Teen escapes death in drifting accident
TURAIF — A teenager narrowly escaped death after he was involved in a serious car accident. The boy was driving an SUV at a high speed and drifting before he crashed into the sidewalk....
View ArticleTire blowout causes fatal accident; 5 Indians die
JEDDAH – Five Indian nationals were killed and two others injured in an accident on Taif-Riyadh Expressway early Sunday morning. The van carrying the workers overturned at Ridwan, about 150...
View ArticleDrivers killed, 9 female teachers hurt in crash
TABUK — Two people were killed and nine others injured when a pickup truck crashed into a minibus transporting female teachers. The drivers of both vehicles were killed while the female...
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Driver killed, two injured as car overturns
A driver was killed and two others seriously injured when their car overturned on Haql-Sharf Road. The Civil Defense had to work for a long time to get the body out and free the injured victims from...
View ArticleDriver arrested for blackmail
ABHA — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) arrested a driver in his 50s accused of blackmailing a Saudi female teacher. The teacher contacted the...
View ArticleFestival visitors suffer sunstroke
FARASAN — Thirty-five visitors at the Farasan Island Hareed Festival had to be treated for sunstroke while there were reports of others getting crushed in the huge crowds. According to a...
View ArticleRotten food seized from supermarket
SHAROURAH — The municipality in Sharourah seized more than 1,200 boxes of food unfit for consumption. Municipality field teams were on their routine checks when they saw a truck loading boxes...
View ArticleTwo new halls on King Fahd Causeway
DAMMAM — The authority in charge of King Fahd Causeway has prepared two new halls for diplomats and VIPs to expedite their procedures. The two halls are spacious and can hold reception and...
View ArticleEmir to attend Imam University graduation
RIYADH — Prince Khalid Bin Bandar, emir of Riyadh, will attend Monday the 58th graduation ceremony of more than 17,000 students from Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University in the presence...
View ArticlePrisoner assaulted after ‘savior of Islam’ claims
HAFR AL-BATIN — A 26-year-old Saudi prisoner had to be hospitalized after other inmates reportedly assaulted him for claiming he was the prophesied redeemer of Islam. The man was treated for...
View Article3.8 million pilgrims arrive for Umrah
JEDDAH — The Haj Ministry said that there was no crowding in the Kingdom's land, sea and airports during arrival and departure in the Umrah season this year. It said more than 3,800,000 Umrah...
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Back from oblivion
A craftsman in Dammam puts the final touches to a wooden door that he has decorated using traditional methods. The man is attempting to revive an trade that has long gone into the oblivion....
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AlResalah Channel discusses future plans
RIYADH — The supreme advisory committee of AlResalah Channel met recently at the office of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, the channel's chairman, in Riyadh recently. The committee reviewed the...
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Bangladeshi Ambassador visits Saudi Gazette
Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohammed Shahidul Islam holds talks with Saudi Gazette Editor-in-Chief Somayya Jabarti during a courtesy call to the newspaper’s office in Jeddah...
View ArticleShortage of public health specialists raises concern
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Statistics show the number of public health specialists working for the Ministry of Health is 50 percent lower than those working in non-ministry hospitals,...
View ArticleHaia to question ‘blasphemous’ Saudi
Saudi Gazette report HAFR AL-BATIN — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) will question a Saudi arrested for allegedly insulting God, the Prophet (peace be...
View ArticleSchool fires 6 teachers for speaking to media
Saudi Gazette report AR’AR – The management of a private school in Arar in northern Saudi Arabia sacked six female teachers after they took their complaints against salary...
View ArticlePrison, heavy fines possible for sexual harassers
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The social affairs committee of the Shoura Council has finalized its draft paper for a project to fight sexual harassment and will present it to the...
View ArticlePoverty line and adequacy line: What is the difference?
Abdulmohsen Hilal Okaz A recent study that defined the line of adequacy has stirred a lot of debate in society to the point that people have almost forgotten all about the poverty line. The study said...
View ArticleYoung graduates: No job security in the private sector
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A large number of young college graduates said they prefer to be employed in the government sector as it provides them with job security, something they cannot...
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