Saudi desalination technology wins global recognition
Saudi Arabia's King Salman received at Al-Yamama Palace on Sunday two awards won by the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) at Global Water Summit...
1,300 faltering school contracts withdrawn
RIYADH — The new school year began on Sunday with nearly 6 million children returning to their classes all over the Kingdom after the...
Saudi intelligence compound attacked with firebombs
Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists said on Monday, in an...
British Prime Minister: Muslims should "own" the problem of tackling extremism
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday unveiled new planned measures aimed at countering jihadist ideology and stopping young Britons travelling to Syria, challenging...
Rights groups condemn Saudi women activists’ arrests
International rights groups have condemned the arrests this week of at least seven prominent Saudi Arabian women's rights activists who previously campaigned for the...
Saudi religious police arrested after online furore
Members of Saudi Arabia's religious police have been arrested for allegedly brutalising a young woman outside a Riyadh shopping mall, local media reported on...
18 dead in week of Saudi rains and flooding
Eighteen people have been killed during heavy rains and floods over the past week in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Thursday.
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World's largest indoor theme park to open in Dubai
The world's largest indoor theme park is set to open in Dubai this month to lure back some of the tourists and residents who...
Saudi women workforce in the front line
There has been a significant increase in the number of Saudi women being employed in the private sector during the current Hijri year, according...
Ministry opens all job opportunities for women
Under pressure from the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Saudi Ministry of Labor has dropped a clause which protected women workers from hazardous and...
