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1,000 Saudis Pay ‘Zakat’ via Zakaty e-Portal

General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT)
General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT)
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1,000 Saudis Pay ‘Zakat’ via Zakaty e-Portal

General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT)
General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT)

Around 1,000 individuals in Saudi Arabia have paid more than SAR4.4 million (USD1.17 million) via the Zakaty e-portal and Zakaty app that are affiliated with the General Authority of Zakat and Tax (GAZT), two weeks after the portal’s launch.

Since its launch at the beginning of Ramadan, the portal (zakaty.gov.sa) witnessed a huge turnout given its helpful role in paying zakat, or Islamic alms, electronically inside the Kingdom or abroad through Sadad, GAZT said in a statement.

It added that the e-portal offers several services to individuals, including information about zakat and a zakat calculator, in addition to a reminder.

The portal also informs donors of how their alms are being spent.

The authority noted that Zakaty permits individuals, whether inside or outside the Kingdom, to benefit from its services.

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Trump Says He Will Meet China’s Xi If a Trade Deal Is Struck

US President Donald Trump gestures as he jokes to reporters that he's planning to install nuclear missiles, on a with an architect and aides on the roof of the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 5, 2025. (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump gestures as he jokes to reporters that he's planning to install nuclear missiles, on a with an architect and aides on the roof of the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 5, 2025. (Reuters)
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Trump Says He Will Meet China’s Xi If a Trade Deal Is Struck

US President Donald Trump gestures as he jokes to reporters that he's planning to install nuclear missiles, on a with an architect and aides on the roof of the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 5, 2025. (Reuters)
US President Donald Trump gestures as he jokes to reporters that he's planning to install nuclear missiles, on a with an architect and aides on the roof of the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 5, 2025. (Reuters)

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the US was close to a trade deal with China and that he would meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before the end of the year if an agreement is struck.

"He asked for a meeting, and I'll end up having a meeting before the end of the year most likely, if we make a deal. If we don't make a deal, I'm not going to have a meeting," Trump told CNBC in an interview referring to China's Xi.

"We're getting very close to a deal. We're getting along with China very well," Trump said.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last week he believed the US had the "makings of a deal" with China after officials from the two countries met in Stockholm in a bid to resolve economic disputes aimed at extending their truce on a trade war by three months.

China is facing an August 12 deadline to reach a durable tariff agreement with the US administration, after Beijing and Washington reached preliminary deals in May and June to end escalating tit-for-tat tariffs and a cut-off of rare earth minerals.

Without a deal, global supply chains could face renewed turmoil from US duties snapping back to triple-digit levels that would amount to a bilateral trade embargo.

Speaking to CNBC, Trump also said his administration would soon impose tariffs on US imports of pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and chips, which is expected to impact China.