PARIS: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday he was positive about the way the incoming US administration wanted to restore American influence in the world, contain Iran and fight Islamic…
In a new move to raise awareness on the labor regulations in the Kingdom among expatriate workers, the Saudi Cabinet on Monday approved the setting up of labor attaché offices at Saudi…
Saudi Arabia cancelled bonus payments for state employees and cut ministers’ salaries by 20 per cent, steps that further spread the burden of shoring up public finances to a population accustomed to…
Nineteen people, including 12 Pakistani nationals, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia following suicide attacks on Monday, including one near Islam’s second-holiest site in the city of Madina, the kingdom’s Interior Ministry…
Saudi companies have been ordered to exclude Dutch firms from future projects over an anti-Islamic stunt by a far-right Dutch politician, in a royal decree made public by the Mecca chamber of…
ISLAMABAD Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said Saudi Arabia gifted $1.5 billion to Pakistan, and the money was not meant to supply weapons…
RIYADH Saudi Arabia on Friday declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. The kingdom also included Lebanon-based Shia group Hezbollah on its terrorism list along with the…
ISLAMABAD A calling attention notice has been submitted in the Senate asking the prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs to explain the government position on “shift in policy on the civil war…
Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and defence minister on Wednesday received Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif. At the outset of the reception, the crown prince said…
Saudi authorities have stipulated that only expatriates who were in violation of labour laws prior to April 6, the beginning of the grace period, are now eligible for deportation. Thousands of Asian…
Saudi Arabia officially told the United Nations on Tuesday that it would not be taking up a UN Security council seat — opening the way for Jordan to take the place. Saudi…
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday landed in Saudi Arabia, the second stop on his tour of the Middle East. America’s top diplomat is expected to try to repair ties…
Several people in Karachi celebrated Eidul Azha on Tuesday, a day ahead of the rest of the country. Clerics, belonging to Wahhabi school of thought, called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation…
Former president Pervez Musharraf will likely take shelter in Saudi Arabia if he is granted bail in remaining cases filed against him. The former military ruler has already been bailed out in…
Saudi Arabia has told foreign workers, about a third of its 27 million population, to make sure their visas are in order before a planned crackdown next month or face possible deportation,…
Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on October 15 in Saudi Arabia as Zil-Haj moon has been sighted on Saturday. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that Zil-Hajj crescent is expected to be sighted…
Saudi Arabia, on the request of Pakistan embassy, has suspended the capital punishment of 8 Pakistanis accused of being involved in drug smuggling. Pakistan embassy in Saudi Arabia had pleaded to the…
