10-year-old child shot by brother
RAFHA — A 10-year-old child was accidentally shot in the face by her 13-year-old brother in Rafha in northern Saudi Arabia. Police were alerted when they were contacted...
View ArticleBootleggers arrested in Hafr Al-Batin
HAFR AL-BATIN — Police arrested three Asian expatriates in connection with manufacturing and distributing liquor in Hafr Al-Batin. Police received information that...
View ArticleKFMC wins global excellence award
RIYADH — King Fahd Medical City (KFMC) in Riyadh has won the World Golden Award for Excellence in Quality and Performance for its distinguished performance in all...
View ArticlePay and fill, gas station workers tell motorists
Saudi Gazette report AL-AHSA — A number of gas stations in Al-Ahsa have informed motorists that they would have to pay in advance before filling their vehicles with...
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Indian talks about poetry, expatriates
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — “My education started late, because in our family in those times we were not allowed to go to school...
View ArticleMost employers complying with midday work ban
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – The director of the Ministry of Labor’s inspectors said the ratio of companies and establishments that have adhered to a...
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SABIC hosts Eid event for care home residents
RIYADH — The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), in collaboration with the management of the Elderly Care Center in Riyadh, hosted on Monday a function on the...
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Martial Artist Bodla breaks two world records at Fitness First gym
Mohammed Alshoaiby Saudi Gazette RIYADH – Tae Kwan Do black belt Ahmad Amin Bodla, 21, broke two Guinness World Records on Wednesday at the Fitness First gym on...
View ArticleDivorcee accuses NSHR of ignoring paternity dispute
Saudi Gazette report YANBU — A Saudi divorcee from Yanbu who is involved in a bitter dispute with her ex-husband over the paternity of her son on Thursday...
View ArticleWomen occupants kicked out of charity building
Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — A number of needy women who lived in a charity home in Makkah have been evicted by the building’s...
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Swamps in south Jeddah a dengue fever threat: Residents
Hussein Hazzazi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Swampy areas in south Jeddah could cause many people to contract dengue fever, residents said during an Okaz/Saudi Gazette...
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Family in Madinah park rehoused
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Social Affairs Department in Madinah has finally ended the plight of a Saudi family forced to live in a park in the holy...
View ArticleRecruitment and flying statements
Mohammed Al-Faidi Okaz THE issue of lifting the ban on the recruitment of housemaids from southeast Asian countries, especially Indonesia, will remain a thorn in our...
View ArticleI wish my Indonesian maid returned
Khaled Al-Firayan Al-Riyadh “I WISH my Indonesian maid returned one day.” I found this remark on Twitter as part of a sarcastic poem that spoke about...
View ArticleHealth Affairs dismisses pharmacist’s allegations
Saudi Gazette report MADINAH — The Department of Health Affairs in Madinah has denied claims by an Arab pharmacist that 223 patients died over two years because of...
View ArticlePolice searching for hospital shooters
NAJRAN — Police in Najran are searching for several men who opened fire inside Yadmah General Hospital two weeks ago and fled the scene. The men had an argument with some of the hospital's...
View ArticleSEC car stolen at gunpoint
AL-DAYER — A Saudi Electricity Company's car was stolen Thursday at gunpoint after a group of men chased the SEC employees in the car and asked them to pull over. All employees were assaulted...
View ArticleDrug haul at Halat Ammar
RIYADH — Customs officers at Halat Ammar Border seized 1.4 million narcotic pills stashed inside hollow steel clamps, said Ammar Al-Harby, the customs director at the border. The smuggler...
View ArticleMan attempting to smuggle qat arrested
JAZAN — A man disguised in women's clothing was arrested for attempting to smuggle qat, a leafy narcotic, according to Jazan police acting spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul Rahman Al-Zahrani....
View ArticleSyrian executed for drug smuggling
TABUK — A Syrian national convicted of smuggling drugs into the Kingdom was executed in the northwestern city of Tabuk on Friday, the Interior Ministry said. Ahmed Al-Onayzi was found guilty...
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