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Reporters not allowed inside polling stations
Journalists would not be allowed inside polling stations and can only interview candidates and voters outside for the Dec. 12 municipal council elections.
This was announced by the Madinah Municipality Deputy Mayor Yahya Saif. The...
No cause for alarm over MERS outbreak!
There is no cause for alarm over the latest outbreak of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Riyadh, despite six deaths over the past three days, said Health Minister Khaled Al-Falih...
Seventy years after WWII, conflicts continue to rile the globe
Seventy years after the allies defeated the last member of the “axis of evil,” bringing the Second World War to an end, a string of deadly conflicts continues to affect all corners of the...
Saudi executes Yemeni for killing officer
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed a Yemeni convicted of shooting dead a security officer who was trying to arrest him in the southern Jazan region, the interior ministry said.
The Yemeni, who was wanted by...
Daesh beheads elderly ex-antiquities chief in Syria’s Palmyra
BEIRUT: The DAESH (Islamic State) group has beheaded the 82-year-old retired chief archaeologist of Palmyra, who refused to leave the ancient city when the terrorists captured it, Syria’s antiquities chief said.
A UNESCO World Heritage...
Dowry rates fixed to contain spinsterhood
JEDDAH: An unmarried woman’s dowry has been officially fixed at SR50,000, while for a divorcee, it would be SR30,000.
The move follows instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also adviser to Custodian...
Touching farewell for Saudi soldiers martyred on border
JEDDAH: Two border guards have laid down their lives protecting the Kingdom. They were killed in an attack by Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels, the SPA reported on Monday.
The SPA quoted the Joint Forces Command’s...
Displaced citizens reject ordinary identity cards
RIYADH: The Passport Department in Hafr Al-Batin has started issuing identity cards to citizens and families who have migrated from the northern provinces of the Kingdom, but many have reportedly rejected the cards.
These cards...
Muslim, Arab world ‘big victims of terror’
Jehangir Khan was speaking at a joint press conference at the Royal Conference Palace in Riyadh on Thursday with Abdullah Al-Mouallimi, Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the United Nations.
“It is sad that the largest...
Prince Khaled inaugurates annual Souk Okaz festival
Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal inaugurated the activities of the ninth edition of the 10-day annual Souk Okaz festival at Al-Arfa outside Taif on Wednesday.
During the inaugural ceremony, Prince Khaled decorated Hizabr Mahmood Ali...
