Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

The Hajj: An explanation for beginners

What is the Hajj?

07/09/2016

Saudi Arabia

As Hajj pilgrims flock to Mecca, Saudi Arabia and Iran trade jibes

After last year's devastating stampede, Iran and Saudi Arabia's top clerics quarrel over management of the pilgrimage

07/09/2016

Economy

Saudi Arabia and Russia signed an oil deal - but what does it mean?

Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to cooperate over oil, with a task force to recommend measures and actions, but no immediate action by the world's two top producers.

05/09/2016

Economy

Oil production freeze speculation increases

A freeze of oil output by major producers is looking more likely as Saudi Arabia signals a change in approach ahead of an OPEC meeting in Algeria later this month.

01/09/2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: abandoned migrant workers refuse free flights home

Thousands of migrant construction workers – abandoned by their employers in filthy desert camps in Saudi Arabia amid the kingdom’s economic slump – say they will not accept a government offer of free

18/08/2016

World

Saudi Minister: Daesh is a gang of criminals, psychopaths and perverts

The atrocious war in Syria is dragging on, Turkey is teetering, there is war in Yemen and the Middle East is, again, in turmoil.

21/07/2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian twins suspected of killing their mother who opposed them joining ISIL

Twin brothers in Saudi Arabia allegedly killed their mother after she tried to stop them from joining ISIL in a case that outraged Saudi Arabians worried about rising Islamic…

06/07/2016

Saudi Arabia

Suicide bombers attack three Saudi Arabian cities

Three suicide bombers have struck in three Saudi Arabian cities just before the end of Ramadan, which runs through Tuesday and Wednesday.

04/07/2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 'suicide bomb attack' near US consulate in Jeddah

A suicide bomber has died in a blast opposite the US Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, state TV reports.

04/07/2016

Economy

Saudi Arabia unveils austerity Gulf style

Saudi Arabia's just-approved economic reform plan includes more than tripling government earnings from non-oil revenues over the next five years and cutting public-sector salaries.

07/06/2016

Economy

Saudi economic reform plan ready for approval

Saudi Arabia's National Transformation Plan to move it away from reliance on oil revenue is reportedly about to be given the green light by the country's cabinet.

06/06/2016

Business Series

Saudi Arabia invests heavily in Uber

Saudi Arabia's government investment fund has put $3.5 billion (3.1 billion euros) into Uber in a boost to the ride-hailing service's Middle East expansion.

02/06/2016

Economy

IMF welcomes Saudi reforms

The International Monetary Fund is applauding Saudi Arabia's sweeping reform plan calling it "an appropriately bold and far-reaching transformation".

19/05/2016

Economy

Challenges ahead for Khalid al-Falih, Saudi Arabia's new energy minister

Saudi Arabia's new energy minister is Khalid al-Falih, with an expanded portfolio and a focus on job creation and economic reform.

09/05/2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia oil minister sacked in major cabinet reshuffle

The changes in government come just one week after announcing major economic reforms in the country hard hit by the oil price slump.

07/05/2016

Economy

Saudi Arabia responds to low oil prices with economic reform plan

Saudi Arabia has unveiled an economic reform plan including selling part of its state energy giant Saudi Aramco and using the cash raised for a massive global investment fund.

26/04/2016

Saudi Arabia

Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia amid US 'terror bill' debate

US President Barack Obama is in Riyadh to meet Saudi King Salman and attend a Gulf nations summit on stability, counter-terrorism and Iran.

20/04/2016

Saudi Arabia

US transfers 9 Yeminis to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo Bay

The United States has transferred nine Yemeni men to Saudi Arabia from the US military prison at Guantanamo under a long-sought diplomatic deal

17/04/2016

Saudi Arabia

Bin Laden 'left $29 million to global jihad' - US authorities

Deceased Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden left most of his twenty-nine-million-dollar inheritance to the continuation of global jihad, newly-released

01/03/2016

Culture news

Shopping carts, selfie sticks and a changing earth - contemporary art in Jeddah

Jeddah's annual contemporary art festival - called 21, 39, from the city's latitude and longitude - this year has the theme environmental change under the title 'Earth and Ever After'.

24/02/2016

Saudi Arabia

Who is the global leader for importing major weapons?

The global supply of major weapons has increased 14 percent in the last four years, say the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

22/02/2016

Economy

Saudi Arabia and Russia agree oil output freeze but only if others do the same

Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela and Qatar have agreed to freeze their country's oil output, but only if other major producers do the same. There will now be talks with Iran and Iraq.

16/02/2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudis come under pressure to find regional deal with Iran

A day after the US announced fresh sanctions against Iran for ballistic missile tests Washington says flout UN rules, the EU announced it will

18/01/2016

Saudi Arabia

Falconry, the "sport of Sheiks" in the UAE

Falconry racing is one of the most exclusive sports in the United Arab Emirates, with top birds of prey going for more than 200,000 euros. The sport

14/01/2016

Economy

Saudis begin opening oil industry to foreign investors

Saudi Arabia will open its oil refining ventures to foreign investors, but not state-owned exploration and production activities, according to

11/01/2016

Business Series

Saudi Arabia confirms potential share sale of Aramco

It’s been confirmed Saudi Arabia has been studying options and is considering a share sale of its oil company Saudi Aramco. If the move went ahead it

08/01/2016