GE has announced the appointment of Dr. Manar A Al-Moneef, a Saudi Arabian national and experienced healthcare professional, as the Managing Director of Imagination Breakthrough in the Middle East and Pakistan. Dr. Al-Moneef will be responsible for leading the business development of GE Healthcare, the healthcare operations of the company in the region, and providing [...]

The Saudi higher court in Riyadh announced on late Thursday that Friday is the first day of Dhu al-Hija Islamic month and that Eid al-Adha will be on Sunday November 6th, 2011. Dhu al-Hija or “the one of pilgrimage” is the twelfth and the last month of the Islamic calendar. The higher court decided on [...]

JEDDAH, 24 Dhul Qadah/22 Oct (IINA)- To prevent overstaying in the Kingdom, airlines will have to provide financial guarantees that they will transport Hajj pilgrims to their home countries by Muharram 15, 1433H (approximately Dec. 10, 2011), Dr. Fuad Bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsi, Minister of Hajj, told Okaz/Saudi Gazette. He said this measure will be implemented [...]

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud died in New York, officials said Saturday, raising succession questions in the key oil producer amid turmoil in the region. No other details about his death were immediately available, but arrangements are under way to transport his body back to Saudi Arabia, officials said. Crown Prince Sultan, [...]

When Saudi student Sarah Abdul- Mohsen asked the salesman for a nude, 32C padded bra, she didn’t expect an argument about her cup size. After all, Abdul-Mohsen was wearing the mandatory black cloak and veil that disguise her shape, in a kingdom where custom forbids men from looking intimately at women. “He told me, ‘No, [...]

Salaries in Saudi Arabia’s private sector are set to increase by five percent over the next 12 amid an increase in demand for Saudi nationals in the private sector, a new survey said on Tuesday. A total of 30 percent of 250 companies surveyed in the kingdom said they had difficultly retaining their staff, up [...]

The Riyadh Development Authority has introduced a new system to identify road accident hotspots on highways quickly and take preventative action. “The new system will help reduce the number of deaths following road accidents,” a traffic official said. Authorities will identify accident-prone areas on the roads in order to study reasons for increasing accidents and [...]

A six-member team of professionals is currently preparing for an air show of model aircraft during Eid Al-Fitr holidays. The  aeromodellers, using remote-controlled aircraft, will be flying scaled-down versions of full size planes, using lightweight materials such as polystyrene, balsa wood, foam and fiberglass. The show will be held in Qadisiyah district, east of Riyadh, [...]

Saudi aviation officials said on Sunday that a new international terminal had opened at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Al Madinah province. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said the new facilities had been launched to improve services to visitors and pilgrims. It added that work was continuing to develop the runway [...]

JEDDAH – A total of 4.6 million Umrah visas have been issued until the middle of Shaban, an increase of 1.1 million visas compared to the same period in 2010, according to a statistical report released by the Umrah and Haj Agency at the Ministry of Haj. Umrah and Haj experts have attributed this 10-year [...]