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Babul Firdous wins IISJ's Islamic Quiz Competition
JEDDAH — International Indian School Jeddah (IISJ) held there annual "Islamic Quiz Competition 2013-14" November 25. The program commenced with the...
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KTT Jeddah announces new president in a grand ceremony
Khak-e-Taiba Trust’s (KTT) new President Ahmed Abdul Hakeem with the trust’s ex-presidents Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Mohammed Shameem Kausar, Siadat Ali Khan and General...
View ArticleTrain mows down two in Nufud desert
RIYADH – A train ran over two people in the Nufud desert in the Eastern Province Tuesday night. The unidentified victims were trapped on the railway track when the train...
View ArticleCold wave grips Kingdom
JEDDAH – The Presidency for Meteorology and the Environment (PME) has forecast a severe cold wave in northern Saudi Arabia beginning Thursday. A PME bulletin said...
View Article600,000 young Saudis to participate in Makkah Youth Forum competitions
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal formally opened the preliminary round of competitions and an awareness campaign as part of the fourth Makkah Youth...
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Saudi businesswoman comes fifth in international creative competition
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi businesswoman Latifah Alwalaan, who owns Yatooq Enterprise, bagged the fifth position in the the Commercial Creative Business...
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Consulate opens condolences book in tribute to Mandela
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The South African Consulate General in Jeddah has set up a book of condolences in tribute to former president Nelson Mandela. Consul...
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Nazaha nails corrupt municipality official
Mohammad Sameih Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) is questioning a high level official in the Makkah municipality over...
View ArticleUS teen sent to observation center in Hail
Saudi Gazette report HAIL — A 16-year-old American boy accused of harassment was sent to an observation center in Hail, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on...
View ArticleNSHR against naming and shaming the corrupt
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The head of the National Society for Human Rights has told the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) or any other official body not...
View ArticleExpat to be sentenced over tasattur, embezzlement next week
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — The Eastern Province Board of Grievances will next week sentence an expatriate plumber convicted of illegally running a business...
View ArticlePakistani girl struggles to stay alive
Saman Ali Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — The father of a 12-year-old girl dying from cancer has refused to give up on her beating the disease.“Miracles do...
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Future of Kingdom lies in skills of its people: Fakieh
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Minister of Labor Adel Fakieh has said the Kingdom must advance toward a knowledge-based economy to be able to compete in the...
View ArticleForum discusses benefits of robotic surgery in war zones
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Robots could be used to treat injuries in theaters of war, surgeons and military officers were told on Wednesday at a military medicine conference....
View ArticleStereotyping Saudis
Saleh Al-Turigee Okaz SINCE 9/11 the world has developed a new distorted picture about Saudis, who used to pass easily through all airports and sometimes even without...
View ArticleThe old guard
Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz WHEN the supervisor of King Abdullah’s project to develop the judiciary system, Majed Al-Oudwan, says the project is facing strong...
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Night shifts unnerve hospital staff
Abdulaziz Al-Ruwaili Okaz/Saudi Gazette TABUK — A number of doctors and nurses in some government hospitals in Tabuk have become skeptical of their night shifts as they...
View ArticleDemand rises for Saudi manpower
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — With the end of the status correction period and the deportation of illegal expatriates, many job vacancies have opened up for Saudi...
View ArticleLocust infestation in Asir farms
DHAHRAN AL-JANOUB — Swarms of desert locusts have been seen over Dhahran Al-Janoub governorate in Asir province. The Ministry of Agriculture has already started spraying...
View ArticleNSHR probes prison torture video
JEDDAH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has launched an investigation into a video leaked from Jeddah’s Briman Prison showing an inmate being...
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