people as part of a Food Basket Distribution Project in Albania for 2023.

This project comes within the framework of a project to distribute 2,000 food baskets in 34 Albanian provinces to improve food security, alleviate the suffering of the needy, and provide their basic food requirements during the holy month of Ramadan.

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY

The World Quran Recitation and Adhan (Call to Prayer) Competition, “Otr Elkalam” has made history by setting six Guinness World Records as the largest contest for the recitation of the holy Quran and Adhan tracks in terms of the number of participants and the total value of the prizes.

The competition also set two other records as the largest competition for reciting the holy Qur’an in terms of the total number of prizes, and the largest competition for Adhan in terms of the value of the prizes which total more than SAR12 million.

The competition, whose first edition was launched in Ramadan 2022, has become an iconic and one of the most-watched TV shows of Ramadan.

Otr Elkalam Competition brings together all those with beautiful and touching voices in Quran recitation and Adhan worldwide.

The program also seeks to provide a rich Islamic experience to the world by highlighting the diversity of the cultures of the Islamic world, which is reflected in the style and manner of reciting the holy Quran and Adhan.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 20 tons and 641 kilograms of food baskets to the neediest families in the Central Java Region of the Republic of Indonesia, benefiting 2,004 people from 510 families as part of the 2023 Food Basket Distribution Project in Indonesia.

The aid comes as a part of the Ramadan Food Basket Distribution Project, which aims to distribute 6,687 Ramadan Food Baskets in Indonesia, benefiting 33,435 people in the provinces of Jakarta, West Java, Benten, and Central Java.

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY

The General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) 2022 session will begin on Tuesday July 4, 2023.

The ministry published the exam schedule on its website, noting that the first exam sessions will start on Tuesday, July 4, and will end on Tuesday, July 25.

The first session of the exam will start at 10am, and the second session will start at 1pm , according to the ministry.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Iraqi Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir Al-Shammari, met with his Sudanese counterpart, Anan Hamid Mohammed Omer who is currently visiting Baghdad.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed strengthening the joint security cooperation relations between the two countries and a number of issues of common interest.

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 12 tons of food baskets to the neediest families in many regions in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, benefiting 3000 people from 500 families as part of the Food Basket Distribution Project in Bangladesh for 2023.

The distribution comes as a part of relief and humanitarian projects that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia provides through its humanitarian arm, KSrelief, to needy countries worldwide during the holy month of Ramadan

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY

The Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) concluded its extraordinary meeting today, which discussed the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, at the request of Palestine and Jordan, in coordination and consultation with Saudi Arabia, the current Chairman of the Islamic Summit and Chairman of the Executive Committee, at OIC headquarters in Jeddah.

The Committee reiterated all resolutions issued by the OIC related to Palestine and Al-Quds, the centrality of the Palestinian cause, including Al-Quds and its holy shrines, for the entire Islamic nation, and the eternal bond that attaches all Muslims around the world to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Committee’s statement also affirmed the Arab and Islamic identity of occupied East Al-Quds as the capital of the State of Palestine, and refuses to prejudice it in any way, and condemns in the strongest terms the serious escalation of the Israeli occupation forces and terrorist settlers by repeatedly storming Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan, namely the latest aggression which took place on the night of the 14th of Ramadan by brutally attacking worshipers in the courtyards of the mosque while performing their prayers and rituals, which resulted in the injury and arrest of hundreds of them, and caused damage to the mosques chapel, which represent an assault on the existing legal and historical status and a serious violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.

The Committee warns of the consequences of the continued infringement by the Israeli occupation authorities, their officials, and terrorist settlers on the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, including provocations, continuous abuses, assaults, and serious daily incursions, in gross violation of international law and unprecedented tampering with the existing historical and legal situation, and in an attempt to perpetuate the temporal and spatial division of the Mosque, reiterating that the Israeli occupation has no sovereignty over any part of Al-Aqsa Mosque and that Muslim worshipers have the absolute right to pray freely and safely in the mosque and its courtyards, at any time, without any hindrance or violence.

OIC also reiterates the historical Hashemite Custodianship of the Islamic and Christian holy places in Al-Quds, and its role in protecting these shrines and preserving the existing legal and historical status therein, and affirming that the Al-Quds Endowments and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department of the Ministry of Awqaf Islamic Affairs and Holy Places is the only body authorized to manage the affairs of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

OIC also reaffirms the importance of the role of the Al-Quds Committee headed by King Mohammed VI of Morocco in confronting the dangerous policies implemented by the Israeli occupation authorities in Al-Quds to change the city’s identity and legal status, as well as its demographic, cultural and historical composition, appreciating the role played by the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Al-Sharif Agency.

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY

Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, Sheikh Dr. Abdullatif bin Abdulaziz Al Al-Sheikh, confirmed that the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, through the General Secretariat for Islamic Awareness of Hajj, Umrah, and Visit, provided nearly one million awareness services to the Umrah performers and visitors of the Grand Mosque through the Islamic awareness booths spread in Al-Taneem Mosque in Makkah and the participating preachers, in multiple international languages since starting the second phase of Islamic awareness programs.

This came during his visit today to the Al-Taneem Mosque in Makkah, during which he was briefed on the mosque’s facilities and services that are provided to the Umrah performers and visitors.

The minister explained that the advocacy of guidance and services consist of guiding the pilgrims, answering their questions related to the rituals of Umrah, explaining the virtues of the month of Ramadan, distributing religious pamphlets in different international languages, operating the electronic library that includes hundreds of electronic books, and taking all possible means to serve and comfort the visitors during their Umrah journey.

Al-Sheikh also visited the Islamic awareness booths at the Mosque, met with preachers and translators, and participated in distributing religious booklets and masks to the mosque’s visitors, in addition to inspecting the level of services provided by preachers at the Al-Taneem Mosque, urging them to exert more efforts in the Islamic awareness, and guidance for Umrah performers.

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), yesterday, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), handed over a 12-cubic-meter truck to the Cleaning and Improvement Fund office in Marib Governorate, as part of a project to support sustainable solutions and enhance the capabilities of the Fund.

The Undersecretary of Marib Governorate, Dr. Abd Rabbo Muftah, praised the Center’s humanitarian and relief efforts in the governorate, noting that the Cleaning and Improvement Fund faces a major challenge in cleaning and improvement services, especially in light of the environmental threats facing the governorate. He stressed the importance of this truck to counter the increase in sewage water and preserve a healthy environment, and prevent the fertile environment from the proliferation of communicable diseases.

This comes in light of the humanitarian and relief projects offered by the Kingdom, through KSrelief, to advance the water sector and create a healthy environment in Yemen.

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY

The Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) launched a promotional campaign in Europe, targeting Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Greece and Cyprus.

In a statement on Saturday, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the JTB Makram Qaisi said that the launch aims to increase tourist numbers, stressing the importance of the campaign and its impact.

For his part, Director General of the JTB Abdul Razzaq Arabiyat pointed out that the one-month long campaign was launched within the framework of stimulating tourism to introduce tourist sites in the Kingdom.

The vision of the campaign, he indicated, will reach hundreds of millions of views in those countries, reflecting positively on the tourist’s desire to visit Jordan, pointing out that low-cost airlines and charter flights to Jordan from those countries will help increase the number of visitors.

Arabiyat explained that the JTB published promotional materials in all the languages of the targeted countries at distinctive locations, including train stations, malls, shopping centers, means of transportation and other key locations.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has issued its daily forecast report for the weather in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The report said that moderate and torrential thundershowers, accompanied by active winds, are forecasted to fall on some parts of Najran, Jazan, Asser, Baha, Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh, and Riyadh regions, extending to the southern part of the Eastern region.

The report showed that the surface wind movement in the Red Sea would be northeasterly to northwesterly on the northern and central parts, and southerly to southeasterly on the southern part at a speed of 15-35 km/h, reaching more than 45km/h, while the surface wind movement in the Arabian Gulf will be northerly to northwesterly at a speed of 10-30 km/h.

SOURCE: SAUDI PRESS AGENCY