News: Saudi Arabia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Saudi Arabia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Saudi Arabia: news

Lash and jail for Saudi web activist

Tuesday, July 30th 2013, 16:04

A Saudi court sentences online activist Raef Badawi to seven years in jail and 600 lashes for posting comments on religion, his lawyer says.
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Saudi to build $22bn Riyadh metro

Monday, July 29th 2013, 17:21
related places: Riyadh

The Saudi Arabian government says it will spend more than $22bn on a metro for the capital Riyadh
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New virus 'not following Sars' path'

Friday, July 26th 2013, 7:23

The new Mers virus, which has killed half of those infected, is "unlikely" to reach the same scale as Sars, ministers in Saudi Arabia say.
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Travel ban for Saudi rights activist

Friday, July 19th 2013, 15:38

Saudi Arabian activist Iman al-Qahtani is banned from travelling abroad following her outspoken support for fellow human rights campaigners.
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VIDEO: Inside Yemen's 'torture camps'

Thursday, July 18th 2013, 19:57
related countries: Ethiopia, Yemen

Thousands of Ethiopian migrants are kidnapped and tortured in Yemen as they cross the country to reach Saudi Arabia and the promise of a better life.
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Virus warning for Saudi pilgrims

Saturday, July 13th 2013, 5:11

Health officials in Saudi Arabia are asking pilgrims visiting the country's holy sites to wear masks to stop the MERS coronavirus spreading.
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Saudi princess 'enslaved' Kenyan

Friday, July 12th 2013, 2:21
related countries: Kenya

A woman described as a Saudi princess is arrested in California and accused of human trafficking after a Kenyan woman allegedly escaped from her home.
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Saudi women urge end to jail term

Tuesday, July 9th 2013, 19:10

Two women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia call on their government to overturn a jail sentence for inciting a woman to defy her husband's authority.
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Saudis jail Facebook cyber activists

Sunday, June 30th 2013, 14:19

A court in Saudi Arabia sentences seven cyber activists to between five to 10 years in prison for inciting protests, mainly by using Facebook.
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Saudi Arabia changes weekend start

Monday, June 24th 2013, 12:24

Saudi Arabia changes the start of its two-day weekend from Thursday to Friday to align its banking and business days with most of the region.
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Couple die of thirst in Saudi desert

Saturday, June 22nd 2013, 13:22

A husband and wife die of thirst after losing their way in Saudi Arabia's vast southern desert, known as the Empty Quarter.
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Saudi prince defends libel action

Thursday, June 13th 2013, 16:09

Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed insists his libel action against Forbes magazine is not driven by "ranking on some list or personal wealth".
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Saudi Arabia blocks Viber messaging

Thursday, June 6th 2013, 19:04

The head of the messaging application Viber says people in Saudi Arabia have had freedoms curtailed, after his service was blocked there.
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Saudi envoy death plotter sentenced

Thursday, May 30th 2013, 17:19
related countries: Iran, United States

An Iranian-American man who admitted to plotting the assassination of the Saudi ambassador to the US is sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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Backlash over Saudi harassment tweet

Wednesday, May 29th 2013, 13:59

Saudis on social networks call for legal action against a cleric who urged his Twitter followers to sexually harass female cashiers.
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VIDEO: Saudi drivers in 'sidewalk skiing' craze

Saturday, May 25th 2013, 2:21

Motorists in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of driving cars, which uses only two wheels.
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VIDEO: Building boom in Saudi Arabia

Thursday, May 23rd 2013, 10:56

Saudi Arabia's construction industry is booming but while smart Dubai-style units are springing up in big cities, the country is still facing a growing housing crisis.
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Saudi Arabia arrests 10 spy suspects

Tuesday, May 21st 2013, 14:54
related countries: Iran

Saudi Arabia has arrested 10 more suspects in what it says is a spy ring linked to Iran, state media report.
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Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis

Tuesday, May 21st 2013, 11:25
related places: Jizan

Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis convicted of murder and robbery, leaving their bodies hanging in public, in the town of Jizan.
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Saudi woman reaches Everest summit

Saturday, May 18th 2013, 11:34

A 25-year-old Saudi woman makes history by reaching the summit of the world's highest mountain.
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Saudi man in self-immolation protest

Friday, May 17th 2013, 14:11

A Saudi man has died after setting himself on fire in protest at his treatment by authorities, the BBC has learned.
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Saudi virtue police condemn Twitter

Wednesday, May 15th 2013, 19:38

The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police warns Saudis against using Twitter, amid fears it is being used to challenge political taboos.
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Arabs held over Tanzania blast freed

Tuesday, May 14th 2013, 9:12
related countries: Tanzania
related places: Arusha

Tanzania frees three Emiratis and a Saudi arrested over the bombing of a church in the northern city of Arusha on 5 May.
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VIDEO: How Saudi tourism is booming

Friday, May 10th 2013, 23:36

While Saudi is closed to most foreign tourists, it is spending heavily on attracting religious visitors and locals to its cultural sites.
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Saudis held over Tanzania attack

Monday, May 6th 2013, 22:27
related countries: Tanzania
related places: Arusha

Eight people - including four Saudi nationals - are arrested over an explosion that killed two people at a church in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha on Sunday, police say.
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Saudi Sars-like virus 'kills five'

Thursday, May 2nd 2013, 20:18

Saudi Arabia says five people have died from a Sars-like virus in the east of the country and two more are seriously ill.
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Saudi flash floods leave 13 dead

Wednesday, May 1st 2013, 15:11

Flash floods in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have left 13 people dead. 4 more people are reported missing
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Wanted Saudi 'shot and arrested'

Tuesday, April 30th 2013, 14:16

Police in Saudi Arabia say they have shot and wounded a man wanted over his involvement in protests in a restive province in the east of country.
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Millionaire sold fake bomb detectors

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 18:31
related countries: Iraq

A millionaire businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to countries including Iraq and Georgia, knowing they did not work, is convicted of fraud.
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VIDEO: Saudis build 1,000-mile border fence

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 22:07
related countries: Yemen

Saudi Arabia is building a fence, over 1,000 miles long, in order to seal off its troubled frontier with Yemen.
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Saudis build Yemen border fence

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 19:06
related countries: Yemen

Saudi Arabia builds a giant border fence to seal off its frontier with Yemen as security deteriorates after the 2011 uprising, officials say.
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Saudi Arabia denies paralysis ruling

Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 11:16

Saudi Arabia denies reports that a court in the kingdom has ordered a punishment of paralysis for a man who caused the paralysis of a friend.
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Iran travel ban on Saudi diplomat

Monday, April 8th 2013, 16:27
related countries: Iran

A Saudi diplomat allegedly involved in a deadly drink-driving car accident is banned from leaving Iran, says a senior Iranian MP.
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Frank Gardner's return to Saudi Arabia

Saturday, April 6th 2013, 23:00

Frank Gardner revisits the country where he was shot in 2004
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UK concern at Saudi paralysis ruling

Thursday, April 4th 2013, 12:50
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK urges Saudi Arabia not to carry out a "grotesque" sentencing of paralysis for a man as punishment for paralysing another man.
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Outrage at Saudi paralysis sentence

Tuesday, April 2nd 2013, 19:34

Amnesty denounces as "outrageous" the reported sentencing of paralysis for a Saudi man as punishment for paralysing another man.
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Modern art patronage pays dividends in Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, March 27th 2013, 0:28

Fresh breeze ripples through Jeddah art scene
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Saudi Arabia 'threatens Skype ban'

Monday, March 25th 2013, 18:51

Saudi authorities reportedly threaten to ban encrypted messaging services such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp, causing upset among their many users.
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Saudi Shia leaders criticise arrests

Thursday, March 21st 2013, 14:12

A number of Shia community leaders in Saudi Arabia sign a statement condemning the recent arrest of 16 Shia citizens on allegations of spying.
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Saudi Arabia arrests 18 for spying

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 20:03
related countries: Iran, Lebanon

Saudi Arabia arrests an Iranian, a Lebanese and 16 Saudis accused of being part of a "spying cell for a state", officials say.
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