Saudi Arabia News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia a " Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia.The Health Ministry said none of the victims had been vaccinated and all became sick within two to three days of arriving.

Former union law minister Ram Jethmalani Saturday kicked up a row at an international conference on terrorism, asking if Islam's jehadi doctrine does not virtually render 'god a brothel keeper', prompting a Saudi Arabian envoy to walk out of the conference.

Cal Poly's proposed deal to develop an engineering program at a Saudi Arabian university has fallen through in part because of a disagreement over language in the contract.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 -- Malaysia wants an immediate halt to all hostile actions against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and condemns any intervention which supports the Houthis rebels, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Kuwaiti ministers say the planned united currency of several Gulf states will not necessarily be pegged to the US dollar, local media reported Wednesday.

Yemen says it has recaptured ground from the Houthi rebels in the northern Saada province, while Saudi Arabia says its paratroopers are conducting mop-up operations along the border.

Thanks to Spero Daltas, an octagonal "Emerald City" rose in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, a Persian princess got her palace and university buildings, libraries, banks and embassies were built around the world.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted Tuesday as saying his country was ready to facilitate a resumption of talks between Syria and Israel and he warned that extremists could benefit from a continued deadlock in the Middle East peace process.

A little traveling, like a little learning, can be a dangerous thing. Barack Obama on the loose in a foreign land is enough to frighten protocol officers and embarrass the rest of us.

Under terms of the agreement, KACST will purchase an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer to enable KACST scientists to perform complex simulations and computational modeling.

Saudi Arabia is currently in talks with Russia regarding the purchase of arms and military hardware.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST During the 2009 Hajj beginning around November 25, some 2.5 million pilgrims are expected at holy sites in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, governor of Tabuk region, offers his condolences to the family of Saudi General Said bin Mohamed al-Amri who was killed at the border with Yemen, in the northern city of Tabuk yesterday Yemeni and Saudi forces pounded Shia rebel positions along the border between the two countries yesterday, witnesses and ...

Via the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj: Jeddah Health Affairs Directorate intensifies steps for pilgrims .

Iran and Saudi Arabia drawn to Yemen By Olivier Guitta A new front on the war against radical Islam is on fire.

By R. Upadhyay http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers35/paper3499.html Jihadi terrorism which is inspired by the 260 year old tradition of extreme intolerance against the infidels flowing from the Saudi sponsored ideology of Wahhabism is the most challenging menace for the modern world.

Saudi Arabia: 1 hour, 22 minutes ago Ramada Worldwide continues its expansion in Saudi Arabia, with the signing of an agreement for the five-star, 700-room Ramada Plaza Makkah hotel.

A woman with her children in al-Mazraq refugee camp near the northwestern Yemeni province of Saada yesterday.

Saudi Arabia: 3 hours, 23 minutes ago DuPont, one of the leading market-driven science companies, has concluded seminars across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to present information on the different Halon replacement technologies, the developments in the clean agent industry since the Halon ban, and the use of FM-200 as a Halon replacement and clean ...