KSA to observe World Health Day
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will on Monday observe World Health Day 2014, which will be held under the theme, "Small Bite, Big Threat". The Ministry of Health announced that...
View Article1,709 domestic abuse cases in 2012
RIYADH — The Ministry of Health revealed on Sunday that during 2012 alone the Kingdom witnessed 1,709 cases of domestic violence. According to Dr. Turki Bin Abdullah Al-Maliki, supervisor of...
View ArticleShoura to discuss PE for girls
RIYADH — The Shoura Council is to debate the physical fitness of female students. The council will take up the issue during its discussion of the Ministry of Education’s annual...
View ArticleConference on communicable diseases in Jeddah
JEDDAH — Physicians and consultants from around the world will participate in an international conference on infectious diseases in Jeddah over the next three days. The conference, to be held...
View ArticleDisabled kids ‘sexually harassed in schools’
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – The chairman of the Disability Society in the Gulf, Musaed Al-Awla, disclosed that students with Down’s Syndrome are being sexually harassed by...
View ArticleEast Jeddah districts without water for 15 days
JEDDAH — Residents of several east Jeddah neighborhoods complain that they have been without water for the past two weeks. They claim they contacted the National Water Company (NWC), which...
View ArticleMost football fields ‘unsafe’
Saudi Gazette report ABHA – A member of FIFA’s safety and security committee said 80 percent of football fields and stadiums in the Kingdom are not safe enough. Salman Al-Namshan...
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Crown Prince Salman receives Doris Leuthard
Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, receives Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council and chief of the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and...
View ArticleLebanon tries to woo Saudi tourists, investors
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Real estate agents taking part in a Lebanese property exhibition underway here say Saudis are currently reluctant to visit their country because of security...
View ArticleThree-month wait for women wanting to work from home
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) is planning to implement a project that will allow women to work from home within three months. The head of the fund,...
View ArticleRights of working women
Daliya Gazzaz Al-Hayat The findings of a survey on working women were presented in a research paper at a recently-concluded forum discussing the rights and duties on Working Saudi women. About 60...
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Family courts to start hearing cases in August
Saudi Gazette report MADINAH — Family affairs courts are due to start operating from Aug. 10, local daily Al-Watan reported on Sunday. The courts will consider all family-related cases...
View ArticleChild dies after falling in a hole
MAKKAH — A 10-year-old child of an African nationality died after he fell inside a hole dug by a construction company. The child was playing next to the hole when he fell inside. A concrete...
View ArticleMan with forged seals arrested
AL-KHAFJI — A man in his 60s was arrested after being caught with more than 10 forged government seals in his possession. Police grew suspicious of the man while his car was parked near a gas...
View ArticleDecomposed body found in holy site
MAKKAH — A decomposed body has been found in the mountains of Muzdalifah outside Makkah. Police and forensics teams arrived at the locations to collect evidence. According to initial...
View ArticleArrests after BIP official shot at
JAZAN — Police in Jazan are currently questioning three young Saudi men accused of shooting at a member of the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution while he was with his wife. The...
View ArticleTeen accidentally shoots sister dead
ARAR — A 4-year-old girl died after she was accidentally shot in the neck by her 14-year-old brother while he was playing with his father’s gun. The child was rushed to a nearby...
View ArticleMan held for beating friend to death
JEDDAH — Police in Jeddah have arrested a man who fatally injured his friend after a fight between them five days ago. The man hit the other hard on the head, causing internal bleeding. The...
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Two arrested for trying to rob a store in Riyadh
Police in Riyadh arrested two thieves while they were trying to rob a store in Riyadh’s Al-Rabwa District. A police patrol spotted the pair inside the store searching for valuables. When...
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Bazm–e–Osmania, ICSJ successfully donate 16,000 used books
Indian Cultural Society Jeddah (ICSJ) and Bazm president Arif Quraishi and Chairman of International Indian School Jeddah Dr. Haroon Rasheed and members of ICSJ Fareed Al Waheedy, Arif masood...
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