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Expats and employers worried over Saudi tax proposal

Expatriates in Saudi Arabia and their Saudi employers alike voiced unease about a proposal the government is studying to impose income tax on foreign...

Love in the time of Coronavirus

As governments invoke emergency powers to combat the Coronavirus pandemic, and social distancing measures preclude meeting people in bars, cafes or restaurants, love is...

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...

New initiatives launched to promote Abdullah’s legacy

Marking the first anniversary of the death of King Abdullah, his family has launched a series of new initiatives to sustain the late leader’s...

Oil prices hold steady on lower U.S. supplies

Oil prices rose in Asian afternoon trade on Friday after a fall in US crude inventories offset OPEC's refusal to introduce production caps. The commodity...

Teenagers spend an average of 9 hours a day with media

Teenagers spend nearly nine hours a day absorbing media and despite all the new options, music and television remain the favorites. Common Sense Media released...

Kingdom confirms 49 MERS cases in one week

The Saudi health ministry on Monday confirmed that 49 people were tested positive with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus. According to the...

Russia's Lavrov says U.S. must work with Assad to fight Islamic State

Russia's Lavrov says U.S. must work with Assad to fight Islamic State (Recasts with Lavrov comments) MOSCOW, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

Fruit-flavoured drugs to cut child TB deaths, combat "superbugs"

Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early...

Saudi father arrested for allowing daughter to hang outside of moving car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DqY4bPeG08 A Saudi father has been arrested for allowing his daughter to hang onto the side of his car whilst driving at 100kph. The video went...

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