Saudi Arabia
Ambassador says insults to Saudi monarch ‘unacceptable’
Egypt
April 25, 2012
Ambassador says insults to Saudi monarch ‘unacceptable’
Saudi Ambassador to Cairo and Arab League Representative Ahmed al-Qattan has slammed the attacks leveled by Egyptian activists on Saudi…
Update: Saudi ambassador reportedly says no jail or lashing for Egyptian lawyer
Egypt
April 24, 2012
Update: Saudi ambassador reportedly says no jail or lashing for Egyptian lawyer
No imprisonment or lashing sentence has been issued against activist and lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawy, who is currently being detained by…
Foreign Ministry says working to release Egyptian lawyer detained in Saudi
Egypt
April 24, 2012
Foreign Ministry says working to release Egyptian lawyer detained in Saudi
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has asked its diplomats in Saudi Arabia to contact local authorities to seek the release of an…
Government urged to work toward release of detained Egyptian in Saudi Arabia
Egypt
April 23, 2012
Government urged to work toward release of detained Egyptian in Saudi Arabia
MPs, presidential candidates and rights activists urged the government to move swiftly to secure the release of lawyer and Egyptian activist…
Saudi boy, 4, kills his father, who refused to buy him PlayStation
World
April 23, 2012
Saudi boy, 4, kills his father, who refused to buy him PlayStation
An angry 4-year-old Saudi boy shot and killed his father for refusing to buy him a PlayStation, Saudi media reported…
MP asks Parliament to discuss kidnapping of Egyptian lawyer in Saudi Arabia
Egypt
April 23, 2012
MP asks Parliament to discuss kidnapping of Egyptian lawyer in Saudi Arabia
Parliament will discuss Monday a statement by Adl Party's MP Mostafa al-Naggar about the kidnapping of an Egyptian activist and…
Egypt sees Saudi financial help by end April
Business
April 19, 2012
Egypt sees Saudi financial help by end April
Saudi Arabia will deposit US$1 billion at the Egyptian central bank and buy T-bonds worth $750 million by the end…
Bin Laden family ‘to leave Pakistan early Wednesday’
World
April 17, 2012
Bin Laden family ‘to leave Pakistan early Wednesday’
Osama bin Laden's family is expected to be deported from Pakistan early Wednesday, their lawyer and an intelligence official said,…
T-shirts bearing Suleiman’s image transported from Saudi, confiscated at Cairo airport
Egypt
April 14, 2012
T-shirts bearing Suleiman’s image transported from Saudi, confiscated at Cairo airport
Cairo International Airport customs authorities confiscated Saturday five packages being transported by an Egyptian passenger arriving from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.…
Activists: Saudi activist life at risk after hunger strike
World
April 9, 2012
Activists: Saudi activist life at risk after hunger strike
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — A prominent Saudi rights activist, who has been on a hunger strike for almost a month…