Saudi Arabia

January 14, 2013

Intraregional trade needs to be improve, Adnan Kassar from Lebanon's Economic Committee has said
07:56 GMT

Arab countries should boost intraregional trade, investments and push for deeper economic integration, said head of the Lebanese Economic Committee Adnan Kassar over the weekend.

Saudi Arabia is funding further aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan as winter sets in
04:00 GMT

King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, of Saudi Arabia, has ordered 500 tons of wheat to be sent to Syrian refugees in Zaatari camp in Jordan, Al Arabiya TV reported Sunday.

Saudi Arabian non-oil exports dropped by five per cent in November of last year.
03:00 GMT

The value of Saudi non-oil commodities’ exports in the trading month of November in 2012 declined by $210,000,000.

January 13, 2013

Saudi and the UAE are to donate more money to Syrian refugees in Jordan after a recent spell of bad weather
07:28 GMT

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have pledged some $15 million in emergency assistance to help Syrian refugees in Jordan face one of the country’s harshest winters in recent history.

January 12, 2013

Saudi women waiting for their drivers outside a shopping mall in Riyadh in late September, shortly after King Abdullah granted women the right to vote and run in municipal elections (Photo: AFP / Fayez Nureldine)
04:00 GMT

Saudi King, Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, has appointed 30 women to the previously all-male Shura council.

January 10, 2013

Mohammad Abdo
09:25 GMT

After rumors spread that the legendary Saudi crooner has proposed to starlet, Mariam Hussein and been ditched for a Qatari millionaire, Mohammad Abdo answers back.

76 people were beheaded in Saudi Arabia in 2012, according to an AFP tally based on official figures (Image used for illustrative purposes only)
07:58 GMT

A Sri Lankan maid convicted of murdering her employer's baby was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday despite calls for suspending the court's judgement.

January 8, 2013

Mariam Hussein being kept in the lifestyle to which she's accustomed.
08:37 GMT

The legendary Saudi crooner is left high and dry after the young Emirati starlet turns down his marriage proposal in favor of a billionaire.

Saudi women will be permitted to work in shops selling female accessories, it has been announced
06:22 GMT

Saudi women will be permitted to work in shops selling female accessories as long as they are subject to the rules of Islamic Sharia, the head of the "Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice" committee has said.

January 6, 2013

Painting by Fadi Yazigi, in From Syrian With Love
07:45 GMT

Saudi's Jeddah Athr art gallery starts its Syrian exhibition with a glimpse into the colorful history of this troubled nation.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.
07:22 GMT

Saudi Arabia has denied reports that its air force used fighter jets to bomb targets in Yemen.

January 4, 2013

Joining the drones: Saudi warplanes.
11:00 GMT

A new report reveals that Saudi Arabia has used its fighter jets to carry out a number of attacks against Yemen on behalf of the United States.

January 3, 2013

Marwa plays a deaf woman in her upcoming film.
15:22 GMT

Saudi actress Marwa Mohammad has her new movie that focuses on the struggles of being a deaf person in a non-deaf world.

January 2, 2013

No need for haunted houses, the female-produced film is causing enough of a scare already!
09:22 GMT

Ayat Al Eisa, the first Saudi woman to produce a horror movie, spills all about the frightening film.

Most Gulf stock markets were closed yesterday for the New Year, but Saudi Arabia and Oman were open and performed well
08:49 GMT

Riyadh Saudi stocks close higher yesterday with gains in all sectors after oil prices edged up on Monday and the U.S. Senate passed a deal to avert a "fiscal cliff" which threatened the world's largest economy.