Woman slips into coma after road accident
AL-SELAIMI, Qassim — A woman was rushed to hospital in a coma after she was involved in a car accident here. The woman was with her brother in a car when a camel strayed onto the road,...
View ArticleShort circuit causes supermarket blaze
ARTAWIYAH, Riyadh — A short circuit sparked a fire that gutted a supermarket here. Riyadh Civil Defense spokesman Mohammad Al-Hammad said several firefighting units rushed to the site and...
View ArticlePolice foil robbery at shopping mall
MADINAH – Police foiled an attempted robbery of a major shopping mall in Madinah on Friday. Police were notified of suspicious activity inside the mall in the early morning hours and 10...
View ArticleFoul play ruled out in woman driver’s death
RIYADH — A security source said no foul play was suspected in the accident in which a woman driver was killed on Thursday. The woman was driving alone in the early morning hours and crashed...
View ArticleMan flees after shooting brother
TAIF — Security bodies are investigating a shooting incident in which a young man allegedly shot his own brother. Makkah Province police spokesman Lt. Col. Ati Al-Qurashi said police received...
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Two injured as car crashes into lamppost
TURAIF — Heavy rains were reportedly to blame for an accident in which two people were injured on the Turaif-Qurayyat road. The rain made the road slippery and the car in which the two...
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Fire destroys abandoned farm
BISHA, Asir — A fire engulfed an abandoned farm in Al-Thaniyah area, west of the city on Thursday. Asir Civil Defense Spokesman Col. Mohammad Al-Asmi said the fire covered an area of 1,200...
View Article220,000 deaths due to diabetes
RIYADH — The head of the Saudi Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dr. Saleh Al-Jaser, said there were 220,000 diabetes-related deaths in the Kingdom last year. Patients with Type 2...
View ArticleSaudi students to study in Indonesia
RIYADH — The ministries of higher education in the Kingdom and Indonesia have drafted an agreement that will allow Saudi students to enroll in Indonesian universities. Saudi Ambassador in...
View Article14 blackmail cases a day, claims official
DAMMAM — The head of the blackmail combating unit at the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vise (Haia) said his unit receives 14 blackmail cases a day. Sami Al-Hagaiheb...
View ArticleTwo-bottle limit for Zamzam purchase
MAKKAH – The General Presidency for Zamzam Water in Kuday in Makkah has reduced the number of Zamzam bottles a person can buy to two bottles every 10 days, Makkah daily reported. The National...
View ArticleTribalism leads to extremism: Study
RIYADH – According to a study conducted by the King Fahd Security College under the Ministry of Interior, tribalism and loyalty to one’s tribe can lead young Saudi men on the path...
View ArticleKingdom Schools celebrates graduation of 12th batch
RIYADH — Deputy Emir of Riyadh Prince Turki Bin Abdullah attended the 12th graduation ceremony at Kingdom Schools recently. The event, held under the theme “Watanuna...
View ArticleCompanies blame failures on ‘uninterested’ Saudi youth
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Companies and establishments that have been forced to shutter their doors said “uninterested Saudi youth” were to blame for their closure....
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Yasser and Ola: The couple who gave birth to FanOs
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — The first signs of the success story of married couple Yasser and Ola appeared when Yasser joined the Teachers' College in the northern city of Hail to study...
View ArticleHow old are the members of our Shoura Council?
Fawwaz Aziz Al-Watan With a majority of only three votes, the Shoura Council has approved a proposal to discuss raising the age of retirement in the Kingdom to 62 years instead of the present 60. As...
View ArticleMedical errors: Who pays the ultimate price?
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — No special authority has been set in the Kingdom to save lives of patients who fall victim to gross medical errors despite an unprecedented increase in such...
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Madani: Boko Haram kidnappings barbaric
JEDDAH — The secretary-general of the world’s largest bloc of Islamic countries said Saturday that the kidnapping of more than 270 Nigerian schoolgirls is a...
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Mobily’s support for traffic initiative hailed
RIYADH — Crown Prince Salman, deputy prime minister and minister of defense, honored Mobily, the corporate social responsibility partner of the national initiative for traffic safety...
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Vandals dispel tourists from Jazan hotspot
Saudi Gazette report JAZAN — Visitors to the mineral hot springs in Al-Aardah governorate in Jazan, once a major tourist attraction, have decreased due to vandalism and the poor state of the...
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