Saudi Arabia is the birthplace of Islam and home to Islam's two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. The king's official title is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
A U.S. State Department report said Friday that political violence in Iraq has significantly impaired religious freedom there. But the annual world-wide survey cited improvements in conditions for religious adherents in, among other places, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.
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By: Matt Hoffman. He can be reached at mjhoffma@student.umass.edu. The New York Times reported that the Bush administration is planning to ask Congress for $20 billion to supply Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries with advanced weaponry over the next 10 years.
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia appears little affected by the gyrations of global markets. The recent volatility in global financial markets due to problems in the US subprime mortgage market have taken their toll on banks throughout the world.
Days after the deportation of former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf will leave for Saudi Arabia on Thursday for a two-day visit. He will meet King Abdullah to talk over recent political developments.
Saudi Arabia unscathed by global market turmoil
African Cup of Nations hosts Ghana were thrashed 5-0 by Saudi Arabia in an international friendly in Riyadh earlier this week, local media reported Friday. The hosts opened the scoring as early the fifth minute through Yasser Al Qahtan ...
Accra, Sept. 13, GNA - The Ghana Black Stars did not lose their friendly soccer match against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh last Tuesday. You must be in a dreamland to think that the Black Stars played a match on that fateful Tuesday, which incidentally was the anniversary of a Day of Shame.
Washington, Sep1 3 (ANI): The New York Times in its report has said that former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was "tricked" and forced to fly to Saudi Arabia. He did not do so willingly or knowingly, contrary to government claims. The NYT said that friends and relatives of Sharif would fight his case in the courts and demand that the government allow him back to Pakistan to ...