JEDDAH: In a shakeup announced on Friday, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman relieved Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil of his position and appointed him as an adviser at the Royal Court. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Issa was appointed as the new education minister. The royal decree relieved

The Emirates Environmental Group held the 14th edition of the Clean Up UAE in the beautiful city of Ras Al Khaimah, on December 10 2015. The atmosphere was charged with enthusiasm and motivation as 600 volunteers, equipped with bio-degradable trash bags, cotton re-usable gloves, caps and t-shirt

RIYADH: A report by the American Institute for Economics and Peace stated that Saudi Arabia occupies eighth place internationally in terms of the cost posed to the country by the need to fight violence and terrorism, which is estimated at SR619 billion, according to a prominent security expert. The

Dubai: The path to a healthier life in Dubai continues to widen with the latest series of cycling and pedestrian sport tracks opens on December 6 in Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City – District One. Set within the upscale new community scheduled to open next year in the Meydan area, the new dev

The phrase 'start as you mean to go on' can apply to many areas of life, and on Tuesday it was the basics of road safety which was being drummed into pupils at the Horizon International School in Dubai - right before they got behind the wheel themselves. From fastening the seat belt to

The use of radars has led to a reduction in the number of traffic accidents compared to previous years. Around 52,000 traffic violations were caught on radars, including the newly-installed Al Burj radars, in the past 11 months from across the emirate. According to the General Department

JEDDAH: Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar has said that 250,000 Umrah visas have been issued since the season began a month ago. He said that last year a total of 6 million visas were issued. The number was made possible due to the sheer speed of issuing visas which resulted from single visa’s taking only

TAIF: The Ministry of Education has said that it will not oblige schools to install close circuit cameras at their entrances and exits to monitor suspicious movements that may pose danger to pupils. The ministry also denied receiving such instructions from the Ministry of Interior. Spokesman for t

JEDDAH: There were 35,500 foreign nationals without work in the Kingdom at the end of June 2015, making up 5.2 percent of all unemployed individuals in the Kingdom. There were a total of 682,300 Saudis and expatriates without jobs at the end of the same period. The number of unemployed expats incre

The 44th UAE National Day in Abu Dhabi was a people's celebration. Although the festivities started with a traditional dhow race at the Abu Dhabi Corniche with not much crowd in the morning, the streets and parks of the Capital were inundated with people and cars - one more creatively decorated

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Education has issued an alert warning school principals that they must intensify safety measures to prevent children from being kidnapped. This comes in the wake of the kidnapping of two-year-old Juri Al-Khalidi from inside a clinic in Riyadh last week. The child was found

RIYADH: Experts at the International Fair for Cooling and Energy held in Riyadh on Tuesday said that the Saudi consumption of electricity is three times that of the international average. Given that households are responsible for 65 percent of national consumption, the experts noted that this pla

RIYADH: The police found kidnapped two-year-old Juri Al-Khalidi in Ishbiliyah district in Riyadh on Tuesday. This comes after police teams had launched raids in several parts of the city in their search for her. The child was kidnapped by a citizen, who then took her to a housemaid in an apartment,

JEDDAH: The General Directorate of Passports is continuing its efforts to fight fraud and attempts to circumvent visa regulations, said director Suleiman Al-Yahya. “We are implementing the directives of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and interior minister, to overcome all difficulti

Emirati martyr Yousof Salem Ali Al Kaabi's last wish before leaving for Yemen was to build a mosque in his hometown of Madhab in Fujairah. He instructed his family to sell his car and use the money to build the mosque, his sister, Aidah Salem, has said. "My brother was a very compassionate person

JEDDAH: Around 250,000 Umrah pilgrims have booked hotel rooms in Makkah and Madinah through the new “Sijjil” electronic system, Abdullah Qadi, deputy president of the National Committee for Haj and Umrah, has said. Reserving hotel accommodation through the system, introduced by the Ministry of Haj,

JEDDAH: Violators of traffic regulations will soon have their licenses withdrawn and be sent back to driving school, according to the Traffic Department. Brig. Gen. Ali Al-Rashidi, the department’s spokesman, said the new regulations would come into force after procedures are completed with the Nat

JEDDAH: The General Directorate of Passports has announced that fingerprints are mandatory for Saudis to acquire or renew passports and national identity cards, a local publication reported Wednesday. The rule will apply to both male and female nationals aged 15 years and above, a spokesperson of t