Girl, 3, rescued from bathroom
AL-TIWAL — Jazan Civil Defense firefighters rescued a three-year-old girl who accidentally locked herself inside the bathroom. The girl had sneaked into the bathroom and locked the...
View ArticleTeenager jailed for mistreating father
Adnan Al-Shabrawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – The District Court in Jeddah sentenced a 19-year-old youth to jail for allegedly beating his father, kicking him in the abdomen and...
View ArticleMinistry disowns festival ‘guest list’
RIYADH – Minister of Culture and Information Abdulaziz Khoja has said a statement bearing the names of guests to the upcoming Arab Media Festival in the Kingdom, which is being...
View ArticleHeavy rains likely in Asir highlands
JEDDAH – The Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) has warned that heavy rainfall is likely to continue in various regions of the Kingdom, especially the southwestern...
View ArticleMakkah traders cash in on influx of pilgrims
Fahd Al-Manaee Saudi Gazette MAKKAH –The volume of annual sales of garments in Makkah is expected to exceed SR600 million thanks to the huge influx of Umrah pilgrims, according to...
View ArticleYouTube clip leads to robbers’ arrest
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Police arrested three young men accused of robbing SR1,500 from a grocery store after assaulting an employee. Police came to know about the theft...
View ArticleSaudi tourists becoming ‘more cost-conscious’
Saeed Al-Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Observations made by visitors to a travel fair in Riyadh show that Saudi tourists have become more cost-conscious. The four-day...
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Preventive care ‘vital to keep contagions at bay’
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The fourth annual Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Update Conference ended in Jeddah on Wednesday with a series of recommendations to prevent diseases...
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Conference discusses future of English language testing in Arab world
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Leading experts in English language teaching and assessment gathered in Riyadh with local experts to discuss the best methods for improving the standard of...
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When your friend turns on you
Hussein Shibli Okaz/Saudi Gazette AL-DARB — She never imagined that her Yemeni son, a father of three who disappeared three months ago, had been kidnapped and killed by an African...
View ArticleSaudia launches initiative for summer youth employment
Ahmad Abdullah Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi Arabian Airlines will launch an initiative to hire a number of young students who will be participating in the Makkah Youth Forum this summer, the...
View ArticlePrimary teachers decry decision
Khalaf Al-Harbi Okaz Equality does not always mean justice. First, second and third grade teachers in our primary schools feel that a grave injustice has been done to them after the Ministry...
View ArticleWill we ever reach housing target?
Abdo Khal Okaz If one were to look at a map of the Kingdom and take into account the country’s population and GDP, he would have a hard time believing that a country spread out...
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Pipe burst leaves homes without water
Hussein Hazzazi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Pipe leaks continue to plague Jeddah, which is eagerly anticipating the launch of a new desalination plant that officials say will alleviate the...
View Article81 infiltrators caught hiding in Darb house
AL-DARB — Al-Darb police detained 81 unidentified illegal foreigners hiding in a house and waiting to be smuggled to the western cities. A house that was being frequented...
View ArticleHead-on crash kills four youths
JEDDAH — A head on collision caused the death of four youths on Rijal Alma-Darb Road on Friday. Police patrols and the Red Crescent attended the scene and extracted the...
View ArticleSaudi hangs himself from ceiling fan
SABYA — A Saudi male in his 40s committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan. A relative said the man had been missing for three days before he was found...
View ArticleHuman skull on Yanbu shore
YANBU — A Saudi discovered a human skull on the seashore near the Yanbu cement factory. He notified the coast guards who in turn notified Yanbu police. Madinah police...
View ArticleBaby found with hands tied inside car
MAKKAH — The Red Crescent freed a baby who was with hands tied inside his father’s car. The father had wandered in the Al-Mansour Street Red Crescent center,...
View ArticleJapanese PM starts 3-day visit Tuesday
RIYADH — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will arrive Jeddah for a two-day official visit from Tuesday, a source at the Japanese Embassy said on Saturday. Abe will...
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