Car plunges into Arbaeen Lake
JEDDAH — A sedan was pulled out by rescue teams of the Border Guard and the Civil Defense after it had plunged into Arbaeen Lake in downtown Jeddah on Wednesday. Spokesman for the Border...
View ArticleTenders invited for transport project
MAKKAH — Makkah Development Authority (MDA) has invited six national and international consortiums to submit public tenders for the implementation of the first phase of the holy...
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Hundreds of bikers turn out for HOG rally
RABIGH — King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) hosted the 5th HOG Saudi Rally organized by the Jeddah chapter of Harley Owners Group. “We are thrilled that KAEC was chosen as the...
View ArticleAnother expatriate dies from MERS
RIYADH — A foreign woman has died after she contracted MERS in Riyadh, bringing the nationwide death toll to 73. The 55-year-old woman, whose nationality was not disclosed, was suffering from...
View ArticleWhy do Saudis make sweeping generalizations about others?
Prof. Najah Ahmad Al-Dhihar Al-Madina Judging people based on their race has become common in Saudi society, especially when any of these people is guilty of a violation. You will notice that many will...
View ArticleWe must invest in our children
Abdullah Al-Maghlouth Al-Eqtisadiah I love taking taxis and listening to the stories of cabdrivers. I remember once I took a cab in Riyadh and the driver, Abdulrahman Al-Shammary, told me how he had...
View ArticleWhy are countries in our region underdeveloped?
Jafar Al-Shayeb Al-Sharq All the countries in our region are described as Third World countries not only because of their economic conditions but also because of the poor development of their human...
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Women need to be aware of basic laws
Adel Abdulrahman Okaz/Saudi Gazette Female participants in a women’s seminar held at Okaz Organization headquarters agreed on the importance of increasing awareness among women about their...
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Muzdalifah turns into a gallery of Ottoman-era artifacts
Saudi Gazette report The holy site of Muzdalifah now houses a portion of the Abbasid-Ottoman era portico of the Grand Mosque, waiting to be restored after completion of the ongoing expansion of the...
View ArticlePolice searching for suspect in stabbing
AL-QURAYYAT — Police are searching for a man who is accused of stabbing a man in the chest. Al-Qurayyat General Hospital alerted police after they received the victim, who was reported to be...
View ArticleGirl rescued from swimming pool
MADINAH — Civil Defense rescue workers saved a girl from drowning in the swimming pool of a private resort in Madinah. The girl was with her family at the time of the incident. The family...
View ArticleDecomposed body found near garbage dump
AL-KHURMA — Police are investigating the case of an unidentified body found near the site of a garbage dump in Al-Khurma. Forensics experts visited the location to collect evidence. Police...
View ArticleRobbery gang targeting bank customers busted
JEDDAH — Police busted a gang of four people suspected of being behind a string of robberies in Jeddah. The gang members, all of them from an African country, monitored customers exiting...
View ArticleMan who fought with three women arrested
AL-DARB — Police arrested a man who was accused of firing a weapon in the air following a fight he had with three women in the southern city of Al-Darb. According to police, the man became...
View ArticleMan killed, 10 hurt in highway accident
BISHA — A man died and 10 others sustained injuries in a road accident on Bisha-Khamis Mushayt Road. The accident involved three cars and the victim died shortly upon arrival at the hospital....
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Truck carrying dangerous cargo catches fire; 2 die
RIYADH — Civil Defense rescue personnel averted a major disaster on Friday after a truck carrying highly-inflammable chemicals caught fire after it overturned on Riyadh-Dammam...
View ArticleNepotism alleged in house plot grants
MAKKAH — The municipality of Makkah has violated directives to stop distributing residential plots and transfer them to the Ministry of Housing, said the National Anti-Corruption Commission...
View ArticleAl-Amal Hospital rejects Syrian patients
DAMMAM — Al-Amal Hospital here has refused to accept Syrian patients despite a government directive to provide them with free treatment out of consideration for the situation in their...
View ArticlePassport Dept opens office at Red Sea Mall
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Passport Department inaugurated a branch at Red Sea Mall. The new branch, the city’s fourth Passport Department location, will issue new iqamas, exit-entry...
View Article600 road violations in Qassim in 1 day
BURAIDAH — The Traffic Department in the Qassim province recently issued more than 600 traffic violations on a single day. The violations were part of a Traffic Department campaign against...
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