Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia warns against Iran's nuclear program

11 hours, 54 minutes ago

Saudi Arabia announced last week the arrest of 10 more members of an alleged Iranian spy ring.

Saudi executes 5 Yemenis, displays bodies

4 days ago

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed five Yemenis convicted of crimes and displayed their bodies in public as a deterrent for future criminals, the government said.

Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs

5 days ago

About 30 Saudi women teachers have demonstrated outside the kingdom's Education Ministry, demanding full time jobs.

Saudi vegetable seller dies from self-immolation

6 days ago

A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died.

Saudi Arabia: 4 news cases of SARS-linked virus

11 days ago

Saudi Arabia has confirmed four new cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears centered in the Arabian Peninsula but that has also been reported in Europe.

Saudi man traveling with pressure cooker arrested

12 days ago

Federal agents say a Saudi man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after lying about why he was traveling with a pressure cooker.

Saudi journalist claims he is banned from writing

18 days ago

A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry.

Saudi Arabia reports 7 cases of SARS-like virus

23 days ago

Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said Thursday that five people have died and two other patients were in critical condition with confirmed cases of a new respiratory virus related to SARS.

In Saudi Arabia, advocating peaceful change leads to lengthy prison terms for...

25 days ago

Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court, created five years ago to handle terrorism suspects, would seem a strange venue to try two of the country's foremost human rights champions.

Correction: Philippines-Saudi Death Row story

73 days ago

The government estimates there are more than 1 million Filipinos in Saudi Arabia, part of about 10 million overseas workers who send home billions of dollars that help shore up the Philippine...

Saudi Arabia executes 7 men after appeals rejected

73 days ago

Saudi Arabia's official news agency says seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery have been beheaded, a week after their families appealed to the king for clemency.

Philippines races to save man on Saudi death row

74 days ago

The Philippine government has appealed to Saudi Arabia to extend the deadline for the execution of a Filipino man convicted of murder so it can raise compensation money to pay the victim's family.

Executions of 7 Saudis postponed for week

81 days ago

A Saudi security official says executions of seven Saudis sentenced to death by crucifixion and firing squad have been postponed for a week.

7 Saudis appeal for help to stop executions

82 days ago

Speaking over a smuggled cellphone from his prison cell, one of seven Saudis set to be put to death Tuesday by crucifixion and firing squad for armed robbery appealed for help to stop the executions.

Jordan: No news of activist held in Saudi Arabia

89 days ago

Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, his offices, and the Jordanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia have made repeated queries but to no avail, she said.

Saudi withdraws Sri Lanka envoy in execution tiff

94 days ago

Saudi Arabia says it has called back its ambassador to Sri Lanka following a similar move by the South Asian nation to protest the kingdom's beheading of a Sri Lankan domestic worker last month.

Saudi king Abdullah's half-brother dies

102 days ago

The official Saudi Press Agency says that Prince Sattam bin Abdel Aziz, King Abdullah's half brother, has died at the age of 72.

CIA operates drone base in Saudi Arabia

108 days ago

The CIA conducts lethal drone strikes against al-Qaida militants inside Yemen from a remote base in Saudi Arabia, including the strike that killed the U.S.-born al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki.

Outrage over Saudi `blood money' in girl's death

111 days ago

Saudi media say he was freed last week after serving a short prison term and agreeing to pay $50,000 in "blood money" to avoid a possible death sentence.

Saudi sergeant child rape case going to trial

114 days ago

Alotaibi told police that he and several other Saudi military members arrived in Las Vegas earlier in the day and went to strip clubs, where he drank cognac before losing his keys.

US Oks sanctions on Arab militant group, Saudi man

121 days ago

A Saudi citizen, al-Zahrani is believed to be in Pakistan.

Swiss block export of gun parts destined for Saudi

122 days ago

Switzerland has blocked the export of pistol parts to the United States, where they were to be assembled into functioning weapons and sold to Saudi Arabia's royal guard.