Recruitment companies fail to bring in maids
Saudi giant manpower recruitment companies, which have been established with huge capitals to end the problem of foreign manpower recruitment, too have failed to...
Donations for disabled children urged
More donations are needed to assist children with disabilities in the Kingdom because treatment costs for one child is about SR100,000 a year, said...
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...
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
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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...
Dubai police: Bollywood’s Sridevi drowned in hotel bathtub
Indian actress Sridevi drowned in her hotel bathtub after losing consciousness, the Dubai police said in a statement Monday, though two police officials said...
Saudi Patriot 'intercepts' Scud fired from Sanaa, Yemen
A Patriot missile shot down a Scud fired from the Yemeni capital towards southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the Saudi-led coalition told AFP, the...
Heavy rains pummel Cairo and parts of Egypt
Rare heavy rainfall pummeled the Egyptian capital and other parts of the country for a second day Wednesday, with showers flooding roads and a...
University official resigns after Afghanistan bombing claim
A high-ranking New York university official resigned Monday after a newspaper challenged his story about surviving a deadly bombing in Afghanistan, being offered a...
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...
