Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Customs confirmed that its officers at border points receive death threats when they confiscate smuggled goods.
During a media workshop on the work of Saudi Customs and the role of the media, the head of the directorate Saleh Al-Khela
Customs officers, families ‘receive death threats’
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Harassers flogged at EP shopping mall
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — Six Saudis were whipped at the shopping mall where they were filmed harassing women on Sunday.
The men were sentenced to imprisonment and lashes after they were convicted of harassment.
The lashes part of the sentence called
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Court upholds 10-year term for blogger who insulted Islam
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — A Saudi court on Monday upheld a 10-year jail sentence and 1,000 lashes against a citizen who was accused of insulting Islam.
Raef Badawi had been convicted of creating an anti-Islam website, criticizing senior scholars and mocking nationa
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Illegals on the run
Illegal vendors flee from a local market in Jeddah on hearing the siren of a police vehicle. The passport police have mounted a concerted campaign to arrest and deport foreign peddlers in local markets. — Courtesy photo
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Saudi business delegation meets Telangana deputy chief minister
JEDDAH — In order to tap the business and trade opportunities in the newly formed state of Telangana and the residual state of Andhra Pradesh in India, a six-member delegation from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was on a four-day tour for joint ventures in construction, infrastructure projects, architecture and engineering design, information
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OFWs want Philippines to reinstate the death penalty
Ronaldo Z. Concha
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The majority of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Kingdom have called on the Philippine government to restore the death penalty due to an alarming increase of reported serious crimes such as rape.
Earlier this month
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Why can’t we be a tourist country?
Abdullah Al-Jamili
Al-Madinah
ACCORDING to statistics, more than 200,000 Saudis visited the United States this summer and more than 132,000 visited Dubai during the Eid Al-Fitr holidays.
Despite the unstable political and security conditions in Egypt, a total of 29,323 Saudis visited the country in July,
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15-year-old Ala spends all her life in a hospital bed
Saudi Gazette report HOFOUF, Ahsa — Ala was born with a swollen head caused by an accumulation of fluid in the skull and she has spent all her life in a hospital bed, mostly in intensive care. Dr. Ashraf Khaleel who is supervising her case at a local hospital said the 15-year
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Attack on police sets oil pipeline on fire
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM – A small fire broke out in an oil pipeline in Awamiyah, Qatif in the Eastern Province on Monday night, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday.
A security man was injured when unidentified gunmen fired upon a police patrol, according to Eastern Province po
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Saudi who took kids to fight with IS ‘chosen for suicide mission’
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Reports have circulated that a Saudi citizen who joined Islamic State (IS) has been chosen for a suicide mission, Al-Hayat daily reported. Naser Al-Shayeq reportedly joined IS more than a month ago and is believed to have forcibly taken his two s
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IS extremists resort to graffiti to demonstrate ‘large support’
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — In an apparent attempt to show that it has a large number of supporters in the Kingdom, members of Islamic State (IS) has started writing its slogans on the walls of schools and other buildings in some Saudi cities and towns. A Saudi expert
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Crown Prince Salman hold talks with French Prime Minister
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz, deputy premier and minister of defense, holds talks with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls in Paris on Tuesday. The crown prince, who is on an official visit to France, earlier opened a meeting of the Saudi-French Business Council and launched the “Invest in the Kingdom” exhibition. He also met with Saudi youths atte
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Inmates complain about harsh prison conditions
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has received a total of 1,328 complaints from prisoners against the Directorate General of Prisons in the last three years, the society said in its latest annual report.
The NSHR said the complaints were made betwe
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Heritage makes Najran a top tourist destination
Saudi Gazette report NAJRAN — Almost on the Yemeni border in the southwest of the Kingdom, Najran is one of the most fascinating places in the Kingdom that has attracted thousands of tourists from within and outside the country. Set in a sprawling oasis, this area has been inhabited for about 4,000 years an
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Nazriya-e-Pakistan Forum pays tribute to its founder
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Nazriya-e-Pakistan Forum (NPF) ladies wing paid rich tributes to its founder chairman, renowned journalist and editor-in-chief of daily "Nawai waqt Pakistan late Dr. Majid Nizami at a function held at Kababish restaurant Thursday. Alina Mohamme
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Indian expat feted by Telangana deputy chief minister
JEDDAH — Arif Qureshi was honored for dedicating over three decades of his life promoting art, literature, Urdu language, and rendering patriotic services. Quershi was presented with an award “Great Indian Lover and Patriot” by Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana Mohammed Mahmood Ali while Editor in Chief of “Siasat”
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Expat found dead at home
QURAYYAT — Security bodies are investigating the death of an Asian national who was found dead in a house, south of the vegetable market in Al-Muhammadiyah neighborhood of the northern city of Qurayyat. Al-Jouf Red Crescent spokesman Hamdan Al-Dhuwaihi said an expatriate notified the Red Crescent after he found his friend in a state of coma.
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Search on for gunman who shot citizen
DAMMAM — Police are searching for a young man who allegedly fired on a Saudi citizen in Al-Khaldiyah neighborhood of Hafr Al-Batin. Acting spokesman fo Eastern Province Police Capt. Abdulaziz Al-Harbi said King Khalid Hospital received the victim who suffered injuries to his abdomen from gunshots and notified police of the incident. He added
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8 members of a family injured in accident
TAIF — Security bodies attended a traffic accident on Al-Sail Road on Tuesday, where eight family members suffered various injuries. Spokesman for Taif Health Directorate Siraj Al-Hemaidan said ambulances of the directorate and the Red Crescent attended the scene, provided first aid to the injured and transported them to King Abdulaziz Speci
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Fire erupts in university library
BURAIDAH — A fire broke out Tuesday morning in the library building of Qassim University's faculty of design and home economics for girls in Al-Fayzah neighborhood of Buraidah, but no injuries were reported. Students witnessed smoke coming out of the second floor of the building and notified the Civil Defense and security bodies. Head of the
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