Kathmandu - A Saudi Arabian woman, Raha Muharrak, 25, was among 64 people who reached the summit of Mount Everest Saturday, having climbed from Nepal's side of the mountain. Muharraq is the first woman from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to reach the summit.

In the backdrop of two emerging outbreaks of H7N9 bird flu and the SARS-like novel coronavirus, the H5N1 strain has re-emerged, ushering in a third viral threat to health authorities in several countries.

Riyadh - A charity run by the family of an ex-king in Saudi Arabia has begun a campaign against domestic violence with a well designed advert showing a battered women dressed in a niqab. The text says 'Some things can't be covered.'

Riyadh - A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a Lebanese man who helped a Saudi woman to flee the country and convert to Christianity, to six years in prison and 300 lashes.

Saudi Arabia has released 166 reformed deviants, or repentant militants, that have successfully completed a rehabilitation course for former jihadists.

As the H7N9 bird flu virus continues to spread through China, scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have reported the discovery of a new drug to aid in the treatment of severe influenza infection.

Damascus - Throughout the two year civil war that has raged unabated in Syria, the Obama administration has tried very hard to portray the Free Syrian Army as a revolutionary force of freedom and democracy. However, the actual truth is much more frightening.

Riyadh - Meet Omar Borkan Al Gala, the hunk from UAE deported from Saudi Arabia because officers of the country's morality police, fearing for the safety of their women, thought he was too handsome to be allowed to stay.

A Saudi man was shocked to discover the Sri Lankan woman, whose entry into the Kingdom he had sponsored, was unfit for her position as a domestic maid as she was pregnant on arrival. He returned the woman to the Sri Lankan Embassy to be sent home.

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's strict interpretation of sharia law ensures men cannot be unduly tempted by the unveiled faces of attractive women. It may well be time the veiling rule is also extended to the male population.

Jerusalem - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters today (April 21) that a US arms deal with Israel will send a "very clear signal" to Iran that the military option to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons is still on the table.

Imprisoned al-Qaeda militants, along with suspected terrorist recruits, are to be weaned off their terrorist ideals with a spot of counselling and spa treatments in a luxury rehabilitation center in Riyadh

Riyadh - Seems it isn't so bad to be an imprisoned Al-Qaeda militant in Saudi Arabia. The country has set up a new and luxurious spa and rehabilitation facility in Riyadh to hopefully make them drop all ideas of jihad.

Escanaba - Reports have come in from Upper Michigan of a teenager who had not been seen in years. The parents allegedly locked the young boy in a make shift room, beat and sexually abused him and never allowed him out in public.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is taking further steps to crackdown on the amount of foreigners illegally entering the rich kingdom in order to work.

Ali Al-Khawahir was 14 when he stabbed and paralyzed his best friend 10 years ago. Now, in Code of Hammurabi fashion, Al-Khawahir faces the same fate.

Women in Saudi Arabia have been assured they can enjoy the spring air by riding bicycles, providing they adhere to modest dress codes and are in the presence of a male guardian.

The Saudi Arabian government has given Skype, WhatsApp and Viber one week to provide a monitoring service or face a ban in the Kingdom.

A Saudi prince who was convicted of the sadistic murder of his manservant in a London hotel in 2010, has been returned to Saudi Arabia to serve the remainder of his minimum 20-year life sentence.

Around 3,000 Saudis have put forth a petition to the Shura Consultative Council calling for debate on the status of the prohibition on women being permitted to drive.