Saudi tightens rules for scholarships to study abroad
The Saudi Arabian government has decided on new eligibility requirements on its multi-billion dollar scholarship programme for young Saudis who study for university degrees...
Four on death row in Saudi Arabia for terrorism
Death sentences against four Saudi men convicted of terrorism have been confirmed by 13 judges, a Saudi newspaper reported, raising the possibility of a...
British explorer on 50-day trek across Arabia's 'Empty Quarter'
A team of walkers set off on a 50-day trek from Oman on Thursday that will take them across the world's largest sand desert,...
Gaza audiences enjoy first night out at the movies in 20 years
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are enjoying their first night out at the movies since political tensions led to the torching of cinemas in...
Saudi arrest suspect over murder of policemen in Qatif
Saudi authorities have arrested a man over a number of attacks on police in the kingdom's Shiite-populated east, including one that killed two of...
Egyptian murderer put to death in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed an Egyptian convicted of murder.
Mahmud Jumaa Morsi was found guilty of fatally strangling and robbing a Saudi, the interior...
Plea for ban on teachers supporting Brotherhood
Teachers supporting ideas advocated by the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood must be banned from teaching in the Kingdom, say several academics and teachers.
They welcomed the...
Saudi Arabia Gifts Kiswa To UN
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given the gift of ‘Kiswa’, the cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba at the headquarters of the United Nations.
United...
Yemeni Houthis release 2 Saudi teachers
Two Saudi Arabian religious teachers have arrived home after their release from more than nine months' detention by Houthi rebels in Yemen, official media...
Bomber killed, 2 police wounded in blast outside U.S. consulate in Jeddah
A suicide bomber was killed and two people were wounded in a blast near the U.S. consulate in Saudi Arabia's second city of Jeddah...
