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ROYAL SHEIKH-UP: MEET QATAR'S SAUDI-BACKED EMIR-IN-WAITING
Abdullah Bin Ali hails from a prominent branch of the Qatari royal family... READ MORE›
HOPES FADE FOR QATAR RESIDENTS TO PERFORM HAJJ
Qatari authorities subsequently accused Saudi Arabia of politicising Hajj and jeopardising the pilgrimage to Mecca by refusing to guarantee their pilgrims' safety... READ MORE›
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REPORTED SAUDI BLOCKING OF QATARI PILGRIM CONDEMNED
Saudi authorities have reportedly prevented a Qatari national from entering the Grand Mosque in Mecca, marking a sharp escalation in the Gulf diplomatic crisis... READ MORE›
THE ARAB WORLD'S WEALTHIEST NATIONS ARE DOING NEXT TO NOTHING FOR SYRIA'S REFUGEES
Why are Saudi Arabia and its oil-rich neighbors doing so little for Syria's refugees?... READ MORE›
SAUDI KING SALMAN INVITES QATAR PILGRIMS TO HAJJ
The rights group had demanded on Saturday that Saudi Arabia lift all land and air restrictions on Qatar-based pilgrims traveling to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage... READ MORE›
AHEAD OF HAJJ, SAUDI IMAM DECRIES INTER-MUSLIM CONFLICT
Saudi Arabia says Qatar is seeking to politicise the ritual for diplomatic gains... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA RESPONDS TO REFUGEE CRISIS
Just this week, the al Hayat newspaper reported that 500,000 Syrians had found homes in Saudi Arabia since the civil war began - as workers, not refugees... READ MORE›
CABLES RELEASED BY WIKILEAKS REVEAL SAUDIS CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY
BEIRUT Lebanon It seems that everyone wants something from Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
TURKISH FM IN KUWAIT FOR TALKS ON RESOLVING GCC ROW
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks in Kuwait to push mediation efforts aimed at resolving a standoff between a Saudi-led alliance and Qatar... READ MORE›
EXTREME HEATWAVES COULD PUSH GULF CLIMATE BEYOND HUMAN ENDURANCE, STUDY SHOWS
Oil and gas rich nations in the region, particularly Saudi Arabia, have frequently tried to frustrate international climate change negotiations... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 717 KILLED AND HUNDREDS INJURED IN CRUSH DURING HAJJ
The government of Saudi Arabia must accept the huge responsibility for this catastrophe, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said after 131 Iranian citizens died... READ MORE›
AFRICA AND THE GULF CRISIS: THE PERIL OF PICKING SIDES
On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt announced that they were cutting ties with Qatar and imposing land, sea and air blockades... READ MORE›
WOMAN WINS SEAT IN SAUDI ELECTION
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy with some of the world's tightest restrictions on women, including a ban on driving... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA: FIRST WOMEN COUNCILLORS ELECTED
Salma bint Hizab al-Oteibi was named as Saudi Arabia's first elected female politician, after winning a seat on the council in Madrakah in Mecca province... READ MORE›
QUALITY OF LIFE AROUND THE WORLD REVEALED AND BRITAIN DOESN'T EVEN MAKE THE TOP 10, SAYS NEW INDEX
The index placed Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan above the UK in terms of quality of life as the country placed 9th in Europe... READ MORE›
INSIDE MECCA'S MATRIX
The pilgrimage this year comes as Saudi Arabia faces an expansion of Islamic State group attacks... READ MORE›
REFUGEE CRISIS: RICHARD DAWKINS SLAMS SAUDI ARABIA'S OFFER TO BUILD 200 MOSQUES IN GERMANY
While thousands of refugees make the perilous journey across continents to European countries Saudi Arabia and five other Gulf states have offered zero resettlement places... READ MORE›
SAUDI WOMEN REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE FIRST TIME
Two women in Saudi Arabia made history last week when they became the country's first registered female voters, according to local media... READ MORE›
MANCHESTER A&E UNIT SHUT OVER SUSPECTED MERS OUTBREAK
A suspected outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome temporarily shut a hospital's A E unit in Manchester... READ MORE›
SAUDI INTERVENTION ONLY FANS YEMENS FLAMES
The Houthis adhere to an offshoot of Shiite Islam known as Zaydism and had battled the Yemeni state off and on for years... READ MORE›
FROM HOUSEWIFE TO KILLER: THE MYSTERY OF SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTER TASHFEEN MALIK
On San Bernardino Suspect Tashfeen Malik Other basic facts are also unclear, including Malik's age... READ MORE›
QATARI PLANES BANNED FROM EGYPTIAN AND SAUDI AIR SPACE
Comments purportedly by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani criticising Saudi Arabia had appeared on Qatari state media... READ MORE›
SYRIA DENOUNCES SAUDI CRITICISM OF IRAN ON PEACE TALKS
Until two weeks ago the idea that Saudi Arabia and Iran would sit at the same table was unthinkable... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL FROM HAJJ STAMPEDE REACHES 2411 IN NEW ESTIMATE
A virtual news blackout on the disaster has prevailed in Saudi Arabia's news media since... READ MORE›
SAUDI WOMEN ALLOWED TO VOTE FOR FIRST TIME
On Saturday 12 December Saudi Arabia will go to the polls, and women in the country will be voting and standing for office for the first time... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIAS NEW KING PROMISES CONTINUITY AFTER DEATH OF ABDULLAH
Saudi arabia's new king promises continuity after death of abdullah... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA ELECTS UP TO 17 FEMALE COUNCILLORS IN HISTORIC ELECTION
These included four in Jeddah, one near Mecca - home to Islam's holiest site - and others in Tabuk, Ahsaa and Qatif... READ MORE›
1ST OFFICER ON SCENE DESCRIBES 'UNSPEAKABLE' CARNAGE
San Bernardino shooting 1st officer on scene describes 'unspeakable' carnage... READ MORE›
HOW A BLOND AMERICAN KID BECAME A HUGE STAR IN SAUDI ARABIA
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Say the name Joshua Van Alstine in Saudi Arabia and the likely response is a blank stare... READ MORE›
19 WOMEN ELECTED IN SAUDI ARABIA'S HISTORIC MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Saudi Arabia's second largest and most cosmopolitan city, Jiddah, elected two women, as did one of the most conservative regions, Qassim... READ MORE›
GULF STATES 'REBUFF BID TO EASE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT'
The Saudi government is inciting its citizens against Qataris... READ MORE›
STAMPEDE NEAR SAUDI HOLY CITY KILLS MORE THAN 700 ON HAJJ PILGRIMAGE
Saudi Arabia has cut the number of pilgrims attending the hajj since 2012, when more than 3 million made the journey... READ MORE›