Kingdom
SRO investigation faults train staff for derailment
The Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) announced that the conductor, his assistant and other SRO employees in the central control room in Dammam were responsible for the derailment of a Riyadh-bound train.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
AN American study reported that the Saudi labor market loses SR2.9 billion every Ramadan due to reduced work hours and the long Eid Al-Fitr holidays.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Al-Khobar District Court postponed the trial of Henna Sarkees, a Lebanese man who is accused of converting a Saudi girl to Christianity and helping her flee the country.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Cleaners in the Grand Mosque form a human chain as they clean the area around the Ka’aba in Makkah on Tuesday.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
A reception ceremony was held on board Pakistani Navy ship PNS Tippu Sultan, Tuesday night.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
A fire broke out Wednesday in a pharmacy run by the Ministry of Health in Al-Masarha.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Five pilgrims died and 29 others were injured when the bus they were traveling in collided with a truck on the Asfan bridge.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Police said an Ethiopian expatriate who used a pesticide in the bathrooms of his house, inadvertently caused the death of his three children.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, inaugurated the Khair Makkah charity project on Tuesday evening in the presence of Prince Sultan Bin Salman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association for Children with Disabilities and Yusuf Al-Othaimeen Minister of Social Affairs.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
The father of a child who slipped into coma following a circumcision procedure during which he was administered general anesthesia.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Athr Gallery, Jeddah’s leading contemporary art exhibition center that provides a platform for Saudi and international artists to showcase their works, launched its Ramadan arts program on Monday night with the inauguration of three simultaneous exhibitions: And it remains…, Journey of the Line and East & East.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
An argument between two men over the contents of a text message turned violent when the men drew guns and shot at each other.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Security forces in the Eastern Province are searching for the perpetrators of an attack against a citizen in Al-Awamiyah town in Al-Qatif.
Thursday, 02 - August 2012
Riyadh Police arrested 21 expatriates who managed a factory producing fake car engine oil.
