RIYADH: Two suspects have been held in connection with two separate murders in the capital last week.Riyadh police spokesman Col. Fawaz Al-Maiman said one man in his thirties is being held for allegedly killing his brother during a dispute. The secon...
RIYADH: Private school education standards are dropping because there are too many junior teachers being employed, according to the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI).Othman Al-Qasabi, chairperson of the RCCI’s private education committee...
JEDDAH: The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh on Tuesday jailed a citizen for over 13 years for sedition including calling for protests, insulting scholars and judges and labeling the Kingdom a repressive police state.It its preliminary verdict, the c...
RIYADH: Senior officials from the Ministries of Education and Health, including the respective ministers, reviewed the progress they have made in offering 20,000 scholarships for medical students to study abroad.The meeting held on Tuesday was a foll...
JEDDAH: Al-Amal Hospital in Jeddah receives between four and nine people a day seeking help for addiction.Of this number, there are between one and two women seeking assistance, a source at the hospital was quoted as saying in a local publication rec...
JEDDAH: Three of the four women who ran away from a shelter in Jeddah have been found, according to the Social Affairs Ministry.Abdullah Al-Tawi, director of the ministry in Makkah and its media spokesman, said Wednesday the police assisted in findin...
RIYADH: The new SR230 million hotel project to provide financial support for the King Salman Center for Disability Research (KSCDR) would be completed in just under two years, said Prince Sultan bin Salman here Tuesday.Chairing the seventh general as...
RIYADH: The intense competition among private media houses to publish stories on terrorism, and sensationalistic reporting, is inadvertently helping extremists groups, particularly in getting their messages to susceptible young people.This was the op...
RIYADH: Health Minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Tuesday that the Gulf countries must make concerted efforts to combat diabetes and obesity in the region.The minister made this recommendation while inaugurating the International Conference on Counteri...
RIYADH: The Human Development Center (HDC) will offer a journalism course in the Saudi capital next month in response to the need among women to be trained in media professions.“The course aims to equip women aspiring to be media practitioners with s...
JEDDAH: The number of artisans, both male and female, in the Kingdom has reached 9,240, 12 percent of whom are in the Eastern Province, according to Abdullatif Al-Banyan of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) in the Eastern...
RIYADH: President of Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage Prince Sultan bin Salman has said that he is looking forward to launching awareness campaigns regarding proper care for mosques across the Kingdom in the near future, in collabor...
JEDDAH: Principals of nearly 40 schools in the Kingdom affiliated with the New Delhi-based Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will meet in Jeddah for a three-day annual conclave beginning on Saturday, to discuss academic progress, high teach...
RIYADH: Victims of defamation through social network media, including video clips, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram can file a complaint with the police station located within the jurisdiction of the victim’s place of residence, according to...
JEDDAH: Criminal courts in Makkah and Jeddah sentenced 24 people, including one Saudi, on crimes of human trafficking during the last year. Sentences include 10 years in jail, 1,000 lashes, and fines varying between SR20,000 and SR100,000, as well as...
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