KSrelief, UN University for Peace Sign Cooperation Program

Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of KSrelief Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and UN University for Peace Permanent Observer David Fernández Puyana sign the program in Riyadh. (SPA)
Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of KSrelief Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and UN University for Peace Permanent Observer David Fernández Puyana sign the program in Riyadh. (SPA)
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KSrelief, UN University for Peace Sign Cooperation Program

Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of KSrelief Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and UN University for Peace Permanent Observer David Fernández Puyana sign the program in Riyadh. (SPA)
Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of KSrelief Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and UN University for Peace Permanent Observer David Fernández Puyana sign the program in Riyadh. (SPA)

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the UN University for Peace signed on Sunday a cooperation program that covers several fields, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of KSrelief Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah and UN University for Peace Permanent Observer David Fernández Puyana signed the program at the center's headquarters in Riyadh.

Under the program, a cooperation and partnership framework will be established between the two sides in the educational and training programs, building capacity, preparing studies and research in the humanitarian work field.

They will exchange invitations to participate in conferences, symposiums and exhibitions on humanitarian and relief affairs.

This is part of strategic partnerships by KSrelief with international and regional institutions to boost cooperation and develop the institutional work infrastructure in the center in a way that serves humanitarian work.



Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
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Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)

A 3.35 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail, said the Saudi Geological Survey on Tuesday.

In remarks to local television, Tariq Mansoob, head of the detection center at the survey, said six earthquakes were detected in the Kingdom from March and April.

They were all between the 3.5 and 4.5 range, he added.

The latest quake, which struck at 5:12 pm on Tuesday, has no impact on the Kingdom, he stated.

Activity along the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros and Makran mountains in Iran and Pakistan led to the quakes, he explained.

The pressure created by this activity resulted in the tremors, he went on to say.

Small quakes are a “good sign,” Mansoob said, because if the pressure continues to build without release, it would have eventually erupt in a major potentially devastating quake.

He reassured the public that the small tremors were not a cause for concern and that the larger ones had taken place closer to Iranian shores.