2 electrocuted in Saudi Arabia amid severe thunderstorms
Saudi officials say two people were killed when they were electrocuted by a downed lamp post in Jeddah as severe thunderstorms forced schools and...
Over 1.7 million to vote in civic elections
RIYADH: Over 1.7 million Saudis will participate in the country’s Dec. 12 elections, according to Abdul Lateef Al-Asheikh, municipal and rural affairs minister.
There were...
Saudi Arabia rejects UN report on death penalty
Saudi Arabia has rejected a report from the United Nations secretary-general urging countries to scrap the death penalty, stating that this was punishment approved...
Iraqi “Bab al-Hara” amid Virus outbreak
Artists in Iraq's southern port city of Basra have adapted the beloved characters of "Bab al-Hara" ("The Neighbourhood Gate"); a period drama watched across...
Artifacts from the sunken Titanic
The Titanic was traveling from England to New York when it struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912. The large and...
Fingerprinting to replace witnesses for women’s identification in courts
The Ministry of Justice will install a fingerprint recognition system to do away with the need for someone to testify on the identity of...
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...
Saudi first Arab country to have over 10,000 stem cell donors
Saudi Arabia emerged as the first country in the Arab world to record more than 10,000 stem cell donors, a unique medical feat that...
Murderer who killed policeman executed in Mecca
Ayed al-Jahdali was convicted of shooting dead a policeman who was trying to arrest him for drug trafficking, the ministry said in a statement...
Unemployed elephants sent back home – Thailand
With decreasing numbers of foreign visitors in Thailand, not only people but also commercial elephants lost their jobs which depend on the tourist industry....
