Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia reports latest death from new virus

  Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16 

• State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase

  The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of ... 

• Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs

  About 30 Saudi women teachers have demonstrated outside the kingdom's Education Ministry, demanding full time jobs. An Associated Press reporter saw ... 

• Saudi vegetable seller dies from self-immolation

  A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area ... 

• Saudi king replaces air force commander

  Saudi Arabia's monarch has replaced the commander of the kingdom's air force. The official Saudi Press Agency says that Crown Prince Salman received ... 

• Oil slips below $96 as fears over Syria ease

  The price of oil edged slightly lower Tuesday as fears over Israeli involvement in Syria's civil war eased. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark ... 

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  Saudis allow some girls' schools to offer sports

  Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, according to a decision announced on Saturday, the latest ... 

• Saudi security court has issued 2,145 sentences

  The Saudi Justice Ministry says a special security court has issued 2,145 jail sentences for "supporting terrorism" since it was formed four and a ... 

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  Arab League sweetens Israel-Palestinian peace plan

  The Arab League's decision to sweeten its decade-old proposal offering comprehensive peace with Israel has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... 

• Saudi authorities detain wanted Shiite

  A Saudi official says police have detained two men, including a Shiite Muslim accused of instigating violence, after a firefight in a restive eastern ... 

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  Arabs soften stance on Israel's final borders

  Arab countries endorsed a Mideast peace plan Monday that would allow for small shifts in Israel's 1967 border, moving them closer to President Barack ... 

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  Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria

  In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad ... 

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  Israeli focus on Syria gives Hagel respite on Iran

  On Chuck Hagel's inaugural visit to Israel as U.S. defense secretary, Syria surpassed Iran as the security threat of greatest urgency to the U.S. 

• Yemen court sentences 11 al-Qaida militants

  A Yemeni court on Tuesday sentenced 11 convicted al-Qaida militants to up to 10 years in prison for forming armed gangs to destabilize the country and ... 

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  Complex history between Iran and al-Qaida

  Canadian authorities claim al-Qaida operatives in Iran directed a failed plot to attack a passenger train. Iran denies it has any links to the two ... 

• Saudi Arabia appoints new deputy defense minister

  The Saudi monarch has appointed a retired army general as the kingdom's new deputy defense minister in a shakeup just days before a visit by U.S. 

• Saudi king condemns Boston Marathon bombings

  The king of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday condemned the Boston Marathon bombings, saying no religion or morals would condone such an attack. In a ... 

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  Saudi prince backs letting women drive

  Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has indicated support of allowing women there to drive. He says that would help the kingdom's campaign to ... 

• Iran urged to boost nuke safety review after quake

  The head of the Gulf states' main political bloc is urging Iran to join an international accord on nuclear safety following an earthquake near the ... 

• Yemen president orders military shakeup

  Yemen's president removed his predecessor's son and nephews from powerful security posts on Wednesday in the most dramatic step yet in sidelining old ... 

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  Al-Qaida denies its No. 2 in Yemen was killed

  Al-Qaida in Yemen posted a statement on militant websites Monday saying that its second-most senior commander has not been killed. It was the second ... 

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  Decade-old Mideast peace plan re-emerges

  A dormant, decade-old Mideast peace plan has suddenly emerged as a possible key to breaking years of deadlock between Israel and the Palestinians. 

• Yemen: Ex-president Saleh leaves for Saudi Arabia

  Officials at the airport of Yemen's capital Sanaa say former president Ali Abdullah Saleh has left for Saudi Arabia for medical treatment on a special ... 

• Saudi religious police lift ban on women on bikes

  A Saudi newspaper says the kingdom's religious police are now allowing women to ride motorbikes and bicycles but only in restricted, recreational ... 

• Saudi Arabia says spy ring worked for Iran

  Saudi Arabia says its investigations have shown that members of a spy ring arrested last week were working for Iranian intelligence. The official ...