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.

World news related to Saudi Arabia – overview

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• May 21st 2013 – March 14th 2013
• March 13th 2013 – November 17th 2012
• November 13th 2012 – September 20th 2012
• September 8th 2012 – June 18th 2012
• June 18th 2012 – March 29th 2012
• March 29th 2012 – December 19th 2011
• December 12th 2011 – October 8th 2011
• October 4th 2011 – June 22nd 2011
• June 21st 2011 – March 28th 2011
• March 20th 2011 – January 15th 2011
• January 11th 2011 – November 9th 2010
• November 9th 2010 – August 3rd 2010
• August 1st 2010 – March 3rd 2010
• February 24th 2010 – December 21st 2009
• December 9th 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• November 2nd 2009 – July 27th 2009
• July 22nd 2009 – April 1st 2009
• March 11th 2009 – November 19th 2008
• November 18th 2008 – June 25th 2008
• June 23rd 2008 – March 10th 2008
• February 23rd 2008 – November 15th 2007
• November 6th 2007 – August 1st 2007
• July 30th 2007 – February 27th 2007
• February 11th 2007 – October 13th 2006
• October 7th 2006 – April 18th 2006
• April 18th 2006 – January 5th 2006
• January 4th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Saudi Arabia: news

Saudi plotted attack on Bush home

Tuesday, November 13th 2012, 22:08

A Saudi student who plotted to attack the Texas home of ex-President George W Bush and other targets is sentenced to life in jail.
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US to be 'biggest oil producer'

Monday, November 12th 2012, 18:27
related countries: United States

The US will overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest oil producer by 2017, says the International Energy Agency.
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Sudan's Omar Bashir 'has surgery'

Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 18:28
related countries: Sudan
related places: Bashir

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir undergoes a minor operation in Saudi Arabia, state media says.
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Saudi shift signals change

Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 14:14

Replacement of key interior minister bold move by Saudi king
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New Saudi interior minister named

Monday, November 5th 2012, 18:32

Saudi Arabia's king names Prince Mohammed bin Nayef as interior minister, replacing Prince Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz after four months in post.
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Saudi border guards die in ambush

Monday, November 5th 2012, 11:42
related countries: Yemen

Two Saudi border guards are killed in an ambush by gunmen in the south of the country, near the border with Yemen, officials say.
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Saudi fuel truck crash kills 22

Thursday, November 1st 2012, 10:42
related places: Riyadh

At least 22 people are reported killed and scores injured in a fuel truck crash and explosion in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.
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Fire at Saudi wedding kills 25

Wednesday, October 31st 2012, 10:24
related places: Abqaiq

Twenty-five people have been killed by an electrical fire at a wedding in the Abqaiq region of eastern Saudi Arabia, officials say.
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Bosnian walks to Mecca via Syria

Friday, October 26th 2012, 10:47
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Syria
related places: Mecca

A Bosnian Muslim man walks thousands of kilometres to reach Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage and thanks God for his safe passage through war-torn Syria.
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VIDEO: Saudi forces parade ahead of Hajj

Monday, October 22nd 2012, 16:18
related places: Mecca

Thousands of Saudi security forces parade in Mecca ahead of the culmination of this year's Muslim pilgrimage.
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Saudi female religion police plan

Thursday, October 18th 2012, 12:46

The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police, known as the "mutawa", says women officers need to be introduced into the force.
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Woman directs first Saudi movie

Thursday, October 18th 2012, 7:45

Saudi woman becomes country's first movie director
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Saudi envoy plotter pleads guilty

Wednesday, October 17th 2012, 21:43
related countries: Iran, United States

An Iranian-American man unexpectedly pleads guilty of plotting to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the US, and says Iranian agents were involved.
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Saudis 'insulted' by UK inquiry

Monday, October 15th 2012, 4:45
related countries: Bahrain, United Kingdom

Saudi Arabia says it is "insulted" by a parliamentary inquiry into how the UK deals with the country and Bahrain.
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'Saudi weapons' found in Syria

Monday, October 8th 2012, 20:06
related countries: Syria
related places: Aleppo

The BBC finds evidence that appears to suggest that weapons intended for the Saudi military have been diverted to Syrian rebels in Aleppo.
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VIDEO: 'Saudi weapons' found in Syria

Monday, October 8th 2012, 18:01
related countries: Syria

BBC News has uncovered evidence that weapons intended for the Saudi military have been diverted to Syrian rebels.
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Saudi anger at poultry price hike

Friday, October 5th 2012, 11:48

A Twitter campaign urges people in Saudi Arabia to refrain from eating chicken to punish traders who it says have raised prices by as much as 40%.
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Curbs on Saudi religious police

Wednesday, October 3rd 2012, 15:05

The head of Saudi Arabia's notorious religious police announces new curbs on his force's powers amid growing anger over excesses.
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Nigeria anger over women Hajj row

Monday, October 1st 2012, 17:22
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria is angered by the latest deportations of women from Saudi Arabia a day after Hajj flights had resumed and the problem thought to be resolved.
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Ikea regrets Saudi catalogue slip

Monday, October 1st 2012, 15:36

The furniture giant says it regrets that women are completely absent from images in the Saudi version of its catalogue.
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VIDEO: Nigeria Hajj row over unescorted women

Friday, September 28th 2012, 8:40
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria has suspended all Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia following the deportation of more than 170 Nigerian women who had arrived in the country without male escorts.
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Nigeria suspends Hajj flights

Thursday, September 27th 2012, 16:06
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria suspends all Hajj flights to Saudi Arabia after the authorities there deported more than 170 women who had arrived without a male escort.
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Saudis detain Nigerian Hajj women

Wednesday, September 26th 2012, 14:36
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria protests about the detention at airports in Saudi Arabia of an estimated 1,000 Nigerian women planning to make the Hajj pilgrimage.
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Rare protest over Saudi prisoners

Monday, September 24th 2012, 14:05

Relatives of Saudi prisoners - mostly held without charge - hold a rare demonstration outside a desert jail to demand the inmates' release.
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UK's dilemma in balancing the Gulf

Thursday, September 20th 2012, 15:27
related countries: Bahrain, United Kingdom

Turmoil prompts UK review of Bahrain and Saudi ties
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