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The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set out from to take precautions.

Yemen's Shia rebels said they had captured some Saudi soldiers yesterday, after Riyadh said it would press on with its offensive until it had cleared them from its territory.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims circle the sacred Kaaba stone at Mecca's Grand Mosque in December 2008.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Larita Delacruz sits on the concrete base of a bridge pylon, rubs her swollen belly and explains her predicament: she is five months pregnant with twins, and wants to go home to give birth.

In this Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 file photo, Tornado warplanes of the Saudi Air Force fly over the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh during a graduation ceremony at King Faisal Air Force University.

As millions of Muslims begin arriving in Mecca for this year's pilgrimage, Saudi officials face a unique challenge: how to prevent this sacred rite from becoming an inadvertent incubator and global transmitter of swine flu.

Paedophile to be beheaded and crucified in Saudi Arabia for string of sex attacks where he left toddler to die in desert By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:19 PM on 03rd November 2009 Tough justice: The man lost his appeal at a court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia A man in Saudi Arabia is to be beheaded and crucified after he raped five children and ...

Saudi Arabia: 50 minutes ago Axial Vector Energy Corporation announced today signing of a strategic alliance agreement with Dhahran Global Company for Oil and Gas, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Shoula Group in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The vaccines will also be made available - but not mandatory - for health workers, hundreds of thousands of government and private sector workers dealing with the Haj, and residents of the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, he said.

Islamabad, Nov. 2 : Pakistan reportedly told US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that members of any Afghan Taliban Shura were not hiding in Balochistan, against whom the US had demanded a crackdown.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's top cleric has warned against politicising the haj amid a war of words between Riyadh and Tehran over the annual pilgrimage to Makkah, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Saturday.

Taking forward their economic ties, India and Saudi Arabia have agreed to grant long-term, multiple entry visas to businesspersons to facilitate their frequent visits and decided to strengthen cooperation in fields like customs, science and technology and oil, gas and minerals.

Gulf states plan to launch their monetary council, a precursor for a joint central bank, in 2010 but the planned single currency may be delayed, the Saudi central bank chief said on Sunday.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia a " Saudi authorities have discovered large quantities of weapons in the capital Riyadh belonging to al-Qaida terror network, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday.The official Saudi Press Agency quoted Maj.

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Haj is deploying inspectors to visit domestic Haj groups to weed out fraudulent companies, Saudi Arabia English daily Arab News reported Sunday.

Saudi Arabia: 1 hour, 4 minutes ago Despite the unfavourable economic climate witnessed in most countries, Saudi Arabia has retained enviable growth rates due to massive oil reserves and a sound financial system.

Riyadh: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani met yesterday the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud at the latter's farm at Jenadriyah, in Riyadh.

It goes well beyond the average family squabble. For months, two billionaire families in Saudi Arabia, linked by marriage, have been locked in a bitter legal battle centered on an estimated $22 billion debt implosion and allegations of billions of dollars in fraud.

FT.com Blow to Nymex as Saudis drop benchmark Move could encourage other producers to abandon the benchmark and threatens the dominance of the most heavily traded oil futures contract Javier Blas London - FT.com Published on Thursday, Oct.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued a veiled threat to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, warning against harming Iranians during the upcoming Muslim pilgrimage.