Temperatures Drop below Zero in Northern Saudi Arabia

Subzero temperatures hit some regions of Saudi Arabia.
Subzero temperatures hit some regions of Saudi Arabia.
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Temperatures Drop below Zero in Northern Saudi Arabia

Subzero temperatures hit some regions of Saudi Arabia.
Subzero temperatures hit some regions of Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia, for the last two days, has witnessed a sharp decrease in temperature with a cold front affecting the Kingdom's north and center.

Temperatures dropped below 0 degrees Celsius in some parts, with the Saudi meteorology office urging residents to keep warm and avoid venturing to isolated regions.

The General Authority of Meteorology and Environment Protection also forecasted heavy rain and thunderstorms over Tabuk, Hail, Al-Jawf and east of Madinah.

In western regions of the Kingdom, temperatures remained moderate with weak chances of intermittent rain over parts of the northern border.

Parts of Saudi Arabia were blanketed by snow on Friday, especially in the northwestern regions, such as the Dahr Mountains.

Weather expert Khaled al-Zaaq confirmed that the cold weather hit its climax on Sunday and temperatures will gradually become warmer.

He, nevertheless, said that the effects of the cold front will continue until the end of the week.



Prince Harry Retraces Diana’s Footsteps by Walking Through a Land Mine Field in Angola for Charity

 16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)
16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)
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Prince Harry Retraces Diana’s Footsteps by Walking Through a Land Mine Field in Angola for Charity

 16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)
16 July 2025, Angola, Luanda: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walks through a minefield in Cuito Cuanavale. (PA Media/dpa)

Prince Harry followed in his late mother's footsteps on Wednesday by wearing a flak jacket and walking down a path in an active land mine field in Angola to raise awareness for a charity's work clearing explosives from old warzones.

The Duke of Sussex is in the southern African country with the Halo Trust organization, the same group Princess Diana worked with when she went to Angola in January 1997, seven months before she was killed in a car crash in Paris.

Diana's advocacy and the images of her walking through a minefield helped mobilize support for a land mine ban treaty that was ratified later that year.

Harry walked through a land mine field near a village in Cuito Cuanavale in southern Angola, according to Halo Trust. It's not the first time he has retraced his mother's steps after traveling to Angola for a similar awareness campaign in 2019.

The land mines across Angola were left behind from its 27-year civil war from 1975 to 2002. The Halo Trust says at least 60,000 people have been killed or injured by land mines since 2008. It says it has located and destroyed over 120,000 land mines and 100,000 other explosive devices in Angola since it started work in the country in 1994, but 1,000 minefields still need to be cleared.