Recent News Headlines : Saudi Arabian

IRAN PILGRIMS TO JOIN THIS YEAR'S HAJJ


Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia has said, after an absence last year during tensions between the regional rivals... READ MORE

17th March, 2017 8650

WHY U.S. EMBASSY MOVE TO JERUSALEM IS SO FRAUGHT


In 1967, Israel captured east Jerusalem in the Six-Day War and formally annexed those portions of the city to form one municipality under Israeli law... READ MORE

25th February, 2017 115

100 WOMEN: THE SAUDI WOMEN CHALLENGING MALE GUARDIANSHIP


Women are using new methods to press Saudi Arabia's government to end the male guardianship system... READ MORE

13th January, 2017 140

SAUDI POLICE KILL EXTREMIST SUSPECTED OF PLANNING MOSQUE SUICIDE BOMBING


The same day, separate suicide bomb attacks targeted a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia and the US Consulate in Jeddah... READ MORE

8th January, 2017 0

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NICHOLAS KRISTOF REFUGEES WHO COULD BE US


WATCHING the horrific images of Syrian refugees struggling toward safety or in the case of Aylan Kurdi 3 drowning on that journey I think of other refugees... READ MORE

12th September, 2015 11013

SUICIDE BOMBING NEAR SAUDI HOLY SITE


The mosque is the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad and Medina the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca... READ MORE

5th July, 2016 5557

TIME TO SAW OFF THE SAUDIS FROM THE RADICALIZATION BUSINESS


Nor did he suggest a few realities that Saudi Arabia should be confronting without excuse... READ MORE

8th December, 2015 4715

TRUMP'S CHOICE FOR ISRAELI AMBASSADOR IS A DANGER TO AMERICAN LIVES


It's not yet clear if Friedman is speaking for himself or for the incoming Trump administration... READ MORE

20th December, 2016 4188

FRANCE LAUNCHES MASSIVE AIRSTRIKE ON ISIS IN SYRIA


French fighter jets launched a large scale raid in Syria, targeting ISIS in Raqqa just two days after the group claimed coordinated attacks in Paris... READ MORE

16th November, 2015 3943

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

13th December, 2015 3161

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

13th December, 2015 3040

SYRIA FIGHTERS MAY BE FUELED BY AMPHETAMINES


Captagon is a widely used stimulant throughout the Middle East, according to U.N... READ MORE

21st November, 2015 2994

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

15th June, 2015 2951

EXPLOSION DESTROYS ANCIENT SITE IN YEMEN CAPITAL


Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE

12th June, 2015 2602

U.S. SAYS IRAN TESTED ROCKETS 1,500 YARDS FROM AMERICAN CARRIER


The United States on Wednesday accused Iran of carrying out rocket tests near American warships and commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz last week... READ MORE

30th December, 2015 2600

AFTER A US SHIFT IRAN HAS A SEAT AT TALKS ON WAR IN SYRIA


Iran's participation in Syria talks is something United Nations mediators have sought for years -- and faced opposition from the White House for just as long... READ MORE

29th October, 2015 2519

BATTLE FOR IRAQ AND SYRIA IN MAPS


, or Islamic state, stretching from Aleppo in Syria to the province of Diyala in Iraq... READ MORE

12th October, 2014 2293

A REPUBLICAN SENATOR VISITED A MOSQUE TO SPEAK UP FOR RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE


Because like Muslims, Mormons do not drink alcohol, our trip to the temple is usually followed by a stop at Dairy Queen... READ MORE

12th December, 2015 2186

SUICIDE BOMBERS ATTACK SITES IN SAUDI ARABIA INCLUDING MOSQUE IN MEDINA


Attackers kill four at Medina mosque housing Muhammad's tomb and also strike outside the US consulate in Jeddah and in Shia-majority Qatif... READ MORE

5th July, 2016 1907

HAJJ PREP SEARCH SOUL BUY STURDY SHOES PAY THE DENTIST


If you buy them in Mecca or Medina, it's around 35 a kilo... READ MORE

10th September, 2016 1782

OIL PRICE FALLS AHEAD OF OPEC MEETING


The drop came as Saudi Arabia indicated it would not push for output cuts to help push up oil prices... READ MORE

27th November, 2014 1761

ISRAELI 'SPY DOLPHIN' CAUGHT OFF GAZA COAST


A year later Iranian security forces arrested two suspected spy pigeons near a nuclear facility... READ MORE

20th August, 2015 1700

SAUDI ARABIA SEVERS TIES WITH IRAN, QUESTIONS LOOM


Why are there tensions between iran and saudi arabia?... READ MORE

4th January, 2016 1609

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

6th December, 2015 1558

PENTAGON TRANSFERS 5 YEMENIS BEING HELD AT GUANTANAMO BAY TO UAE


Late last year, the administration moved three Yemeni prisoners to Kazakhstan... READ MORE

16th November, 2015 1450

HOW DO SUNNI AND SHIA ISLAM DIFFER


Sheikh Nimr had advocated for greater political rights for Shiites in Saudi Arabia and surrounding countries... READ MORE

4th January, 2016 1342

IRAN ACCUSES SAUDI ARABIA OF MISSILE STRIKE ON ITS YEMEN CAPITAL-BASED EMBASSY


Iran has accused Saudi Arabia of launching an air strike on its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a... READ MORE

8th January, 2016 1265

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

10th December, 2015 1175

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

11th December, 2015 1159

INVESTIGATORS SAY ABOUT $4BN MAY BE MISSING FROM FUND


Switzerland's attorney general said on Friday there were serious indications that funds have been misappropriated from Malaysian state companies ... READ MORE

30th January, 2016 1149

SWEDEN'S SUBTLY RADICAL 'FEMINIST' FOREIGN POLICY IS CAUSING A STIR


Sweden's feminist foreign policy is still in the making, Fredrik Wesslau, director of the Wider Europe Program at the European Council of Foreign Relations, explains... READ MORE

8th October, 2015 1061

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

14th December, 2015 1047

1ST OFFICER ON SCENE DESCRIBES 'UNSPEAKABLE' CARNAGE


San Bernardino shooting 1st officer on scene describes 'unspeakable' carnage... READ MORE

4th December, 2015 1038

THE MOST PROMINENT MUSLIM ELECTED OFFICIAL IN AMERICA SEES A 'MESSAGE OF HOPE' IN TRUMP'S 'WEAKNESS'


Photo by Linda Davidson The Washington Post Keith Ellison, the most prominent Muslim elected official in America, was having a pretty good day... READ MORE

13th December, 2015 1002


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