Schools free of MERS, but exercise caution: Minister
RIYADH: Schools are free from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV), but students should follow basics of personal hygiene to avoid any form...
Syria refugees kept behind fences amid Jordan security fears
A barbed wire-topped fence encircles a section of this bleak U.N.-run camp, isolating thousands of recent arrivals — whom Jordan considers a potential security...
Tunisian tennis player banned 7 years for match-fixing
LONDON (AP) — Tunisian tennis player Majed Kilani has been banned from professional tennis for seven years after the sport's anti-corruption body concluded he...
Saudi tightens rules for scholarships to study abroad
The Saudi Arabian government has decided on new eligibility requirements on its multi-billion dollar scholarship programme for young Saudis who study for university degrees...
Morocco loses appeal to recruit Spain forward El Haddadi
Morocco's soccer federation has lost its case against FIFA to recruit Spain forward Munir El Haddadi before the World Cup.
The Court of Arbitration for...
Saudi Arabia lists 4 firms, 3 Lebanese men with links to Hezbollah
Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had blacklisted four companies and three Lebanese men for having links to Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah,...
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...
Illegal kitchen raided in Makkah
Teams from Makkah Municipality stormed into a residential apartment where expatriates were preparing food illegally. According to a municipal official, the apartment was not...
800,000 Hajis … and rising
Nearly 800,000 pilgrims have arrived from abroad to perform Haj this year.
According to statistics released by the Passport Department on Thursday, 796,581 pilgrims have...
Camels reason for Mers-CoV spreading in the kingdom, WHO claims
The World Health Organization (WHO) has attributed the lack of control over the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronovirus (Mers-CoV) to camels, as compared to...
