MAKKAH — Highway police foiled two attempts to smuggle more than 27 illegal overstayers into Makkah coming from Riyadh. Police grew suspicious of a group of people in an SUV on their way to Makkah. None of the passengers had any identification papers. Police found out that the driver took SR700 from each passenger he was smuggling. The men were handed ove
Highway police arrest 27 illegals
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Expat commits suicide inside public toilet
YANBU — An Asian expatriate ended his life by hanging himself inside a public toilet in Yanbu. The man used his clothes to hang himself. Police teams and the forensic department arrived to the location to collect evidence and investigate the case. Investigations revealed that the man suffered psychological problems and had been deprived of sleep for sever
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Man ‘who killed mother’ had murdered before
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — A man charged with killing his mother had already been imprisoned for a previous murder, Asir Police revealed.
The victim was murdered on Sunday in the small town of Tareeb, located in the east of Asir province.
Asir Police spokesman Abdullah Shaatan said: “The convict
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Alwaleed hosts annual Ramadan lecture
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) and Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, hosted the second annual Ramadan lecture at Kingdom Resort in Riyadh on Monday. The lecture focused on awareness and knowledge. The keynote lecture, delivered b
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Indian CG in Saudi Gazette office
B.S. Mubarak, India’s new consul general in Jeddah, holds talks with Saudi Gazette Editor-in-Chief Somayya Jabarti during a courtesy visit to the newspaper’s office on Wednesday. Also seen are Dr. Irshad Ahmad (L), consul for press, information and culture, and L. Ramnarayan Iyer, executive editor of Saudi Gazette. — SG photo by Abdul Rahman M. Baig
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Courts consider over 12,000 lawsuits involving children
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Saudi courts have during the past eight months considered more than 12,000 lawsuits involving children, Al-Hayat newspaper reported Wednesday quoting a statistical report issued by the Ministry of Justice.
The report said the lawsuits consisted of 4,703 custody cases, 2,064 t
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Ironing spray latest narcotic on the market
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Directorate General to Combat Drugs has launched an intensive campaign to stop children inhaling a spray used to iron clothes."Inhalation of the spray is a growing phenomenon, particularly among teenagers," said Assistant Director General for Preventive Affairs Abd
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No minimum pay for Indian house helps
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH - The work contract signed by Saudi Arabia and India for the recruitment of housemaids has not stipulated a minimum wage for Indian housemaids, Makkah daily reported on Wednesday.
Local press reports on Tuesday claimed the monthly salary of an Indian housemaid under the contract would ra
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20,000 drivers needed for Haj service
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — The General Syndicate of Cars and Haj Transport Companies has started receiving applications to fill about 20,000 seasonal vacancies for car drivers and mechanics, Makkah daily reported.
The newspaper said the vacancies are offered to jobless Saudis and government employees who a
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Iftar meet bolsters bonds of Saudi–India friendship
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Prominent Saudi and Indian dignitaries underscored the need for further bolstering bilateral relations between the two countries in a way that would benefit people of both nations. Addressing an iftar party organized by the Gammon Group at Red Sea Palace
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French national day celebrated in Jeddah with fervor
Selma Roth Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — French expatriates celebrated their national day at the residence of the French consul general in Jeddah during an evening filled with national symbols. The national day, often called “Le Quatorze Juillet” for the date it is celebrat
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Qassim region tops in 'faskh' divorces
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – Courts in the Qassim region registered the highest number of civil suits in the Kingdom filed by women for dissolution of marriage due to family disputes since the start of the current Hijri year.
Out of 29 faskh (divorce at a woman's initiative without the consent of husba
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What turns a medical doctor into a terrorist?
Haleema Muzaffar
Al-Watan
SAUDI society was shocked by news of the death of a young Saudi medical doctor who was fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Some reports said he killed himself in a suicide bombing, killing and injuring about 30 people. Others said he was killed in a raid against ISIL.
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Women visitors accuse officials in Prophet’s Mosque of racism
Saudi Gazette report
MADINAH — Several Arab women visitors to the Prophet's Mosque here have alleged that they have been racially discriminated against by Saudi women guards.
They claimed that they were being forced to vacate their places for Saudi women and were not allowed to stay more than a few minutes in
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Salman donates SR10m for care of orphans
Prince Ahmad Bin Fahd Bin Salman, president of Insan Charitable Society for Orphans Care, honors winners of the Holy Qur'an and Prophetic Teachings Competition at a ceremony in Riyadh Tuesday evening. — SPA RIYADH — Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, donated SR10 million to Insan Charitable S
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Light tremor hits the Red Sea
YANBU — A 3.43-magnitude tremor hit an area northwest of the Red Sea close to Umluj, Tabuk, at 4:04 p.m. Wednesday, said Hani Zahran, director of National Center for Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Zahran said such tremors usually go unnoticed by people although they occur frequently throughout the year. Tremors of this magnitude do not affect coastal cities a
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Iftar for diabetics at Haram
MAKKAH — President of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais instructed workers to provide special Ramadan meals for diabetics at the Grand Mosque. Special spaces in the courtyards have been marked for diabetic people. The presidency is intending to serve 3.2 million meals for people suffering from the chronic condition. Initially 150,0
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Holy Qur’an translated into Swahili
MADINAH — The King Fahd Glorious Qur’an Printing Complex has finished the translation of the Holy Qur’an into Swahili, the official language of Kenya and Tanzania and a spoken language in Uganda, Congo and different African countries, said Muhamamd Al-Oufi, secretary-general of the complex. Swahili is the mother tongue for 5 million people and
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SEC signs four contracts worth SR4.361b
RIYADH — Chairman of theSaudi Electricity Company (SEC) Saleh Hussein Al-Awaji signed Thursday four contracts to carry out power projects worth SR4.361 billion in Qassim, Hail, Jubail and Madinah provinces, the Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday. The projects include 12 gas plants in Qassim, four new units in a gas plant in Hail and one power plant in M
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240 teenagers give up smoking
JEDDAH — The Anti-Smoking Association helped 240 boys under 13 give up smoking this year, according to the organization’s director Muhammad Al-Mayoof. Eighty percent of 331 young smokers who were treated kicked the bad habit while the remainder relapsed and started smoking again. Al-Mayoof said the number of child smokers has been on the rise for se
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