The White House confirmed on Thursday that U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz in Washington on Sept. 4. "The president and the king will discuss a range of issues and focus on ways to further strengthen the bilateral relationship, including counter

JEDDAH: Officials from the Saudi Ministry of Haj have been holding meetings with their counterparts from Arab and South Asian nations in preparation for this year’s pilgrimage. Abdulrahman bin Ali Al-Nafei, assistant deputy minister of Haj and in charge of the ministry’s Makkah branch, had a meetin

RIYADH: Senior Indian police and intelligence officials interrogated two Saudis after they were detained following their suspicious movement in Trichy, a southern city in India’s Tamil Nadu state. Officials detained the duo — Rasheed and Abdul Rahman — after they received reports saying that one of

RIYADH: With the opening of the academic year, Riyadh Traffic Department has urged 4.8 million motorists in the capital to respect traffic rules and regulations while taking all measures to regulate traffic flow. They also called on motorists to comply with instructions which will contribute to t

RIYADH: The Ministry of Health has taken all necessary measures to control the rising incidence of MERS in Riyadh and a 24X7 epidemiological surveillance system is in place in Makkah and Madinah. This information was given to reporters here on Sunday by Deputy Health Minister Abdulaziz bin Saee

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that its military freed a British hostage who was kidnapped 18 months ago by Al-Qaeda in Yemen, which has expanded its reach amid fighting between Shiite rebels and their opponents. A statement carried by the UAE’s official WAM new

RIYADH: Indonesia’s first Haj group of about 3,500 pilgrims arrived in Madinah on Friday. Tuan Sunarko, charge d’affaires at the Indonesian Embassy in Riyadh, accompanied by senior officials from the consulate in Jeddah, welcomed the pilgrims, who arrived at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Internat

Saudi officials have confirmed the death of two pilots in a crash of Apache helicopter in Jizan province bordering Yemen, refusing to announce the cause of the incident. Meanwhile Houthi forces fighting the Saudi-led coalition claimed responsibility for the downing. The two Saudi pilots were ki

TANGIER — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received at his residence in Tangier, Morocco, on Thursday Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashed Al-Maktoum, vice president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Muhammad Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deput

JEDDAH: Members of the public in the Eastern Province have launched a campaign to boycott fish in response to price hikes. The campaign, ‘Let it rot,’ was launched on social networking sites, a local publication reported. Users said that the campaign started on Tuesday and would last for four days.

Women in Saudi Arabia have begun registering to vote in municipal elections, the first time they are able to take part in the electoral process in the kingdom. Women will also be able to stand as candidates in the polls, slated for December. The ongoing voter registration and the planned vote

A case of official corruption involving SR22 million, allegedly committed by the chairman of a committee in Jazan, has been unearthed. The committee was tasked with finding reasons for the delay in salaries of workers whose company had contracts with the Directorate General of Health Affairs in the

JEDDAH: An unmarried woman’s dowry has been officially fixed at SR50,000, while for a divorcee, it would be SR30,000. The move follows instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman. The Makkah region’s Twitter account

August 18, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Bhatkal: A delegation comprising of BMJ Eastern Province's newly elected members who have arrived here in Bhatkal for summer vacations, toured various centers and institutions in Bhatkal with the aim of community service. The delegation began t

RIYADH: Three Sri Lankans and an Egyptian were beheaded for murder and armed robbery in Jeddah and the Eastern Province on Monday. According to the Ministry of Interior, the Egyptian was convicted of stabbing and strangling to death a fellow citizen following an argument. The three Sri Lankans wer

JEDDAH: Residents who want to benefit from the government’s low­cost Haj scheme can now register themselves on the localhaj.haj.gov.sa website. Because of the limited quota, the registration should be done early. The process began on Sunday (Dul Qaada 1) and packages available start from SR3,000.

INDUSTRIAL CITY ABU DHABI:  It was a 20 minute visit that will leave a lasting impression for the 300-odd Indian workers who were selected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Industrial City Abu Dhabi (ICAD) on Sunday evening. The basketball court was the venue and the PM casually walked

The historic Saudi-India relationship is now breaking frontiers by opening up new vistas of opportunities for the citizens from the two friendly countries, which is evident from the fact that the Kingdom now hosts 2.75 million plus strong Indian community — the largest expatriate community in Saudi