New case of virus in S. Arabia

AFPJEDDAH, Saudi Arabia--A Saudi woman, Raha Muharraq, on Saturday reached the summit of Everest, the world's highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women's sports are severely restricted, her proud father said. She ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died. The website for newspaper Sada reported that the man, identified ...

Concern is mounting in Saudi Arabia that more and more people are using Twitter. So the head of the country's religious police condemns its use. A light in the darkness? (Credit: Twitter/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Life becomes more ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Justice Ministry has denied reports that a judge sentenced a young man to be surgically paralysed in retribution for stabbing a friend who was also left unable to move.

Washington, May 19 (ANI): A leading senior religious clerics in Saudi Arabia has said that Saudi citizens using Twitter will risk damnation.Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh's declaration comes as a move to attack the US-based microblogging service, ...

Arwa Al-Hujaili has become Saudi Arabia's first female lawyer but only after spending three years post-graduation petitioning the kingdom's Ministry of Justice to register her as a trainee. However, Al-Hujaili's problems may have only just begun: ...

Saudi Arabia will for the first time permit women into football stadiums to watch matches, it has been reported. According to English language Arab News, the president of the Saudi Football Ittihad Federation confirmed in a statement that it would ...

Riyadh Chastened by the experience of Afghanistan, where hundreds of Saudis fought before returning to sow terror at home, the kingdom is battling to avoid similar blowback from the conflict in Syria, analysts say. In recent months, Saudi officials ...

Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were sabotaged in a series of heavy cyber attacks from abroad in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government said. An investigation traced the "coordinated and ...