Kushner: Saudi Arabia and Israel should “normalise ties”
US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and White House advisor Jared Kushner said Monday it would be in Saudi Arabia's interest to normalise ties with...
Saudi Arabia expands role of women in the holy mosques of Mecca and Medina
Saudi Arabia has appointed 10 women in senior roles at Islam's two holiest sites, authorities said Sunday, as the conservative petro-state seeks to boost...
We have never and will not ditch Pakistan: Saudi ambassador
Saudi Ambassador in Pakistan Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Malki has said Pakistan is their home and his country has and will never leave Pakistan alone. https://twitter.com/arabnewspk/status/1294468887241605120 “Saudi-Arabia...
General Bajwa heads to Saudi Arabia: an attempt to undo the damage?
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa will visit Saudi Arabia this weekend, officials said, seeking to calm diplomatic strains over...
Saudi Arabia feels threatened by “trolls” on social media
Online armies of self-styled Saudi patriots riding a wave of state-led nationalism attack critics and what they call "traitors" of the kingdom -- but...
Smallest Hajj in recent history concludes amidst pandemic
Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths Sunday in the final ritual of the hajj, the smallest in modern history as...
Muslims scale Mount Arafat marking Hajj 2020 peak
Muslim pilgrims converged Thursday on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the climax of Hajj 2020, the smallest in modern times and a sharp contrast...
Safest ever Hajj: limited attendees and virus measures
This year's downsized hajj may prove to be the safest ever despite the ever-present threat posed by the novel coronavirus. In past years pilgrims have...
Pilgrims fighting over invites from Saudi govt to go to Hajj this year
A Jordanian couple in Saudi Arabia burst into tears of joy to be among the chosen ones for next week's downsized hajj pilgrimage, but...
The limited edition Hajj pilgrimage of 2020 starts July 29: Saudi officials
This year's hajj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia battles a coronavirus surge, will...
Saudi Arabia opens Hajj registration for foreign residents within the Kingdom
Saudi Arabia on Monday opened hajj registration for foreign residents in the kingdom, saying they will make up 70 percent of the pilgrims after...
First sanctions imposed by UK feature Russians and Saudis
The UK on Monday identified 49 "notorious" individuals and organisations, 25 of them Russian and 20 Saudis, to be sanctioned under its first post-Brexit...