Recent News Headlines : Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia

INDIA BECOMES ONE OF WORLD'S TOP FIVE DEFENCE SPENDERS, AMID TENSIONS WITH CHINA AND PAKISTAN


Worldwide military spending as a whole rose to 1.73 trillion, around 2.2 per cent of global gross domestic..... READ MORE

2nd May, 2018 184

'WHOLE WORLD TURNED RED': GROOM RECALLS DEADLY SAUDI AIRSTRIKE ON YEMENI WEDDING


'Whole world turned red' Groom recalls deadly Saudi airstrike on Yemeni wedding -- RT World News... READ MORE

2nd May, 2018 507

FROM KINGMAKER TO DONALD TRUMP: HOW THE US IS LOSING ITS GRIP ON THE MIDDLE EAST


Allies such as Israel and Saudi Arabia wanted Iran contained, not engaged... READ MORE

2nd May, 2018 56

IRAN MUST PAY $6BN TO VICTIMS OF 9/11 ATTACKS


Saudi Arabia remains the main target of US citizens looking for damages in relation to the attacks... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 16156

STRIKE KILLS DOZENS OF YEMEN REBELS INCLUDING COMMANDERS


The Yemen conflict is widely seen as a proxy war between regional titans Iran and Saudi Arabia... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 0

COMMENTARY: TO CONTAIN IRAN, LOOK FIRST TO YEMEN NOT SANCTIONS


A Houthi missile that strikes Saudi Arabia will be seen as an Iranian attack and could draw the entire Middle East into war... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 186

3 SUICIDE BOMBERS HIT MOSQUE IN MEDINA, KILL 2; TWO OTHER CITIES TARGETED


Updated July 5, 2016 3 11 23 am Muslim worshippers gather after a suicide bomber detonated a device near the security headquarters of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2016... READ MORE

1st May, 2018 1199

POMPEO, IN SAUDI ARABIA, TALKS TOUGH ON IRAN


Senior U.S. officials traveling with Pompeo blamed Iran for smuggling the missiles into Yemen... READ MORE

30th April, 2018 703

FRENCH HOTEL GIANT ACCORHOTELS BUYS SWITZERLAND'S MOVENPICK


Founded in 1973, Movenpick has 84 hotels in 27 countries, and plans to open 42 additional hotels by 2021, with significant expansion in Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific, AccorHotels said in a statement... READ MORE

30th April, 2018 0

EMMANUEL MACRON TURNS TO IRAN TO PROPOSE WIDENING NUCLEAR DEAL AS TRUMP WAVERS


But if a deal cannot be reached, the president has said that he will leave that deal," Mr Pompeo said... READ MORE

30th April, 2018 11

POMPEO SAYS U.S. STANDS WITH ISRAELIS AND SAUDIS AGAINST IRAN


Israel has cited Iran's hostile rhetoric, support for anti-Israel militant groups and development of long-range missiles... READ MORE

29th April, 2018 7

IRAN 'BEHAVING WORSE' SINCE 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL


ET April 29, 2018 CLOSE US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Saudi Arabia on Saturday... READ MORE

29th April, 2018 87

MIKE POMPEO TO SAUDI ARABIA: 'GULF UNITY IS NECESSARY'


Mike Pompeo calls for unity in the Gulf during a visit to Saudi Arabia, his first in his new role as top US diplomat... READ MORE

29th April, 2018 3033

QATAR DENIES PAYING A RANSOM TO FREE HOSTAGES HACKED TEXTS SAY OTHERWISE


Qatari officials declined to comment on specific issues raised in the text exchanges... READ MORE

29th April, 2018 2

SAUDI-LED STRIKE 'KILLS DOZENS' OF YEMEN REBELS


The Huthis, backed by Saudi Arabia's regional arch-rival Iran, confirmed the air strike on Sanaa but gave no details... READ MORE

29th April, 2018 0

POMPEO'S MESSAGE TO SAUDIS? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH


But Mr. Pompeo is closer to Mr. Trump and thus a more formidable figure... READ MORE

29th April, 2018 3011

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO TO PRESS FOR IRAN SANCTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST TRIP


Pompeo was one of the first Trump administration officials to visit Saudi Arabia early in his tenure as CIA director... READ MORE

28th April, 2018 154

POMPEO STARTS MIDEAST TOUR WITH CALL FOR NEW IRAN SANCTIONS


U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 28, 2018... READ MORE

28th April, 2018 1612

SAUDI-LED STRIKE 'KILLS DOZENS' OF YEMEN REBELS


The Saudi-led coalition imposed a total blockade on Yemen's ports in November in retaliation for cross-border Huthi missile attacks on Saudi Arabia... READ MORE

28th April, 2018 0

OVER 70 COUNTRIES COMMIT TO COMBATING FINANCING OF TERRORISM


Thursday's meeting included countries that have accused each other of funding terrorism, notably in the Persian Gulf... READ MORE

27th April, 2018 13

KING RENAMES AFRICA'S LAST ABSOLUTE MONARCHY


King Mswati III presides over the annual Reed Dance ceremony during which occasion he chooses a new bride... READ MORE

27th April, 2018 210

ANALYSIS | TRUMP'S REMARKS THAT MIDDLE EASTERN STATES 'WOULDN'T LAST A WEEK' WITHOUT U.S. CAUSE ANGER IN THE REGION


During a phone call with Saudi King Salman in December, Trump asked Saudi Arabia for 4 billion for the effort in Syria... READ MORE

26th April, 2018 279

KUWAIT ORDERS PHILIPPINES AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE IN DISPUTE OVER REPORTED ABUSE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS


The Philippines had apologized on Tuesday for what Kuwait viewed as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty... READ MORE

26th April, 2018 0

HEDGE-FUND INVESTORS POUR INTO OIL AS FIRMS PREDICT SURGE TO $80


Leading to particularly sharp losses by some bullish hedge funds in February... READ MORE

23rd April, 2018 966

OIL SHRUGS OFF TRUMP TWEET TO RISE FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK


It's pretty hard to thread the needle of lower oil prices when you're threatening a major oil producer, he said, referring to Iran... READ MORE

20th April, 2018 628

JUDGE BLOCKS TRANSFER OF AMERICAN SUSPECTED OF ISIS TIES BEING HELD IN IRAQ


A federal judge on Thursday ruled that an American with suspected ties to the Islamic State being held in Iraq can't be transferred to another country... READ MORE

20th April, 2018 17

CATHOLIC CARDINAL MEETS SAUDI KING IN HISTORIC VISIT TO RIYADH


Lebanon's Christian Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai visited Saudi Arabia in November... READ MORE

19th April, 2018 111

SAUDI ARABIA SCREENS BLACK PANTHER TO MARK MOVIE THEATER OPENINGS


It's a stark reversal for a country where public movie screenings were banned in the 1980s during a wave of ultraconservatism that swept Saudi Arabia... READ MORE

18th April, 2018 35

IRAN PRESIDENT WE DONT INTEND ANY AGGRESSION IN REGION


The United States and its allies have been demanding that Iran curb its ballistic missile programme, but Tehran sees this as crucial to its defensive posture... READ MORE

18th April, 2018 0

IRAN PRESIDENT WE DONT INTEND ANY AGGRESSION IN REGION


The United States and its allies have been demanding that Iran curb its ballistic missile programme, but Tehran sees this as crucial to its defensive posture... READ MORE

18th April, 2018 0

Trending News Headlines : Saudi Arabia

ISRAELIS HAVE THE RIGHT TO THEIR OWN LAND


Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman said he recognizes the right of Israelis to have their own nation-state... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 12344

SAUDI CROWN PRINCE IN HIS OWN WORDS WOMEN ARE ABSOLUTELY EQUAL


What we did in Saudi Arabia was extremely necessary, Prince Mohammed said of the arrests... READ MORE

19th March, 2018 12007

SAUDI GRANTS AIRSPACE APPROVAL FOR FLIGHTS TO ISRAEL


Saudi Arabia has granted for the first time permission for Air India flights headed to Israel to use its airspace, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported... READ MORE

7th February, 2018 8284

SAUDI PRINCE MEETS NEW YORK RABBIS IN RARE INTERFAITH GESTURE


Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met a group of religious leaders in New York, including two rabbis... READ MORE

30th March, 2018 7629

JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO THEIR 'OWN LAND,' SAUDI CROWN PRINCE SAYS AS HE SEEKS ALLY AGAINST IRAN


The crown prince, the heir to the Saudi throne, has even drafted an economic plan to wean Saudi Arabia off its dependence on oil revenue... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 6935

ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI NARROWLY MISSES 100 PERCENT OF VOTE IN EGYPT


Announcing the final results on Monday, Egypt's election commission said there had been a 41.5 percent turnout, lower than the 47 percent in the 2014 election... READ MORE

2nd April, 2018 5317

SAUDI PRINCE SAYS ISRAELIS HAVE RIGHT TO THEIR OWN LAND


The remarks by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the kingdom, reflect his view of Israel as an economic and strategic partner... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 4852

DIPLOMATIC LEAKS: UAE DISSATISFIED WITH SAUDI POLICIES


The document said the Jordanian ambassador informed his government that UAE believes that Saudi policies are failing both domestically and abroad, especially in Lebanon ... READ MORE

17th April, 2018 4614

ARAB LEADERS MUTE ON SYRIA STRIKES AT SAUDI SUMMIT


US-led strikes not discussed at Arab League but leaders call Trump's Jerusalem move 'null and illegitimate'... READ MORE

15th April, 2018 4592

READ TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON THE U.S. ATTACK ON SYRIA


The United States responded with 58 missile strikes that destroyed 20 percent of the Syrian Air Force... READ MORE

14th April, 2018 4537

IRANIAN OFFICIAL CALLS MBS 'DELUSIONAL' AFTER PRINCE WARNS OF WAR


Foreign Ministry spokesman slams Mohammed bin Salman after Saudi heir warned war with Tehran was just 10-15 years away... READ MORE

31st March, 2018 3508

ACTIVIST DETAINED AFTER QUESTIONING SAUDI-ISRAEL TIES


According to Human Rights Watch, since 2014, Saudi authorities have tried a series of peaceful dissidents in the Specialized Criminal Court, Saudi Arabia's terrorism tribunal... READ MORE

9th February, 2018 2990

A CROWN PRINCES US TOUR OPRAH MURDOCH HARVARD


Prince Mohammed also has sought to attract American investors for industries going well beyond Saudi Arabia's Aramco petroleum giant... READ MORE

6th April, 2018 2989

A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF PRESIDENT TRUMPS REMARKS


Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States... READ MORE

14th April, 2018 2987

DIRECT FLIGHT TO ISRAEL CROSSES SAUDI AIRSPACE FOR THE FIRST TIME


Israel-bound flights traversing Saudi Arabia will allow airlines to cut flight times and fuel costs of the journeys to and from certain destinations... READ MORE

24th March, 2018 2923

DEFENCE MINISTER: SAUDI, UAE INTENDED TO INVADE QATAR


Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah says siege countries 'have tried everything' from provoking tribes and replacing leader... READ MORE

3rd February, 2018 2691

SAUDI ARABIA FIRES TOP ARMY CHIEFS IN MILITARY SHAKE-UP


Saudi Arabia's King Salman has fired his top military commanders and reshuffled his cabinet in a shake-up of key security and government ministries... READ MORE

27th February, 2018 2633

PAKISTAN TIGHT-LIPPED ON SAUDI ARABIA TROOP MISSION


The Pakistani government and military both deny that the troops, whose deployment was announced last week, would operate outside the borders of Saudi Arabia... READ MORE

22nd February, 2018 2464

QATAR TO EXPAND US AIRBASE AS DEFENCE CHIEF VISITS DC


Al Udeid serves as one of the most important overseas US military bases with operations throughout the Middle East launched from Qatar... READ MORE

30th January, 2018 2431

AMNESTY: ALMOST 1,000 PRISONERS EXECUTED WORLDWIDE IN 2017


Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq record highest executions, as rights group reports global decline in the use of death penalty... READ MORE

12th April, 2018 2302

YEMEN WAR IS 2018'S WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, UN SAYS


The war in Yemen is world's worst humanitarian crisis, said United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, at a donor pledging event in Geneva on Tuesday... READ MORE

4th April, 2018 2168

SAUDI ARABIA BANS EXPATRIATES FROM 12 JOB TYPES


Saudi Arabia also halted state payments of water and electricity bills for royal family members... READ MORE

30th January, 2018 2131

SAUDI ARABIA AND RUSSIA CONSIDER 10 TO 20 YEAR OIL ALLIANCE


Saudi Arabia has led the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC and allies outside the cartel to join forces to stabilise oil prices... READ MORE

28th March, 2018 1991

CROWN PRINCE'S OVERTURE TO SYRIA'S BASHAR WHILE IN THE US


Following Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's two visits to Saudi Arabia last year, the rapprochement between the two countries rapidly gained traction, especially in the economic field... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 1916

QATAR BLOCKADE BY GCC COUNTRIES 'FUTILE'


Sheikh Tamim Qatar blockade by GCC countries 'futile'... READ MORE

17th February, 2018 1839

EMMANUEL MACRON, MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN AGREE TO DEALS WORTH $18BN


This marked a change of direction for Macron, who had previously clashed with Saudi Arabia after expressing he was committed to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal... READ MORE

11th April, 2018 1821

TRUMP'S GOAL OF 'ENERGY DOMINANCE' COULD CHANGE THE GLOBAL BALANCE OF POWER


Breakthroughs in hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling, though controversial, meant oil and natural gas once thought stranded can now be economically developed in a big way... READ MORE

17th March, 2018 1661

SAUDIS DIVIDED ON NATIONAL CARD-PLAYING COMPETITION


-- ????????? ??????? ALMRISEUL February 15, 2018 Saudi Arabia appears to be relaxing some norms as part of the Vision 2030 reform plan... READ MORE

17th February, 2018 1625

KHASHOGGI: SAUDI ARABIA CAN NEVER BE A DEMOCRACY 'ON MBS WATCH'


Asked whether Saudi Arabia could ever become democratic under bin Salman, popularly known in the West as MBS, Khashoggi said Not on his watch... READ MORE

23rd March, 2018 1621

SOMALILAND POET JAILED FOR SOMALIA REUNIFICATION POETRY


A court in the self-declared republic of Somaliland has sentenced a young poet to three years in jail... READ MORE

15th April, 2018 1534


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