Saudi to ban foreigners from selling mobile phones, create jobs for citizens
In an effort to provide more jobs to Saudi Arabian citizens, the kingdom will ban foreign workers from selling and maintaining mobile phones and...
Burial traditions clash with Coronavirus fears in the Middle East
Religion and customs across the Middle East and part of South Asia, that require speedy burials in the largely Muslim region have clashed with...
Israel signals no opposition to Egypt's return of islands to Saudi Arabia
Israel signalled on Tuesday it did not oppose the return of two Red Sea islands in a strategic strait to Saudi Arabia by Egypt,...
Law changes focus on women and children
The Shoura Council has backed a proposal to amend current health care legislation to ensure more comprehensive care for women and children.
The proposal filed...
Saudi 2016 budget marks end of era for lavish Gulf subsidies
An austere state budget released by Saudi Arabia this week is likely to mark the end of an era for the Gulf's lavish cradle-to-grave...
Maximum of 5 expat visas for every Saudi family
Every Saudi family is entitled under certain conditions to a maximum of five visas for household workers through the Musaned website, while expatriate families...
Turkish paedophile given ‘record 572-year sentence’
A Turkish court jailed a paedophile a record 572 years for abusing 18 children at the school where he worked, reports said Tuesday, as...
Two dead in Saudi floods
Two people have been killed by flooding in southwestern Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Thursday.
The pair died when three areas in the mountainous...
Spain Magaluf & Ibiza vs. booze-fuelled tourists
In an attempt to put some limits on binge-drinking tourists and reduce the frequent fatal incidents, Spain's Balearic Islands banned pub crawl tours and...
Saudi Arabia says shot down missile fired from Yemen
Saudi Arabia says it has shot down a missile fired into the kingdom from nearby Yemen, which is engulfed in a civil war.
The Saudi...
