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Expatriate workers search for odd jobs after extension of amnesty
Expatriate workers violating residency permits have returned to the streets searching for odd jobs soon after the extension of the amnesty period. The picture shows groups of workers on a sidewalk in...
View ArticleTwo expat doctors fined SR84,000 for negligence
Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The Shariah Medical Committee in Makkah has fined two expatriate doctors a total of SR84,375, to be paid as blood money for their negligence...
View ArticleMakkah police bust pickpocketing gang
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH – The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Makkah police busted a notorious pickpocketing gang early Friday. The gang members stole from Umrah performers...
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Housemaid in Syrian girl’s murder transferred to prison
Mansour Al-Shehri and Soad Al-Shamrani Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — An Ethiopian housemaid who allegedly killed a Syrian girl last Thursday has been transferred to Al-Malaz women's...
View ArticleTenants to get power bills directly after two months
Saudi Gazette report JUBAIL — The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) will soon start issuing power bills directly to consumers, Al-Yaum daily reported Saturday quoting a senior energy official....
View ArticleGulf traveler stabs passport officer
HAFR AL-BATIN — A Gulf national stabbed a Passport Department employee at Al-Req'ei center on Saudi-Kuwaiti border. Eastern Province police spokesman Lt. Col. Ziyad Al-Reqaiti said the...
View Article13 hospitalized with food poisoning
AFLAJ — Thirteen people have been hospitalized with food poisoning after they ate sweets from a shop in Aflaj. Director of Aflaj General Hospital Abdullah Al-Haidari listed all 13 victims in...
View ArticleUnidentified body found in street
MAKKAH – Police are investigating circumstances behind the death of a man in his 40s whose boy was found behind a fuel station in Makkah. Lt. Col. Abdulmuhsen Al-Maiman, spokesman for Makkah...
View Article8 Emiratis killed in road accident
AFLAJ — Eight members of an Emirati family were killed in a car accident on their way to Abha. The driver, his two wives and five children were killed, while another five children...
View ArticleFirefighters suffer smoke inhalation
RIYADH – Ten Civil Defense personnel suffered smoke inhalation while putting out a fire in a commercial building in the city. Riyadh Red Crescent spokesman Saeed Al-Ghamdi said the Civil...
View ArticleJeddah cultural week kicks off
JEDDAH – Activities of a cultural week focusing on the heritage of Jeddah, especially its Historic Area, kicked off at Naseef House on Saturday evening. The Voluntary Society to Protect the...
View ArticlePrincess Al-Anoud opens dates festival
JEDDAH – Princess Al-Anoud Bint Abdullah, the wife of Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, opened on Wednesday the fifth dates festival organized by a women’s charity society in...
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Taif hospital comes under Nazaha scrutiny
Saudi Gazette report TAIF — The Human Rights Commission has confirmed the findings of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) about the chest diseases hospital in Taif. A Nazaha...
View ArticleEmirati survives horrific crash
ABQAIQ — An Emirati citizen escaped death in a horrific accident on Al-Bat'ha road in Abqaiq. He collided head-on with a truck that crossed the road in front of him and sustained serious...
View ArticleTeenage driver runs over septuagenarian
ABHA — A man in his 70s was killed while crossing a road north of Dhahran Al-Janoub. He was run over by a speeding car driven by a teenager. The body was taken to the mortuary, while the...
View ArticleExpat pair jailed for robbing bank client
RIYADH — The General Court in Riyadh has sentenced two Pakistani nationals to 10 years in prison and 600 lashes for stealing money from an accountant who was on his way to deposit company...
View ArticleDrugs stashed in iPad box seized
TAIF — Traffic patrols arrested two suspected drug smugglers who were hiding drugs in an iPad container. A security patrol grew suspicious of a car driven by a 22-year-old Saudi and stopped...
View ArticleNearby fire forces hotel evacuation
MAKKAH — The Civil Defense evacuated 350 Umrah pilgrims from a hotel in Al-Misfalah neighborhood of Makkah. Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Saleh Al-Elayyani said a building under construction...
View ArticleMajor smuggling attempts foiled: Border Guard
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Border Guard patrols in Jazan foiled a number of smuggling operations and infiltration attempts during the Islamic month of Sha’aban (from...
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‘Wi-Fi’ not connecting
Joud Al-Amri Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The second episode of the the TV show “Wi-Fi” has resulted in a dispute between scholars and actors. In the episode, actor...
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