Tunisia TV threatens football blackout after violence
Tunisia's public TV channel Wataniya threatened on Monday to stop broadcasting football matches after two of its journalists were wounded during weekend unrest.
Fans of...
Saudi minister 'not satisfied' with female employment rate
Saudi Arabia's labour minister is dissatisfied with the level of female employment in the kingdom but their not being allowed to drive is not...
Cigarettes off Saudi shelves amid price rise speculation
Cigarettes had disappeared from the shelves in some Saudi cities on Sunday amid speculation on social media that the government was about to raise...
Saudi Arabia shoots down missile fired from Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen says Saudi Arabia has shot down a ballistic missile launched toward the kingdom from Yemen.
The coalition...
Saudi court sends Egyptian to jail for espionage
A Saudi newspaper is reporting that an Egyptian man has been sentenced to six years in prison on charges of attempting to disturb public...
Saudi women to get copy of marriage contracts
Saudi women tying the knot will now get a copy of their marriage contracts, a privilege that has been exclusive to men in the...
Saudi intelligence compound attacked with firebombs
Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists said on Monday, in an...
Bill Gates looks to Gulf in anti-poverty campaign despite oil glut
Low oil prices and tight budgets in the Gulf are making it harder to raise money for a fund tackling poverty in the Muslim...
World disasters cost $71 billion in first half of 2016
From earthquakes in Japan to wildfires in Canada, disasters cost the world economy $71 billion (62 billion euros) in the first half of the...
Philanthropy is not about building mosques
Saudi Gazette report
Saudi Arabia is known for its large number of philanthropists and charity givers and it has been said that many of the...
