Saudi Arabia

May 21, 2013

The five beheaded men were put on public display (Twitter / @Kamal070)
14:02 GMT

The five men were convicted of murder and committing a string of robberies across a number of towns in the the desert Kingdom

Coronavirus seen under an electron miscroscope (British Health Protection Agency/ AFP)
12:02 GMT

The Tunisian Health Ministry statement confirmed that a 66 year-old man has died from the coronavirus

The ministry will hand unskilled jobs to locals eventually
10:49 GMT

INJAZ Saudi Arabia said the country needs a number of qualified executives and skilled manpower to drive the economy and make the best of the current economic boom in the Kingdom.

May 19, 2013

Saudi woman tops Everest as country warms to women in sports
22:41 GMT

Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal’s Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women’s sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said on Sunday.

The airline currently has a backlog of 21 Boeing airplanes on order
14:15 GMT

Boeing has delivered a 777-300ER extended range plane to Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), marking the latest milestone in its longstanding relationship with the airline and the kingdom.

May 18, 2013

Morsi's looks won't be enough to win Saudi Arabia over.
05:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia keeps Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood at an arm's length in spite of its open support to Arab Islamist movements.

First to fight, first to suffer. Where did the Syrian women's revolution go?
05:00 GMT

Calling a spade a spade, it's rape not a Holy War.

May 16, 2013

Retail showed the best performance among sectoral indices
13:04 GMT

The Saudi stock market recorded nominal gains yesterday, as the Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) closed higher to 7,147.42, adding 8.11 points or 0.11 percent for the entire day.

Credit is likely to maintain the current trajectory
12:57 GMT

Saudi banks continue to support the macroeconomic conditions by providing the necessary financing for local businesses.

May 15, 2013

Saudi Arabia has resorted to strong fiscal stimulus measures
13:57 GMT

Saudi Arabia’s real GDP is estimated to have expanded 6.8 percent in 2012.

Poster from Saudi Arabia's first anti-domestic violence campaign
10:25 GMT

The ad is meant to define domestic violence in Saudi Arabia as being a social issue and divert attention from the government’s lack of laws that protect women, writes Mohamed Hemish about a new Saudi campaign on domestic violence.

May 14, 2013

Greenbox Museum in the Gulf
12:25 GMT

What's so special about Saudi's small Greenbox Museum that has received more Facebook likes than any other museum in the world?

A Saudi health ministry official visits patients infected with a new SARS-like virus at a hospital in the eastern Saudi province of al-Ahsaa on May 13, 2013 (AFP)
09:52 GMT

The four new cases have been confirmed in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province

May 13, 2013

Tadawul FX offices
10:32 GMT

The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) ended yesterday’s trading in the red at 7,195.17 points

Country will be “lucky to go past” its current oil production of about 9 mbpd by 2020
10:09 GMT

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said the kingdom has no plans to dramatically expand its oil production capacity to 15 million barrels per day