Health Ministry to launch awareness drive against deadly coronavirus
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Acting Minister of Health Adel Fakeih has announced his ministry will soon launch a massive campaign aimed at creating awareness about the deadly coronavirus...
View ArticleMajor benefits of a railway network in Makkah
Saudi Gazette report Makkah Municipality recently said there are many reasons why it set up a railway network in the city. The network will lead to increased urban development outside the central...
View ArticleCompatibility test before marriage
Saudi Gazette report Compatibility tests before marriage help couples understand the different points of view between men and women in general. The tests are especially helpful for women as they often...
View ArticleFire engulfs laundry, two apartments
TABUK – The Civil Defense firefighters extinguished a fire that engulfed a laundry and two apartments in the Al-Nahdah neighborhood of Tabuk. Col. Mamdouh Al-Enezi, spokesman for Tabuk Civil...
View ArticleWoman, son rescued from burning house
HAIL — Rescue workers from the Civil Defense here rescued a woman and her son from a fire that broke out in their apartment. Hail Civil Defense spokesman Nafei Al-Harbi said preliminary...
View ArticleFive expats killed in car accident
DAMMAM — Five expatriates from Egypt, including an infant, were killed Friday morning when their car overturned on the Abu Hadriah-Ras Mishab Road on the way to Dammam. Eastern Province Civil...
View ArticlePolice detain purse snatcher
RIYADH — Police arrested an expatriate from Yemen for allegedly snatching women’s handbags in Riyadh. Security patrols had received several reports from different women that a man...
View ArticleCar plunges into ravine
Civil Defense rescuers carry a motorist to safety after his car swerved off the road and fell into a ravine in Mandaq, Al-Baha region. — Okaz photo BAHA — The Civil Defense rescue...
View ArticleCamel rescued from dry well
Civil Defense personnel rescue a camel which fell into a dry well in Bani Malik, east of Jazan, using heavy equipment. — Okaz photo AL-DAIR, Jazan – The Civil Defense...
View ArticleWinning the battle against racism
Samar Al-Mogren Al-Jazirah The battle against racism will take a long time. The laws and regulations aimed at curbing racism may shorten this period and prevent racism from spreading, as this is...
View ArticleFemale ‘marriage mediator’ sentenced to prison, lashes
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A criminal court here sentenced an expatriate marriage mediator to six months in prison, 50 lashes and deportation after she serves her sentence. The woman was...
View ArticleOIC calls for immediate halt to ethnic cleansing in CAR
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – A high profile fact-finding mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) called for an immediate end to all forms of violence against the...
View Article‘Serious efforts needed to bring best practices to family firms’
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Speakers at an international forum organized by the National Center for Family Businesses have said serious efforts are needed to bring the concept of good...
View ArticlePress freedom is not unrestrained: NSHR
JEDDAH – Freedom of the press does not mean unrestrained freedom to publish any material regardless of its impact on society, the head of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has...
View ArticleIIROSA activities highlighted at meet on orphans’ care
Riyadh Emir Prince Khalid Bin Bandar with Dr. Abdallah M. Habhab, director general of Program and Welfare at International Islamic Relief Organization, Saudi Arabia (IIROSA), second left, at the...
View ArticleStrategic plan to enhance teachers’ skills soon
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Minister of Education Prince Khaled Al-Faisal stressed the importance of developing the skills of male and female teachers who are the basis of the...
View ArticleFour get death after 10 years in prison
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Four members of a gang were sentenced to death after they spent 10 years in prison for attempting to rob three banks, Al-Madinah daily reported. The head of the...
View ArticleOld psychiatric hospitals to shelter homeless patients
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Health Ministry is planning to build a number of new psychiatric hospitals in various regions and the old ones will be used to accommodate homeless,...
View ArticleMore Zamzam sales points demanded
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Visitors and Umrah pilgrims as well as residents of the holy city have been complaining about difficulties in obtaining Zamzam water bottles in the vicinity of...
View ArticleThai community celebrates Family Day with zest
JEDDAH — The Royal Thai Consulate General hosted the Thai Family Day for Thais at its premises Thursday. Thanis Na Songkhla, the newly appointed Consul-General of Thailand, welcomed...
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