Nearly 500,000 Indian workers have arrived in the Kingdom to work since the signing of an agreement between both countries in January 2014 to manage and organize the recruitment of domestic workers, according to a source at the Indian ministry. The total number of Indian workers has now reached abo

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, during the weekly Cabinet meeting on Monday, thanked the Interior Ministry for its efforts in “detecting and thwarting a number of terrorist plots” aimed at the country’s youth and other targets across the country. Such plots are set up by terrorist or

DUBAI: An Air Arabia airliner flying from Kuwait to the UAE was diverted to a UAE military airbase on Sunday after a passenger warned the plane was about to explode, the UAE state news agency WAM reported.   The aircraft was boarded after landing at the Al Minhad airbase by the authoritie

The 30-year-old King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) is undergoing a massive overhaul that would further entrench its leading status in the region and the world. The first phase saw two main contracts signed on November 13, 2010, to expand the facility as the main gateway to Jeddah and the

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has thanked former Crown Prince Muqrin in a letter for his service to the nation, a day after a royal decree announcing the appointment of Prince Mohammad bin Naif as the new crown prince. In the letter, the king said: “We have received your resignation

An international school's plans to increase fees for the next academic year starting in September have angered several parents here. They are also up in arms over a request from Al-Majd International School for all parents to pay a pre-registration fee by April 30 for next year. Many said they cann

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was appointed by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Wednesday as deputy crown prince and second deputy premier, becomes second in line to the throne. He will remain defense minister. At 35, Prince Mohammed is the youngest member of the Cabinet and young

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman named Mohammed bin Naif as Crown Prince on Wednesday in a Royal Decree. King Salman made a number of major changes across a number of government positions including that of Crown Prince Muqrin who was relieved of his position, upon his request. The Roy

Experts have warned people against con men operating pyramid investment schemes in the country aimed at stealing money. These operations are also named Ponzi schemes, after Charles Ponzi, the American businessman who used the technique in 1920 to defraud investors out of $20 million. A typical pyr

Seven workers, including an Egyptian engineer, were killed Monday when the roof of a building they were working on collapsed at a university campus in Saudi Arabia, civil defense authorities and a diplomat said. A civil defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not auth

The Labor Ministry has agreed to compensate government contractors who had signed agreements before 1/1/1434H when it imposed the SR2,400 expat levy on companies that employ more foreigners than Saudis. “Labor Minister Adel Fakeih has endorsed the plan for the Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF)

The Shoura Council on Monday will vote on the recommendation of the Committee on Haj, Pilgrim Housing and Services to publish the exact text of the penal measures against any violator of the pilgrim service regulations in a local newspaper published at the location of the violator and at the expense

The expansion of the mataf, or circumambulation area around the Kaaba, will be ready this Ramadan, with a capacity for 100,000 worshippers an hour. This was confirmed on Friday by Sultan Al-Qurashi, director of project management at the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, according

The announcement of the end of the successful Operation Decisive Storm, undertaken at the request of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, has given hope to Yemeni expats in the Kingdom. Mehdi Hatem Al-Nahari, head of the Supreme Council of the Yemeni community, said things would soon be back on the r

Sara Omar, grandma of US President Barack Obama, has emphasized the significance of the Prophet Muhammad exhibition in Makkah and said it reflects the moderate teachings of Islam that calls for tolerance and rejects violence. Sara has come to Makkah with her son Saeed Obama, uncle of President Obam

The Saudi-led international coalition declared Tuesday the end of its military campaign four weeks after launching airstrikes on the Houthi positions in Yemen, saying the militia’s threat to the Kingdom and its neighbors had been neutralized. The coalition has “ended Operation Decisive Storm base

The intake of foreign medical consultants increased by 77 percent to close to 6,000 in Saudi Arabia in the year 2014, the Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Monday. Dr. Abdulla Al-Waadi, supervisor of the Visiting Doctors’ Program, said that during this period, the MoH recruited 1,820 doctors fr

Families of Saudi soldiers who died while confronting Houthi rebels during the ongoing Operation Decisive Storm will receive SR1 million in compensation. Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman, chief of the royal court, has given his directives to authorities in this respect. An official stat