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Saudi Arabia executes Shi'ite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr

Saudi Arabia executed 47 people on Saturday for terrorism, including the prominent Shi’ite Muslim cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, the country’s interior

02/01/2016

Saudi Arabia

Millions of amphetamine pills seized in Saudi drugs bust

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have reportedly seized more than five million amphetamine pills. Eleven people have been arrested, nine of them are said

28/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

More than 20 dead in Saudi hospital fire

Blaze started in intensive care and maternity

24/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Britain under fire over arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Fresh controversy is surrounding the UK over its selling of arms to Saudi Arabia and their role in the war in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition has been

17/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Islamic Military Alliance: a bridge over troubled water

16/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia forms anti-terrorism coalition but excludes Iran

The new grouping of Muslim states has been established with a broad remit but it is not clear how it will work with other powers.

15/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia elects women councillors for the first time

As many as 20 women have been elected in municipal polls in Saudi Arabia after a ban on women voting and running as candidates was lifted. It’s being

14/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian vote in first female councillors in landmark election

Saudi Arabian women have taken another large leap forward in their path to greater equality with at least eight female candidates winning seats in

13/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian women vote and stand as candidates in historic day for Islamic kingdom

Saudi Arabian women have made history on Saturday in their country by voting for the first time in local council elections. They have also been

12/12/2015

Economy

OPEC crude oil output rises to three-year high

Unfazed by tumbling prices, undeterred by low demand, OPEC raised its production of crude oil to a three-year high in November. Failure to agree a

10/12/2015

Saudi Arabia

900 Saudi women running for office

With less than two weeks until voting gets underway in Saudi Arabia, campaigning by women taking part in elections for the first time is in full

30/11/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has biggest number of ISIL supporters on Twitter

21/11/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia promises "all support necessary" to Syrian allies

euronews’ Daleen Hassan poke to Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir after the talks in Vienna, which concentrated on Syria but also

30/10/2015

Europe News

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi wins EU's Sakharov rights prize

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and for cyber crime, was awarded the

29/10/2015

Saudi Arabia

Last month's Hajj stampede becomes 'deadliest in history'

Almost a month after the Hajj stampede, the Associated Press reports the death toll has passed 2,000, making it the deadliest crush in the

22/10/2015

Economy

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed raises Twitter stake

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and his investment company have increased their stake in Twitter to more than five percent

07/10/2015

Saudi Arabia

Why aren't rich Gulf states welcoming Syrian refugees...or are they?

As EU countries try to find the best way to deal with an influx of refugees that is unprecedented in recent years, the Gulf states have come under

30/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Hajj: Saudi authorities reject queries over death toll

The Saudi authorities have denied suggestions that more than a thousand people died in the tragedy last week – and say the death toll stands at 769

29/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Iran to take legal action against Saudi Arabia over Hajj deaths

Thousands of Iranian protesters took to the streets of towns and cities across the country to condemn the Saudi government over the deaths of

26/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Hajj stampede 'beyond human control', says Saudi Arabia's top cleric

Saudi Arabia’s top religious leader has said the authorities were not to blame for the deadly stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage. The grand mufti

26/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Hajj tragedy possibly caused by failure to follow instructions

Saudi Arabia’s health ministry says a deadly stampede during the Hajj religious festival may have been caused by people failing to follow

25/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

More than 700 pilgrims die in stampede at Hajj near Mecca

More than 700 dead and over 850 injured is the sickening death toll following a stampede near Mecca during the Hajj religious festival. Pilgrims were

24/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Pressure mounts on Saudi Arabia over imminent beheading and crucifixion of alleged protester

International pressure is mounting on Saudi Arabia to stay the execution of young Shi’ite Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, accused of taking part in

24/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for Hajj's key moment

The Hajj pilgrimage marks its most important day on Wednesday with the ascension of Mount Arafat, the climax of the five-day religious festival which

23/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia to execute Shi'ite over anti-government protest

23/09/2015

Saudi Arabia

The hajj begins: what you need to know

Thousands begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca - the birth of Islam

23/09/2015