Priority to stranded elderly, disabled
European airspace opens
JEDDAH – Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAA) has resumed four flights to London Thursday after some European countries decided to lift flight restrictions as Iceland's volcano lost its (...)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday urged Muslim leaders to help halt Iran's sensitive nuclear work and detected a possible shift in China toward supporting sanctions against Tehran.
“It's time for Iran to be held to account for its (...)
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will meet with King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Wednesday to hold discussions on a wide-range of issues, including security and peace initiatives in that war-torn nation and ways to enhance (...)
93 percent of youth want Saudi wives
JEDDAH – As much as 84 percent of young Saudis fear future unemployment followed by fears of terrorism and drugs at 72 percent each, a recent study by the Royah (Vision) Center for Social Studies has (...)
Saudi Arabia said Saturday Israel's settlements policy remains a “major obstacle” to Mideast peace efforts, and that freezing settlement growth was already an internationally agreed requirement.
“The illegal settlements... constitute a major (...)
Major military operations in Jizan are ‘over' SAUDI-YEMEN BORDER – Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation, said Tuesday that “all major military operations on the border are over.”
Prince Khaled said (...)
The Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser, has welcomed the government's budget, saying it will boost economic growth.
“Undoubtedly, the huge figures in the budgets over the last two years, is evidence of the (...)
King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, appointed four new university presidents on Thursday.
According to the Royal Order, Abdullah Al-Rabeesh was appointed as the President of the University of Dammam, Abdulrahman Al-Asemi as the (...)
Gulf leaders will hold on Monday their 30th meeting amid a critical security and economic situation of the region, especially following Israel's approval Sunday of listing some Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as “national priority (...)
King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, will receive Crown Prince Sultan, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh late Friday. The Crown Prince has been absent from the country (...)
Evacuees in the Jizan region received the King's order Wednesday to construct 10,000 housing units for them as a noble gesture from the King of humanity. The King has ordered the completion of the housing complex with public services of schools, (...)
The government said Friday it carried out airstrikes against “infiltrators” from Yemen that were limited to areas inside Saudi territory, and vowed to press on with the military action against the gunmen in the Mount Dokhan region and other areas (...)
The Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) has said that there are no signs in the Kingdom of a move to “diversify assets away from the US dollar” and that he expects Saudi bank lending rates to continue rise.
SAMA head Muhammad (...)
Pakistan army Saturday captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan's Taleban chief after fierce fighting, officials said.
However, tribal sources told Okaz/ SG that the Taleban chief Hakimullah Mehsud accompanied by more than 1,000 (...)
The Saudi Food and Drug Agency (SFDA) is scheduled to complete Saturday tests to ensure the safety of the swine flu vaccine.
SFDA Executive President Muhammed Al-Kanhal told Okaz Friday that the tests were still being conducted at the SFDA (...)
The two men killed in the gunfight in Jizan last Tuesday were known Al-Qaeda militants who carried a store of explosives and four suicide vests for use in an “imminent” attack, the government said Sunday.
The authorities have arrested six Yemenis (...)
Saudi Arabia and Syria agreed Thursday to promote trade and investment between the two regional powerhouses, as King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, wrapped up a visit to Syria.
King Abdullah left Damascus for Riyadh Thursday after a (...)
King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, arrived here Wednesday for talks with President Bashar Al-Asad on a wide range of regional issues.
The is King Abdullah's first visit to Syria since becoming the monarch, the strongest indication (...)
Mazen Abdul Jawad, the Saudi arrested for speaking on television about his sexual exploits, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes of the whip.
Lawyer Soleiman Al-Jumai'i said his client would appeal the sentence, which (...)
Kind Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has approved the decisions adopted recently by the Higher Education Council.
Minister of Higher Education Dr. Khalid Al-Anqari said that the decisions included revision of some systems of the (...)