On the third day after his father's death from a respiratory infection, Hussein al-Sheikh began to feel feverish.
Shortly afterwards, says the 27-year-old Saudi, "I was almost dead".
Hussein, who had often visited his father's bedside in his last (...)
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabia health ministry has reported 13 cases in a recent outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus that has emerged from the Gulf and spread as far as Britain and France, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, and 7 (...)
In a major boost to the massive facelift that Jeddah undergoes, new municipal contracts worth over SR1.9 billion have been awarded. These also included eight contracts for collection and disposal of garbage. The new projects were part of the 30 (...)
CAIRO: Publishers from Arab countries that have experienced civil unrest took top billing at the Riyadh International Book Fair.
Publishing houses from Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen all provided books covering the events in the Arab countries and (...)
Here are details of some of the rebellions, protests and rallies against authoritarian leaders which have deposed the presidents of Tunisia and Egypt.
* LIBYA: Libyan rebels on Sunday took back control of the town of Bin Jawad, east of the capital (...)
RIYADH - Small protests rattled Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Friday, Bahrain warned that a planned rally threatened its security and Yemen witnessed huge demonstrations in continued unrest that has roiled the Arab world.
Friday rallies have proved (...)
DUBAI - Security forces in Saudi Arabia have detained at least 22 minority Shi'ite Muslims who protested last week over what they say is discrimination, activists said on Sunday.
Saudi Shi'ites have staged small protests for about two weeks in the (...)
Saudi Shi'ites have staged small protests for about two weeks in the kingdom's east, which holds much of the oil wealth of the world's top crude exporter. It is also near Bahrain, scene of protests by majority Shi'ites against their Sunni (...)
Saudi authorities should immediately release a Shia cleric apparently arrested on February 27, 2011, for calling for a constitutional monarchy and equal rights for Shia in his Friday sermon, Human Rights Watch said today. The domestic intelligence (...)
This summer's major exhibition at the Louvre in Paris provides an overview of the history of the Arabian Peninsula from prehistory to the advent of Islam, writes David Tresilian
The early history of the Arabian Peninsula, roughly from the (...)
Saudi Arabia’s domestic intelligence service should immediately release Munir Jassas, an advocate for Shia rights, who has been detained without charge for over five months, Human Rights Watch said today.
“Silencing Shia advocates will do (...)
Mofaz in Egypt
AN AGREEMENT between Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister Shaoul Mofaz ended with the Israeli part agreeing to pull out from the two West Bank cities of Tulharm and Jericho.
The meeting took place on Tuesday (...)