Riyadh - Saudi and Emirati pundits have quit major media outlets in Qatar, including the broadcaster of top-flight European football, they said on Sunday, as tensions soar between Doha and Gulf states.In an unprecedented decision on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia, the...

Saudi Arabia has declared the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist mere days after withdrawing its ambassador from Qatar for that gulf states support for the Brotherhood.

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia listed the Muslim Brotherhood and two Syrian jihadist groups as terrorist organisations Friday, and ordered citizens fighting abroad to return home within 15 days or face imprisonment.

Riyadh - Saudi health authorities said Thursday a man has died from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the worst-hit country to 62.The 55-year-old national, who died in Riyadh from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome,...

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recalled their ambassadors from Doha in an unprecedented move Wednesday in protest at Qatar's alleged interference in their internal affairs.The three Gulf Arab states made the decision following what ...

Geneva - The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) steps up its campaign this week for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide.

The coronavirus responsible for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is widespread in camels throughout Saudi Arabia and has been around for at least 20 years, according to a new study.

Riyadh - Saudi health authorities announced on Sunday the death of an elderly woman from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the kingdom to 61.The 81-year-old, who died from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Riyad...

Riyadh - Saudi health authorities have announced the death of a young man from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the kingdom to 60.The health ministry website said the latest victim of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome...

Geneva - The UN envoy and mediator in the Geneva 2 talks Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people for the lack of significant progress at the 2nd round of peace talks that ended on Saturday. The main agreement was to meet again.

Riyadh - Red roses lurk hidden in flower shop back rooms and heart-shaped chocolates are sold under the counter, but Saudis still manage to buy Valentine's gifts and defy the religious police.Florist Hussein came up with a simple solution to a ban on red tokens...

Riyadh - A female student in Saudi Arabia died of a heart attack after staff at her university allegedly refused to allow male paramedics to enter a women's-only campus to save her.

Vilnius - A Lithuanian court has ordered an investigation of the torture of a Saudi Arabian terrorism suspect by Central Intelligence Agency operatives at a secret prison in the small Baltic nation.

New York - The international war being waged inside of Syria has created a humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions. Estimates of numbers killed in the war since March 2011 range from 94,000 to 130,000.

Riyadh - Saudi health authorities announced Wednesday a new MERS death, bringing to 59 the number of people who have died from the coronavirus in the country with the most fatalities.

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia, an Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries kingpin, is unconcerned by the US shale oil boom, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Sunday as he met the US energy secretary in Riyadh.

Riyadh - Saudi petrochemical giant SABIC said Sunday its net profit rose 5.7 percent in the last quarter of 2013, compared with the same period the year before, on the back of lower costs.SABIC said its net profit reached $1.

Riyadh - A Saudi court has sentenced to death an Al-Qaeda militant and jailed 10 others over a May 2004 attack that killed six Westerners and a policeman, state media reported.

Jeddah - A disturbing sight in Saudi Arabia recently brought the phrase "it's raining men" to a whole new level. Residents watched in horror as a mangled corpse descended from the sky.

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