Tag: Saudi
Yemen rebels inches close to Saudi ceasefire pact
Rebels in Yemen say they will respond "positively" to a ceasefire offer by the Saudi-led coalition that has been carrying out air strikes against...
Saudi beheads another Pakistani for drug trafficking
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug smuggling on Friday, the 73rd execution in the kingdom so far this year.
Shirin Khan was put...
Yemen not a new issue for Saudi monarchs
A leaked US diplomatic cable has exposed that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Naif was the mastermind behind the attack on Yemen even six years ago during the tenure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Saudi accuses IS of killing police, seizes bombs
Saudi Arabia blamed the Islamic State group Friday for the killing of two policemen in the capital this month and said three bomb-laden cars...
Three weeks of Saudi strikes in Yemen, no peace in sight
Thursday will mark three weeks since Saudi Arabia began airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen. But there is as yet little sign that the...
Kerry to allay Saudi fears regarding Iran nuclear deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Riyadh this week to reassure the newly appointed King Salman that any nuclear deal with Iran...
Saudi detainee sent home from Guantanamo: Pentagon
A Saudi Arabian inmate at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was repatriated Saturday, leaving 142 prisoners still at the jail President Barack...
Saudi body favours easing of ban on women’s driving?
It’s only for women over 30, who must be off the road by 8pm and cannot wear makeup behind the wheel. But it’s still a startling idea.
Five killed in Saudi Arabia on eve of Ashura
Al Ahsa is one of the two main centers of minority Shias in Saudi Arabia, along with the district of Qatif.
Iran must withdraw ‘occupying’ forces from Syria: Saudi Arabia
Saudi FM says ‘our reservations are about Iran's policy in the region, not about Iran as a country or people’
Saudi overhaul reshapes ‘unrecognisable’ Makkah
Decades ago, this was a low-built city of centuries-old neighbourhoods over the years, it saw piecemeal renewal projects. But in the mid-2000s, the kingdom launched its most ambitious overhaul ever with a series of mega-projects that, though incomplete, have already reshaped Makkah.
Saudi Arabia jails six for going abroad to fight
The kingdom imprisoned dozens of people last month in security trials amid fears that the conflicts in Iraq and Syria will radicalise a new generation of young Saudis.
Not here to interfere: Saudi FM
Prince Saud al Faisal says he has come to Pakistan with ‘message of friendship and cooperation’
Nawaz asks Saudi Arabia to invest in Pakistan’s energy...
Saudi housing minister signs contracts worth $1.06b
Saudi Arabia's Housing Minister, Dr Shuwaish bin Said Al-Dhuwaihi, has signed eight new contracts worth $1.06 billion to develop 26 square kilometres of land...
OIC secretary general thanks Saudi for hosting Rohingya Muslims
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has expressed his thanks to the custodian of the two holy mosques King Abdullah...
Govt urged to take up expats issue with Saudi Arabia
Minister for Labour, Industries and Technical Education Bakht Baidar has asked the federal government to take up the matter of unjustified harassment of expatriate...
Sponsors charge expats fees illegally: Saudi Labour Ministry
The Ministry of Labor has advised expatriates not to pay their sponsors any fee for rectifying their status in the country.
This comes amid reports...
