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The Ministry of Education announced on Thursday 11,547 teaching jobs, under the official contract system, during the academic year 2022-2023. The ministry said this will further contribute to achieving its strategic objectives by actively investin..
Dana Alotaibi was three months pregnant when she was brutally stabbed to death on 20 July, allegedly by her husband of three years, Bryant Tejeda-Castillo, a Hawaii-based US marine who had allegedly long been abusive, a pattern she describe..
A Moroccan preacher has sparked controversy by linking the success of the women's national football team to natural disasters and other hardships in the country. The Moroccan women's football team made history by reaching th..
Saudi Arabia is prepared to welcome the first group of pilgrims coming from abroad on Saturday as the Umrah season starts for the new Hijri year. Umrah companies and institutions have begun to issue visas for pilgrims, which will be for a period o..
Tropical depression raises coastal hazards as tropical depression emerges A “low-pressure area” (LPA) over the Philippine Sea has developed into a tropical depression, bringing severe winds and at times heavy downpour in a wide swathe ..
Minimum age of 5 required for obtaining umrah permits Saudi Arabia has outlined terms for issuing permits for children escorted by parents to perform umrah or lesser pilgrimage at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca during the new season du..
Revamp aims to boost empowerment of women, youth A Saudi state institution in charge of Islam’s two holiest sites plans a “historic” administrative shake-up aimed to further empower women and young people, according to local medi..
The Saudi authorities has asked YouTube to remove inappropriate ads that went viral on the platform in the last few days. In a joint statement on Saturday, the General Commission For Audiovisual Media (GCAM) and the Communications & Informatio..
A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general, seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation's decades-long civil war..