RIYADH: The two Al-Qaeda militants killed in a recent shootout entered Saudi Arabia illegally from Yemen and were planning to carry out a massive attack, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday. Four... Full Story
JEDDAH: The director of the Saudi Foreign Ministry’s branch in the Western Region Muhammad Al-Tayyib has commended the Russians for supporting the Goldstone Report on the Israeli military offensive
MAKKAH / JEDDAH: Indian pilgrims will be the first to arrive on Tuesday for this year’s Haj. In all, 160,491 pilgrims from India will perform the annual pilgrimage, said the Consulate General... Full Story
MADINAH: Over 3,500 people, including permanent and seasonal employees, will be working under Madinah’s Guides Establishment to welcome Haj pilgrims to the Prophet’s Mosque, said Walid
JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will sponsor the first Saudi forum for productive Saudi families to be held on Oct. 24-25 at Jeddah’s Lailati Hall. The two-day event
YANBU: A 29-year-old Saudi driver of a security company who robbed SR10 million bound for a bank in Madinah was arrested on Saturday four hours after he sped away. Fahd bin Amir Al-Ghannam, acting
RIYADH: Rizana Nafeek, the Sri Lankan maid, who has been in jail for the past four years for allegedly killing a Saudi infant in 2005, told a court on Sunday that her first confession was made under
JEDDAH: South Korea’s relations with Saudi Arabia continue to expand at all levels including in the fields of economy, trade, construction and culture. “Our bilateral ties, especially
JEDDAH: The formation of alliances and mergers were the buzzwords at the Arab Air Carriers Organization conference, which concluded in Jeddah on Sunday. The meeting discussed the impact of the
RIYADH: Over 10.3 million people, including around 3.9 million tourists, visited 13 festivals held over the summer across the Kingdom, according to a report published by the Kingdom’s tourism
JEDDAH: Yaqub, a six-year-old who was mixed up with a Turkish boy at a Najran hospital, has started his first day at elementary school in the city. The other boy, Ali, has already left the country
