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Thu, 2014-05-22 02:19 Acting Health Minister Adel Fakeih has commissioned Saudi Aramco to help run the East Jeddah Hospital, which should have been operational two years......

Thu, 2014-05-22 02:26 Wedding halls in Jeddah are 90 percent booked as the busy summer holiday season approaches, owners told Arab News on Wednesday. Many people get......

Wed, 2014-05-21 01:45 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to establish a higher joint committee to implement the strategic visions of the leaders of both......

Wed, 2014-05-21 01:46 Madinah’s Haj Ministry branch has launched an e-communication service on several social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, for the very......

Tue, 2014-05-20 06:30 The University of Maryland, in partnership with the US-based Novavax pharmaceutical company, has developed a vaccine that appears to effectively......

Tue, 2014-05-20 20:13 The Royal Commission in Jubail has started using a hi-tech system to check the quality of its roads including the asphalt, traffic signals and......

Tue, 2014-05-20 05:52 The visit of King Juan Carlos of Spain to the Kingdom has opened new windows of opportunity for trade between the two countries. The Spanish......

Tue, 2014-05-20 06:37 The Council of Ministers on Monday decided to establish an integrated public transport system in Dammam and Qatif, including metros and buses within......

Mon, 2014-05-19 18:32 JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved a five-year plan worth more than SR80 billion ($21.33 billion) to develop Saudi......

Mon, 2014-05-19 01:02 A group of Asian expat workers recently fell victim to the dire language barrier that exists between themselves and authorities.The workers were......

Mon, 2014-05-19 01:03 The school summer vacation will start from 3/8/1435H, corresponding to June 1, according to a circular issued by the Ministry of Education to all......

Sun, 2014-05-18 00:35 Five more deaths from the MERS coronavirus were announced on Saturday by the Health Ministry bringing the death toll to 168 since September 2012......

Sun, 2014-05-18 00:36 Saudi courts have received 77 rape cases during the past six months of this year compared to 1,495 adultery cases, local media reported quoting......

Sun, 2014-05-18 00:34 The recent increase in the number of food poisoning cases in Jeddah is cause for alarm, said Sami Badawood, Jeddah Health Affairs director. Badawood......

Sun, 2014-05-18 00:34 The administrative court in the Board of Grievances in Jeddah has forced the Ministry of Civil Services to compensate a Saudi woman with a sum of......

Sat, 2014-05-17 02:14 The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will on Wednesday lead an international humanitarian delegation to the Central African Republic (CAR),......

Sat, 2014-05-17 02:29 Saudi families have adopted 6,691 abandoned children, according to a report released by the Justice Ministry on Friday. “Courts in the Kingdom have......

Fri, 2014-05-16 05:19 Dammam’s King Fahd Specialist Hospital (KFSHD) has become the first hospital in the Middle East and North Africa region to be accredited by a......

Fri, 2014-05-16 07:01 Egypt’s upcoming elections saw a high turnout of voters at the Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh and the Egyptian Consulate in Jeddah on Thursday in......

Fri, 2014-05-16 05:49 Hundreds of local and international callers phoned into Arab News and logged onto its Facebook page on Wednesday to get information on the Middle......