Tag: Riyadh
How the man behind Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype
He ran social media for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. He masterminded the arrest of hundreds of his country’s elite. He detained a Lebanese prime...
New Secretary of State Pompeo starts Mideast tour in Riyadh
RIYADH: New US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on the first stop of his hastily-arranged visit to the Middle...
Heavy firing in Riyadh sparks coup rumours
--Conflicting reports claim bullets were fired to shoot down a toy drone
Heavy gunfire has been reported outside the royal palace in Saudi Arabia’s capital...
Islamabad condemns missile attacks on Riyadh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday condemned missile attacks on Saudi Arabia that were carried out by Yemen’s Houthi militia on Sunday.
Saudi air defences shot down...
Ritz-Carlton: The ‘luxury prison’ of Riyadh reopens after graft crackdown
RIYADH: Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton reopened for business Sunday, three months after it became a holding place for princes and ministers detained in the biggest anti-graft...
Dastgir leaves for Riyadh to attend launching ceremony of IMCTC
ISLAMABAD: The meeting of ministers of Defense Council of Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) will be held in Riyadh on Sunday. The theme of...
Defence minister, additional secretary to leave for Saudi Arabia tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan and Additional Defence Secretary Faisal Rasul Lodhi will leave for Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
They will participate in the...
Riyadh rejects reports of prince’s death in graft purge
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday rejected reports that a prominent prince had been killed in a sweeping anti-corruption purge of the kingdom's elite.
Prince Abdulaziz bin...
Saudi-led military coalition closes air, sea and land access to Yemen
DUBAI: A Saudi-led military coalition said it will temporarily close all air, land and sea ports to Yemen to stem the flow of arms...
Saudis intercept ‘ballistic missile’ northeast of Riyadh
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday intercepted and destroyed a "ballistic missile" northeast of the capital Riyadh after it was launched from Yemen, state media...
US secretary of state lands in Riyadh, begins Gulf, South Asia...
RIYADH: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in Riyadh on Saturday to attend a landmark meeting between officials from Saudi Arabia and Iraq...
Traffic chaos, schools shut as Riyadh hit by rare flooding
Traffic backed up and schools were shut in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Wednesday after the desert city was struck by a rare severe...
Kerry in Riyadh as Saudi-Iran tensions simmer
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday hoping for an easing of tensions between the Sunni power and its...
Riyadh orders Iranian envoy to leave Kingdom
Saudi government on Sunday ordered Iranian ambassador to leave the state within 24 hours.
Iran-Saudi Arabia split emerged deepened after Saudi embassy torched in Tehran....
Syria arrests opposition figures on way to Riyadh meeting
Syrian authorities on Wednesday arrested two prominent members of the country’s domestic opposition as they travelled to Riyadh to meet other regime opponents, a...
Saudi king says Riyadh working to keep Syria as unified nation
King Salman says Saudi Arabia to diversify economy away from oil
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said his government was striving to maintain Syria as a...
Iran claims groups linked to IS are at Riyadh talks
Iran claimed on Thursday groups linked to militant Islamic State (IS) group were involved in talks on forming a delegation for negotiations on the...
