A Paris-based journal has said Denel intends to sell Saudi Arabia drone aircraft capable of firing missiles.
Arab interior ministers have been advised to confront the spread of extremism through social media networks with their own cyber know-how.
Seven Saudi men convicted of theft have been beheaded, more than a week after rights group appealed to the king for clemency.
US prosecutors probing whether HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi banks tied to terrorists.
Saudi crown prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, who was the twenty-third son of King Abdulaziz, and described as a hardline conservative, has passed away.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are being urged not to supply weapons to Syrian rebels for fear of hampering efforts to negotiate an end to the crisis.
For leaders who seek military intervention in Syria, Baghdad provides a cautionary tale, with violence and sectarian hate persisting a decade later.
A great many local Muslims will not be allowed to perform a Mecca pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as South Africa will likely exceed its attendance quota.
The expansion in communication tools has deprived the Arabian regime of the secrecy and deception on which its legitimacy relied.
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/ 11 February 2012
Malaysian authorities have detained a young Saudi journalist who fled his country after Twitter comments he made about the Prophet Mohammed.
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/ 18 January 2012
Innovative and edgy work attracts attention around the world — and record prices at auction
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/ 11 January 2012
King Abdullah’s decision to make lingerie shops women-only domains has opened the door for Saudi working women and given shoppers more comfort.
The head of the Tunis military tribunal has accused Saudi Arabia of ignoring its request to hand over ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
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/ 6 November 2011
Muslims have marked Eid al-Adha, which ends the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, overshadowed by the Arab Spring and attacks in Africa and Central Asia.
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/ 23 October 2011
As Saudi Arabia mourns the death of Crown Prince Sultan, King Abdullah prepares to nominate his new heir.
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/ 22 October 2011
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has died, throwing his brother Prince Nayef into line to succeed King Abdullah.
Iran has complained to the UN about an "evil plot" by the US, which claims Tehran is behind a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
Giving Saudi women the right to vote is a giant step for the conservative Islamic society.
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/ 25 September 2011
Saudi King Abdullah has given women the right to vote and run in municipal elections — the only public polls in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom.
Saudi Arabia is excavating a new archeological site that will show horses were domesticated 9 000 years ago in the Arabian peninsula,
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving.
Saudi Arabia’s vote, set for September, ruled out in advance any participation by the country’s 9-million women.
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are trying to broker a deal to have Yemen’s president step down and hand over power, sources said on Wednesday.
Did you hear it? The clamour from Western governments for democracy in Saudi Arabia? The howls of outrage from the White House?
A security clampdown in the Riyadh kept a lid on a planned day of rage, while police in Kuwait and Bahrain appeared to deflate demonstrators’ zeal.
US envoy warns that reserves are perhaps 40% overstated and the kingdom won’t be able to keep prices down.
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/ 9 February 2011
Nokia wakes up to find itself on fire, a mobile app helps to save Catholics from said fire and New Yorkers try to find ways to monetise their sewage.
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/ 13 January 2011
The M&G’s <b>Faranaaz Parker</b> rounds up five odd things you may have missed this week, including solitary trips to Mars and Big Brother US.
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/ 15 November 2010
The world’s largest annual pilgrimage, the hajj, began on Sunday with more than two million Muslims pouring into the camp at Mina from Mecca.
Research In Motion has agreed to hand over user codes that would let Saudi authorities monitor its BlackBerry Messenger.
Saudi Arabia told the kingdom’s telecom operators on Saturday to test a fix to the perceived national security threat posed by BlackBerry smartphones.
Saudi Arabia and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion are making progress in talks over access to the device’s encrypted network.