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Roof collapse kills worker
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA – A Pakistani was killed in Tanoumah on Saturday when the roof of an old building collapsed on him while workers demolished the structure, Civil Defense...
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Dialogue with India soon, Sharif
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammed Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan’s relations with Saudi Arabia is unparalleled, deep rooted and time...
View Article2,000 vacancies await female bakers in EP
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM – Nearly 1,000 bakeries in the Eastern Province are waiting to be included in the list of jobs that women can be employed in. The bakeries are expecting the...
View ArticleIs salary hike the solution?
Abdul Elah Gadaa Al-Madinah At the end of each Ramadan, Saudi employees and retirees yearn for a month's bonus or at least an increment because they do not see much benefit in the salary, especially...
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Several missing as heavy rains and flash floods hit Qunfudah
Abdulrahman Al-Ali and Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette JEDDAH/ABHA – Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal was personally following up the search operation for several people who went missing...
View ArticleTeen tries to steal AC from mosque
RAFHA — Police arrested a 15-year-old boy attempting to steal an air-conditioner from a local mosque in Rafha, according to Northern Frontier Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Bandar Al-Ayda. The...
View ArticleFirecrackers blamed for vehicle fire
JAZAN – Abu Areesh Civil Defense started an investigation into a fire that broke out in a Saudi’s vehicle near his home. The owner and his neighbors were surprised when they saw the...
View ArticleFarmhand drowns in Turbah water tank
TURBAH – Civil Defense divers pulled out an expatriate farmhand who fell into a water tank and drowned at the farm in Turbah where he worked. His employer reported the incident to the...
View Article3 men caught after pulling off 50 thefts
RIYADH – Police nabbed three men who pulled off 50 thefts in different companies and businesses in Riyadh. The thieves used the same methods in the thefts. Police deployed secret agents in...
View ArticleMan arrested for raping boy
AL-BAHA – A married man in his 20s has been arrested or allegedly raping an 11-year-old Arab boy in Al-Baha, according to the region's police spokesman Lt. Col. Saad Al-Ghamdi. The man...
View ArticleCop shoots man in leg in self-defense
TABUK – A police officer had to shoot a man in his leg after the latter attacked him with a wooden club. The officer sustained slight injuries while the attacker was rushed to hospital....
View ArticleDecapitated body found
Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Police were on full alert when they received a report of a headless body found in the Mahbas Al-Jinn area of Makkah. A forensics team that arrived at...
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Search on for man missing in Marra Valley
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — Civil Defense teams continued their search on Sunday for a missing body in Mahayel Asir. A car had gotten submerged as it tried to cross the flooded...
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Octogenarian who lives alone in a barn
Ahmad Abiri, 80, lives in a small room made out of wood in complete seclusion in Samtah, Jazan province. The Saudi octogenarian does not have a wife or children to look after him. He spends his entire...
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Daily routine remains unchanged for Filipinos in Al-Khobar
Khalid Al-Balahdi Okaz/Saudi Gazette AL-KHOBAR — Just before daybreak in Al-Khobar municipality, many non-Muslim expatriate workers practice sports such as walking and basketball....
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Importance of Ramadan stressed in KNRI Forum
JEDDAH — Indian expatriates from of Karnataka organized an Iftar party at local restaurant in Jeddah; executive committee members of the forum attended the Iftar party. Karnataka NRI Forum...
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South African Consul General sheds light on tourism, bilateral trade
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Consul General of South Africa Ebrahim Edries is serving the South African here for over two years. Edries conveyed his greetings and blessings to the...
View ArticleRamadan revives demand for disposables
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The disposable plastic tableware market in Jeddah has witnessed a surge during Ramadan after a brief downturn in the preceding months. Al-Madinah daily visited a...
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Frantic rush at tailor shops to deliver Eid orders in time
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Tailoring shops in Kingdom are frantically working to deliver their orders with only three days to go before Eid Al-Fitr.“We work...
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No road signs on newly opened Briman highway
Abdul Mohsin Al-Sabti Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – The newly completed 28-kilometer-long Briman-Makkah Highway does not have any signs on either side of the road, or warnings for several...
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