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Correction: New Virus story
In a story May 15 about a new SARS-like virus spreading from patients to health care workers in Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press reported ...
Saudi officials expand labs to track deadly virus
Saudi Arabia says it has dedicated nine additional laboratories to help investigators track a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that ...
Saudi Arabia: 4 news cases of SARS-linked virus
Saudi Arabia has confirmed four new cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS that appears centered in the Arabian Peninsula but that ...
Politics commandeer stage in Mideast TV contest
TV singing contests around the world tend to serve up light, glitzy entertainment with a dash of emotional drama. But in the Middle East's version of ...
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 ...
Kuwait launches sports clubs for women
Muneera al-Shatti has loved playing basketball since she was a child but it wasn't until Thursday that she had chance to show off her skills at a ...
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 ...
Saudi journalist claims he is banned from writing
A Saudi journalist says he has been banned from writing in a Saudi newspaper after criticizing the Interior Ministry. Ali al-Elayan wrote on his ...
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 ...
Saudi Arabia reports 3 cases of SARS-like virus
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry has confirmed three more cases of a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 10 the number of cases it ...
Saudi Arabia reports 7 cases of SARS-like virus
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said Thursday that five people have died and two other patients were in critical condition with confirmed cases of a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
'Wadjda' prompts women's rights talk at Tribeca
Haifaa Al Mansour had to go to great lengths to make the groundbreaking Saudi film "Wadjda" — and not only because it is the first feature made ...
Saudi advisers propose Friday-Saturday weekend
Saudi Arabia is taking the first steps to switch its weekend to begin on Fridays to align its banking and business days with most other nations in the ...
Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to hit Iran
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized ...
Hagel on first trip to Mideast as Pentagon chief
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday began a weeklong trip to the Middle East to consult with Israeli leaders on Syria's civil war and Iran's ...
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.
US finalizing arms sales to Israel, Arab nations
The Defense Department is working out final details of $10 billion in sales of warplanes, transport aircraft and advanced missiles to Israel and two ...