MAKKAH — Recommendations on how pilgrims are transported from their residences to the Grand Mosque will be submitted to Makkah Emir Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah, said member of the high committee for pilgrims monitoring Isam Toonsi. He pointed out one of these recommendations was to designate routes for the transportation of pilgrims according
Buses to transport pilgrims in Makkah
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Medics travel 220 km to save patient
TAIF — A medical team traveled 220 kilometers from Taif to Al-Khurmah near Makkah to remove a bullet from behind a patient’s liver after he was shot.
Doctors were against moving the patient from Al-Khurmah to Taif due to the risk of complications developing, so the team was dispatched from King Abdulaziz Specialist Hosp
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Saudi court jails 23 for plotting terrorist acts
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh has sentenced 23 militants to up to 22 years in jail on charges that included plotting attacks in the Kingdom and embracing a deviant ideology, the Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday.
They were convicted of forming a te
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Recruitment companies demand protection
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The owners of recruitment offices said they were “dissatisfied” the Ministry of Labor does not contact them prior to signing new agreements.“We are always faced with new regulations that are only in favor
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Committee discusses hot labor topics
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The constituent committee of the Kingdom’s labor committees’ association organized a coordination meeting on Sunday to discuss topics such as settlement by negotiation and labor disputes settlements committees in the private sector with the aim of arriving at th
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New US Consul General Todd Holmstrom to further strengthen 'bridges of understanding'
Selma Roth Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The new US consul general, who arrived here on August 6, is a family man. Hailing from Michigan, Todd Holmstrom says he is blessed with “both a large extended family and also a good size nuclear family,” who arrived in the King
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Bahrain's King receives Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, General Intelligence Chief, Interior Minister
MANAMA — Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received at Gudaibiya Palace here today Prince Saud Al-Faisal; Minister of Foreign Affairs; Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Chief of General Intelligence; and Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior.
During the meeting, Prince Saud Al-Faisal conveyed
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Haj terminal back on full steam
Bangladeshi Ambassador Md Shahidul Islam and Saudi and Bangladeshi officials receive the first group of Bangladeshi pilgrims who arrived at the Haj terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on Wednesday. — SG photo Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – The H
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Guardians prevent marriage of 622 women in two years
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Courts in the Kingdom have received 622 cases of adhl (where a woman's guardian prevents her from marriage) over the past two years.
Judicial sources said Riyadh accounted for 201 cases, followed by Jeddah with 195, Makkah had 87, Madinah c
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Cry beloved hospital
Abdo Khal
Okaz
MANY ministers took over the reins of the Health Ministry. Each one of them brought to us the good news that North Jeddah Hospital would soon be opened. When the time of the opening came, we would be given a new date for the event.
The delayed opening of the hospital reminds us of the appo
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Father of murdered girl refuses to meet Indonesian envoy
Saudi Gazette report YANBU — The father of a little girl murdered by the family's house worker has refused to meet with the Indonesian ambassador in a bid to commute her killer’s death sentence. Khalid Al-Shehri added that granting amnesty for the house worker is out of the question
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Cell of Eight recruits 34 Saudi young men to fight with IS
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A cell of eight extremists apprehended in the town of Tamir, about 180 km north of Riyadh, on Monday recruited 34 young Saudis and sent them to fight for Islamic State (IS) and the Al-Nusra Front in Iraq and Syria, Makkah daily reported on Wednesday quoting unofficial sourc
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Haj season 1435 begins
Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao and Consul General B.S Mubarak receive the first batch of Indian pilgrims at Madinah’s Prince Muhammad International Airport, Wednesday. Officials from the Ministry of Haj, General Authority of Civil Aviation and Madinah airport as well as from the Indian Haj mission were also present to receive the pilgrims. — Courtesy
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Biomil Plus No.3 baby milk banned
RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry slapped a ban on Thursday on the sale of Biomil Plus No.3 baby milk in the local market. The ministry issued orders to withdraw the product from the market after discovering some manufacturing defect following complaints from citizens. The ministry urged consumers to stop using it and return the
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Newlywed wife dies in accident
TABUK — A newlywed wife was killed while her husband sustained severe injuries when their car crashed into a heavy truck Wednesday on a highway here, said Tabuk Red Crescent Society spokesman Hussam Al-Salih. The couple had been married for about two months when they had the tragic accident. They got stuck inside the wreckage until Civil Def
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MOE: Maternity leave not canceled
RIYADH — The Ministry of Education has finally refuted reports that claimed it has scrapped maternity leave for its female employees. The ministry’s spokesman Mubarak Al-Osaimi said on his Twitter account that the ministry had not issued any circular to this effect. The rumor had caused an outrage on social media, renewing the calls fo
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Health inspections to be intensified
JEDDAH — The Directorate of Health Affairs has instructed its centers at King Abdulaziz International Airport and Jeddah Islamic Seaport to intensify their inspections in order to prevent any people with serious infectious diseases from entering Saudi territories. Dr. Sami Badawood, director, said all pilgrims arriving at these two ports of
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5-day detention for dangerous addicts
RIYADH — The Emir’s Office has directed authorities to detain dangerous addicts for five days as a precautionary measure. The new directives have been issued after Al-Amal Rehabilitation Hospitals in Riyadh and some other governorates failed to accommodate the large number of addicts that needed admission daily. A source said the hospi
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MOL: Market sets recruitment fees
JEDDAH — The prices of domestic workers’ recruitment are subject to demand and supply, said Abdulmonem Al-Shehri, director of the Ministry of Labor’s Makkah office, noting the ministry cannot require recruitment offices to set unified fees. He called on offices to take the financial condition of some citizens into consideration a
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Why do so many Saudis become US citizens?
Abdullah Al-Tuwairgi
Makkah daily
There are more than 200,000 Saudis who have become US citizens and most of them still maintain their Saudi citizenship. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the US pursues some of these people for failing to pay taxes as American citizens. About 30,000 Saudis, who are tax defaulters,
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