Saudi Arabia
Egypt and Saudi not under consideration for travel ban: Secretary of Homeland Security
Egypt
February 9, 2017
Egypt and Saudi not under consideration for travel ban: Secretary of Homeland Security
The Trump administration is not currently considering adding more countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia to its travel ban list,…
Egyptian-Saudi ties are ‘strong, no need for mediator’: foreign minister
Egypt
February 8, 2017
Egyptian-Saudi ties are ‘strong, no need for mediator’: foreign minister
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry described Egypt's ties with Saudi Arabia as "strong, deep and not needing meditation".In response to journalists…
New case challenges Cabinet’s referral of Red Sea islands deal to Parliament
Egypt
February 8, 2017
New case challenges Cabinet’s referral of Red Sea islands deal to Parliament
The States Council's Administrative Court adjourned a case on Tuesday against the Cabinet's decision to refer the maritime border demarcation…
Man tries to set himself on fire at Kabaa in Mecca
World
February 7, 2017
Man tries to set himself on fire at Kabaa in Mecca
Saudi security forces said Tuesday they had arrested a man for trying to commit suicide in Al-Kaaba, the most sacred…
Court clears lawyers from ‘disseminating false information on Red Sea islands’
Egypt
February 4, 2017
Court clears lawyers from ‘disseminating false information on Red Sea islands’
Egypt court on Saturday acquitted 12 lawyers from charges of disseminating false information that the "Red Sea islands Tiran and…
Egypt has come back: King Salman
Egypt
February 2, 2017
Egypt has come back: King Salman
Saudi King Salman bin Abdel Aziz opened the 31st session of the Jenadriyah culture and heritage festival on Wednesday which…
Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi ship, launch ballistic missile
Middle East
January 31, 2017
Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi ship, launch ballistic missile
The armed Houthi movement attacked a Saudi warship off the western coast of Yemen on Monday, causing an explosion that…
Sisi approves launch of US$1.5 bln Saudi program to develop Sinai
Egypt
January 26, 2017
Sisi approves launch of US$1.5 bln Saudi program to develop Sinai
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has issued a decree approving the memorandum of understanding signed between Egypt and Saudi Arabia over…
New case demanding referendum on fate of Red Sea islands
Egypt
January 23, 2017
New case demanding referendum on fate of Red Sea islands
The States Council's Administrative Court received a new case on Sunday demanding a referendum on the maritime border demarcation agreement…
Middle East expects big changes under Trump
Middle East
January 19, 2017
Middle East expects big changes under Trump
Donald Trump's all-but-dismissal of human rights as a foreign policy principle could hit like an earthquake across a Middle East…