AL-KHOBAR — Half of the Kingdom’s population will be diabetic by 2030, doctors warned during the International Diabetes Conference, which opened in Al-Khobar on Thursday.
Doctors are afraid that the disease will become an epidemic by 2030 and lead to increase in cardiology, brain stroke and kidney diseases as well as ce
Half of Saudi population ‘prone to diabetes’
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Dawah workers to combat terror funding
RIYADH — The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance has started training its employees on how to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
All employees working at Dawah centers and Holy Qur’an memorization organizations have been given such courses.
The ministry cooperated wit
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Emir to build parachuting school
RIYADH — Emir of Riyadh Prince Turki Bin Abdullah has announced that a parachuting school will be built in Riyadh.
During the launch of Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz Second Islamic Parachuting Championship, he said the school would be his gift to parachuting amateurs.
The event was attended by Prince Turki Bin Muq
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Senior scholars condemn Charlie Hebdo
RIYADH — The Board of Senior Scholars has condemned the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo for republishing cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
In a statement, the scholars said such action had nothing to do with freedom of speech and expression.
The board’s secretary-genera
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An exemplary model for hygiene and respect from Japan
Najwa Hashim
Al Riyadh
By the end of this week, some students might have started celebrating the beginning of their winter break by tearing their books and other learning aids into pieces.
They will then throw their books on the roads and into dumpsters close to their schools.
As a result
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We, Saudis, are the best
Fahd Jleid
Al Jazeera
A number of dress shop owners who are members of the Committee of Businessmen in the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently met at the chamber’s headquarters.
They agreed that employing only women at dress shops is impossible because of the nature of Saudi wome
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Hanan: You burn our hearts
Helda Ismail
Al Yaum
A few years ago, I insisted on watching the movie “A Bahraini Story” at a Manama cinema for the second time.
As I watched, I felt like crying at the destroyed dreams of the three female characters who lived under a regime of coercion and submission.
They
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Stung by filial ingratitude?
Saudi Gazette report HOW sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child, William Shakespeare wrote in his tragedy King Lear. Respecting and treating one’s parents kindly is a moral characteristic that reflects the essence of human nature. Despite the emphasis Islam pl
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Case for mass surveillance
Saudi Gazette report MASS surveillance has helped countries all over the world keep an eye on their populations, fight terrorism and protect vital national security interests by deploying electronic devices such as closed-circuit television cameras in key public squares. China is one example of a country that h
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From grit to greatness
Saudi Gazette report THE family is the first and basic school of life that takes care of a child from birth until adulthood. It bears the responsibility for raising the child, educating him and providing him with a suitable environment for personal growth. All of these responsibilities are mult
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Man sets mother on fire over family dispute
TAIF — Authorities here arrested a man who set his mother on fire following family disputes. The man poured gas over his mother and set her on fire before running away and hiding in a remote village. However, a team of investigators arrested him before he could escape to Makkah. He was drunk when he was caught. The man will be referred to the Mental Hospi
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Haia saves woman from blackmailer
BAHA — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) nabbed a young man who allegedly blackmailed a young woman, said spokesman Nasser Saeed Al-Zahrani. The man contacted the woman over the phone and convinced her to send him her pictures. He later threatened to post her photos online if she did not meet him in person and give i
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Fire destroys expat accommodation
HAFR AL-BATIN — Firefighters here contained a fire that ripped through the accommodation of expatriate workers, said Eastern Province Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mansour Al-Dawsari. The fire started in a lower-level room and then spread to a warehouse nearby. Investigations are under way to determine the cause of the blaze.
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Six nurses injured in highway accident
DAMMAM — Six nurses sustained various injuries when the minibus they were in was involved in an accident, said Eastern Province Red Crescent Authority spokesman Fahad Al-Ghamdi. The two-vehicle accident took place Thursday on the Dammam-Jubail Highway. Paramedics arrived at the scene shortly after the accident had been reported by eyewitnesses. The injure
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34 Umrah pilgrims injured in accident
TAIF — At least 34 Umrah pilgrims of different nationalities were injured when a bus coming from Kuwait overturned on the Taif-Makkah Highway, said Red Crescent Authority spokesman Ali Al-Ghamdi. The majority of the injured were women and children and some sustained serious injuries, with two cases being airlifted to King Abdulaziz Hospital in Jeddah. The
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Six-member robbery gang busted in Riyadh
RIYADH — Police here nabbed a six-member gang that allegedly carried out a string of robberies, authorities said. The gang members, all from Bangladesh, are accused of robbing their fellow compatriots. The gang members took their victims to a remote place on the outskirts of the city where they would beat and rob them of all their possessions. Sulaimaniya
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4 amusement parks shut down
Ibrahim Alawi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Authorities have shut down four amusement parks over various violations.
Civil Defense safety inspectors visited 49 parks during a routine check and cited different violations; some of them were major and required decisive action, said Civil Defense Director B
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When Saudization becomes a snare
Samir Al-Dhamir Al-Yaum Many writers and program hosts have focused on Saudization in the private sector and companies have often responded by employing tricks to get around the Ministry of Labor’s Saudization quotas. We have heard many tragic stories from innocent Saudis who fell victim to the greed and exploitation
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Crown Prince Receives Phone Call from Indian PM
RIYADH — Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received here today a telephone call from Indian Prime Minister Narindra Modi who enquired about the health of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, wishing him continuous health.
For his part, the Crown Prin
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236 illegals arrested in crackdowns
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM/DAWADMI — Authorities have arrested 236 workers who violated residency regulations in the Eastern Province and Dawadmi over the past week, said Hamad Nasser Al-Soqoor, director of inspection department at the Labor Ministry. Police and municipality inspectors helped Labor Ministry
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