Design of new airport in Abha finalized
Nadia Al-Fawaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — Design for the new Abha airport have been finalized and preparations are under way to offer the project for tender, according to the General Authority for...
View ArticleParis-based institute hopes to make big gains with Saudi help
Saeed Al-Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The president of the Paris-based Institute du Monde Arabe, also known as the Arab World Institute, lauded a 1 million euro (about SR5 million) donation...
View ArticleA clarification
The translation of the Education Ministry SMS, which was published in Saudi Gazette on April 30, Tuesday, should have read “… to allow Maharim (women dependents) to work at...
View ArticleBlame game as bodies remain on road
TAIF — Two men who were killed in a traffic accident remained on the accident site for more than two hours. Several government bodies blamed each other for the delay. The...
View ArticleDaughter mistakenly shoots elderly father
ONAIZAH — A man in his sixties was accidentally shot in the head by his daughter during an outing in the desert. Qassim police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Habdan said the man was cleaning his gun,...
View ArticleTwo men arrested for raping runaway maid
AL-RAS — Police have detained two young men for alleged sexual assault of a runaway housemaid. Qassim police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Habdan said the housemaid ran away from her...
View ArticleWoman stabs herself outside rehab center
RIYADH — A young woman stabbed herself in front of the Al-Amal Hospital for Rehabilitation. Red Crescent spokesman Saeed Al-Ghamdi said the Red Crescent had responded to a call regarding the...
View ArticleSix shops gutted in Al-Ahsa fire
HOFUF — Six auto spare parts shops were destroyed in a fire in the industrial area of Al-Ahsa. The fire affected a 2,800 square meter area. Three people were treated on site for...
View ArticleIFF conducts career guidance program
JEDDAH — The India Fraternity Forum (IFF) organized a career guidance program in association with ACCESS India, in which speakers from various professions and faculties shared valuable...
View ArticlePoetry is what evokes the senses — Quadri
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Indian poet Yousuf Quadri defines poetry as an element that can evoke the senses. For him, poetry also has to be something complex, which deems...
View ArticleWhen graphic design meets culture
Laura Bashraheel Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Art has always been a way to express different social, individual and political attitudes. Graphic design conveys the social and cultural beliefs of...
View ArticleZamil to hire Saudi fresh graduates
Zamil Industrial Investment Company (Zamil Industrial) and Dammam College of Technology entered into a cooperation agreement on Sunday to support the recruitment of Saudi graduates certified in...
View ArticleIndian scholars visit King Faisal Research Center
Prince Khaled Bin Saud Al-Faisal, foreign relations manager at King Faisal Research and Islamic Center, receives Sheikh Abubakr Ahmed, general secretary of All India Scholars Council, and the...
View ArticleExpo highlights innovation in special education techniques
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The importance of developing innovative methods to teach children with disabilities was highlighted at a special education (SPED) exhibition held at...
View ArticleOver 100 illegals netted in Makkah passport raids
Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The passport police nabbed more than 100 illegal foreigners who had taken refuge in several neighborhoods of Makkah. Maj. Gen. Faisal Al-Swailim led...
View Article‘Mahram’ for nursery schools
Aliyah Al-Shalhoub Al-Riyadh The Ministry of Education announced new conditions for Saudi women who want to invest in children’s nurseries. It is well known that there is a lack of...
View ArticleGCC chief slams Khamenei over interference in Bahrain
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – Abdullatif Al-Zayani, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), has condemned remarks by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Bahrain...
View ArticleBrain-dead Saudi’s organs save four lives
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — A brain-dead Saudi man’s organs have saved the lives of three Saudis and an Emirati patient. The man’s family donated both of his kidneys,...
View ArticleCourt hands down death sentence to pedophile
Ibrahim Alawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Many parents in the city breathed a sigh of relief after the Jeddah General Court handed down the death sentence to a pedophile who had a long...
View ArticlePrince Muhammad Bin Naif honored by Dr. Yury Fedotov
Minister of Interior Prince Muhammad Bin Naif honors Dr. Yury Fedotov, executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), at the opening of a regional seminar on...
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