Store worker steals cell phone images
QURAYYAT — The Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) in Al-Jouf nabbed a cell phone store employee who stole personal images from female...
View Article3 victims of Jubail accident identified
DAMMAM — The Eastern Province Health Affairs spokesman said the corpses of three children, involved in the deadly Jubail school bus accident on Wednesday, have been identified and...
View ArticleSaher cameras in Madinah next week
MADINAH — Starting next week, Saher cameras will go into operation in several key locations on main streets and intersections in Madinah, according to the head of safety department at Madinah...
View ArticleJordanian accreditation for Saudi forensic doc
Adel Babkair Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi doctor Manar Al-Harthy was recently accredited by the Jordanian Board in Medicine and Pathology (JBMP) after she successfully passed all of the...
View ArticleSana’a medical city named after King Abdullah
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has given his approval to name after him a medical city being built in the Yemeni capital Sana’a with Saudi aid. The Kingdom...
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Saudi female divers fear no challenges
Adel Babkair Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Diving in the Kingdom has largely been a male dominated hobby and rarely have we heard about female divers who are interested in exploring the depth...
View ArticleLion cub at large in Makkah
Hatim Al-Masoudi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Police have mobilized several officers to search for a four-month-old lion cub that escaped from his owner’s house in Al-Awali...
View ArticleAl-Kharj disabled center’s chief axed
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH/AL-KHARJ — Minister of Social Affairs Yousuf Al-Othaimeen issued an urgent decision on Thursday relieving the director of the Center for the Care of the Disabled...
View ArticleExpat housewives must stay at home: Labor Ministry
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM – The Ministry of Labor has officially warned expatriates against allowing their wives who are in the Kingdom as housewives to work in the private sector and said...
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Police comb Faifa mountains in crackdown on infiltrators
Abdullah Al-Fifi Okaz/Saudi Gazette FAIFA — Three Ethiopian infiltrators were killed in a shootout with security officers who were raiding several suspicious locations in the border region....
View Article45 injured in Riyadh prison riot
RIYADH — At least 45 inmates of Riyadh’s Al-Malaz Prison were injured on Friday after they fought inside their cells, Al-Hayat daily reported on Saturday. The...
View ArticleLion cub was stolen; thief arrested
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Police have arrested the thief who stole a lion cub from its den in Al-Awali neighborhood on Thursday, Al-Madinah daily reported Saturday quoting...
View ArticleBootlegger gets jail term, lashes
Abdurahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – The Jeddah Criminal Court on Saturday sentenced an Ethiopian to five years in prison and 500 lashes for brewing and selling alcohol. A...
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DAH workshop highlights role of mediation in conf lict resolution
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — In conjunction with Walker Consultancy, Dar Al-Hekma College (DAH) recently organized a mediation workshop that was open...
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Pakistan Ladies’ Group
Pakistan Ambassador Mohammad Naeem Khan cuts the cake in the presence of Consul General Aftab A. Khokher (R) and coordinator Nighat Farooqi at a function organized by the Pakistan...
View ArticleFine for Saudi who rescued distressed teachers
Khalid Al-Jabri Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — A Saudi rescued eight teachers and the driver of their car following an accident on the Madinah-Hail Road. Humood Al-Shamani...
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Keek: A fine line between use and abuse
Laura Bashraheel Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia has some of the highest adoption rates of social networking sites in the world with Facebook,...
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Cinema is not understood as a form of art in Saudi Arabia — Ahd Kamel
Saudi Gazette reporter Roberta Fedele, left, interviews Saudi actress and director Ahd Kamel on the success of her recently released short movie “Sanctity” and her experience and...
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Pen to Paper exhibition and Ayyam Gallery’s grand opening attractions of...
From left to right: Saudi Artist Qaswra Hafez, Founder of Ayyam Gallery Khaled Samawi, Founder of Ayyam Gallery Jouhayna Samawi, Sotheby’s International Contemporary Art Specialist...
View ArticleGrand Mufti: Luring women to incite resistance is unlawful
Abdullah Al-Dani Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Alsheikh, the Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, called on Muslims within their societies to protect the trust and...
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