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Saudi Arabia warns Iran over Gulf islands, Bahrain
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May 02, 2012 10:07 PM
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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia repeated on Wednesday that it would not tolerate threats to the Gulf Arab states' sovereignty, the latest warning to Iran after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to an island claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates. The warning, the third in as many...
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Saudi activist life at risk after hunger - activists
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April 09, 2012 09:32 PM
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: A prominent Saudi rights activist, who has been on a hunger strike for almost a month to protest at his year-long detention, has also stopped drinking water, rights activists said, blaming authorities for the deterioration of his health. Mohamad al-Bajadi was detained in...
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Taboo-breaking Saudi films spur debate in kingdom
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April 07, 2012 12:27 AM
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JEDDAH: A Saudi official riding in a chauffered Rolls Royce unspools a wire fence across previously unclaimed land. “It’s mine now,” he says. The scene, in a YouTube spoof video satirizing a new state agency to combat corruption, has attracted 2.2 million viewers in a...
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Saudi inflation at 14-mth high on food, housing
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March 11, 2012 09:17 PM
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's annual inflation rate edged up to a 14-month high of 5.4 percent in February, mainly because of higher food and housing costs, state news agency SPA reported on Sunday. Quoting data from the Central Department of Statistics, the agency said consumer prices...
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Saudi's Dar al-Arkan to repay $990 mln debt this year
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February 19, 2012 09:26 PM
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia's biggest property developer, Dar al-Arkan, plans to repay about 3.7 billion riyals ($986.6 million) of debt this year, its chief financial officer said on Sunday. "Beyond the 2.5 billion riyal cash in hand at 31 December 2011, we plan to mostly rely on...
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Saudi writer may face trial over Prophet Mohammad tweets
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February 13, 2012 10:06 PM
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JEDDAH/DUBAI: A young Saudi blogger and columnist has been deported to his homeland to face trial soon after fleeing from death threats triggered by comments on the social network Twitter seen as blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammad. Hamza Kashgari, 23, fled Saudi Arabia four days ago but was...
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Saudi artists test limits of free expression in rare art show
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January 27, 2012 12:09 AM
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Standing on a large floor map in a Jeddah art gallery, Hamza Serafi places a yellow sign inscribed “Caution: revolution (take 2)” over Egypt and then turns to Saudi Arabia. “Evolution not revolution” reads the sign he plans to place over the...
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Saudi says its security targeted, urges Gulf unity
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December 19, 2011 10:18 PM
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RIYADH: King Abdullah said on Monday the security of Saudi Arabia and its Arab neighbours was being targeted, in an apparent reference to regional rival Iran, and he called for Gulf Arab states to close ranks in a "single entity". "No doubt you all know that we are targeted in our...
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Saudi Fransi sells stakes in Syria, Lebanon firms
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November 27, 2011 10:56 AM
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JEDDAH: Banque Saudi Fransi plans to sell its 27 percent stake in BEMO Saudi Fransi Syria and its 10 percent share in BEMO Lebanon, the bank said in a bourse statement Saturday. The bank's chairman, Saleh al-Omair, said the financial risks in Syria do not permit Banque Saudi Fransi to continue...
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Future development of Mecca aims to fit heritage
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November 09, 2011 12:24 PM
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia: Future development in the Muslim sacred city of Mecca will be more in tune with traditional architecture, the mayor says, but for now residents worry that Islam's holiest sites are disappearing behind skyscrapers. The historic city, the birthplace of Islam, is studded with...
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Saudi’s King Abdullah back surgery successful
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October 18, 2011 12:59 AM
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi King Abdullah underwent successful back surgery in Riyadh Monday, the royal court of the world’s top oil exporter said in a statement. The monarch is in his late 80s and has introduced cautious reforms since becoming king in 2005. He went into the King Abdulaziz...
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Saudi preacher not consulted on women’s voting
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October 03, 2011 02:16 AM
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JEDDAH: One of Saudi Arabia’s most senior religious leaders said he was not consulted about King Abdullah’s decision to grant women more political rights, one of the first signs of discontent from powerful conservatives since the reform was announced. In a speech last week the Saudi...
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Empty voting booths signal little enthusiasm at rare Saudi polls
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September 30, 2011 02:14 AM
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JEDDAH/DUBAI: Saudi Arabian men voted in only the second nationwide election in the country’s history Thursday, but nearly empty polling booths in the second city, Jeddah, showed few were enthusiastic about voting for municipal councils with little power. In a year when demands for democracy...
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Saudi women deem decision to let them vote as momentous
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September 27, 2011 02:26 AM
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JEDDAH/DUBAI: The right to vote in elections in a country that remains an absolute monarchy, where they still may not work nor travel without assent from a male relative, nor drive a car, may seem a small step for the women of Saudi Arabia. Yet King Abdullah’s unexpected move was a momentous...
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Saudi candidates seek votes for limited local council roles
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September 27, 2011 02:26 AM
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: A few ads in newspapers and a few posters are among clues visible in Saudi Arabia that it will hold a nationwide local council elections Thursday, only the second in recent memory and one that critics say is a charade. Welcome to election season Saudi-style where, despite...
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