Tag: Saudi

US Secretary meets with British, Saudi, UAE ministers on Yemen conflict

PARIS: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met on Tuesday with the foreign ministers of Britain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE to discuss "a...

Four Pakistani Umrah pilgrims killed in Saudi road accident

  Four Pakistani nationals were killed in a road accident in Saudi Arabia, a private news channel reported on Thursday. According to details, the road accident...

Saudi Arabia announces to inject $2b to Yemen central bank

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced it would transfer $2 billion to Yemen's central bank, after desperate calls for funding from the war-torn country's president...

Saudi Arabia: Man wanted for ‘terrorist crimes’ killed

DUBAI: Saudi security forces shot and killed a man suspected of involvement in “terrorist crimes” in an exchange of fire in the eastern part...

Saudi women attend football game for the first time

JEDDAH: For years Areej al-Ghamdi could only cheer her favourite football team from home, but everything changed on Friday when Saudi Arabia allowed women...

Saudi blogger’s wife allows herself to hope that Kingdom might pardon...

RIYADH: The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is allowing herself to dream: might the modernising new crown prince in her ultra-conservative homeland...

Saudi prince fired after audio reocording contradicts state

RIYADH: A Saudi prince was removed from his post after he released an audio recording that contradicted the Saudi authorities' version of the arrest...

Saudi Arabia reaffirms its position on Jerusalem

RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday made a telephone call to President...

Saudi governor arrives in Balochistan to hunt houbara bustard: report

QUETTA: Governor of the Tabuk province of Saudi Arabia and member of the Saudi royal family Prince Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud arrived...

Saudi, UAE in rare talks with Yemen’s Al-Islah party

  Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have held rare talks with Yemen's Al-Islah party, ignoring its close links with the Muslim Brotherhood as...

Leave Lebanon alone, world powers tell Saudi, Iran

  PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron led calls Friday for countries to stop meddling in Lebanon at an international meeting aimed at preventing the fragile...

Saudi says most people detained in anti-corruption sweep have settled

  RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday most of the people detained in a sweeping anti-corruption campaign launched last month have agreed to settlements...

Saudi agency says country targeted as part of wide ranging cyber...

LONDON/RIYADH: Saudi Arabian security officials said Monday the country had been targeted as part of a wide-ranging cyber espionage campaign observed since February against...

Saudi, Bahrain target Iran at Arab League meeting

  CAIRO: Saudi Arabia warned Sunday that it would not stand idly by in the face of Iranian "aggression", as Bahrain said the Iran-backed Hezbollah...

Lebanon’s Hariri reaches France amid Saudi ‘hostage’ rumours

PARIS: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in France Saturday from Saudi Arabia, where his resignation announcement two weeks ago sparked accusations that he was...

Chinese president offers support for Saudi amid regional uncertainty

BEIJING: China supports Saudi Arabia’s efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and achieve greater development, President Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, at a...

Saudi minister tells Iran ‘enough is enough’

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir said on Thursday the kingdom’s actions in the Middle East were a response to what he called...