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VIDEO: Saudi arrests teen for flirting online

Saudi Arabian teenager, who accidentally met an American internet personality, Christina Crockett,  on a video-chat site known as ‘YouNow’...

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Saudi Arabia to drop Islamic calendar

As part of austerity measure, Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced that it was adopting the Gregorian or Western calendar as a basis for payin...

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Ethiopian housemaid beheaded in Saudi Arabia

An Ethiopian housemaid has been beheaded by the Saudi authorities after being convicted of the murder of her employer's child three ye...

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Three Nigerian pilgrim arrested for trafficking cocaine in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine.

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VIDEO: Man shoots and kills restaurant waiter for delaying his order

An unidentified man shot dead an employee at a fast food restaurant for delaying his order. The event occurred on Saturday, July 16, in S...

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Suicide bombers hit Saudi mosque near Prophet Muhammad's grave

A suicide bomber carried out an attack near the Mosque of the Prophet, originally built in the 7th century by the Prophet Muhammad, who is...

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Man Shoots Male Doctor For Touching Wife During Child Birth

A husband was arrested by the police after he shot a male doctor for touching his wife during childbirth.

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Saudi Authority Execute Nigerian for Killing Policeman

Saudi authorities put to death a Nigerian on Sunday after convicting him of murdering a policeman, the latest in a surge of executions tha...

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World Update: Saudi Arabia carries out 90th execution of the year

Saudi Arabia executed a citizen convicted of murder on Wednesday taking to 90 the number of people the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom h...

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Egypt to give Saudi Arabia two Red Sea islands

Moves by the Egyptian government to hand two strategic Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia caused an angry reaction from opposition figur...

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Saudi Arabia Announces Plan to Build Bridge to Egypt Across Red Sea

Saudi Arabia's king has announced that a bridge linking the country to Egypt will be built over the Red Sea.

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Michelle Obama Draws Flak For Going Without Headscarf In Saudi Arabia

Joining President Barack Obama for a condolence visit after the death of the King Abdullah, Mrs. Obama stepped off of Air Force One wearing ...

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Saudi King Abdullah Buried In Riyadh

Foreign leaders gathered in the capital for the funeral of the ruler of the world’s top oil exporter and the spiritual home of Islam. He...

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Saudi King Dies, And The World Shudders

What’s left of the Middle East’s stability was suddenly thrown into question as the kingdom’s longtime ruler was pronounced dead. Saudi ...

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Saudi Blogger Flogged In Public 50 Times For Insulting Islam: Witness

A Saudi blogger convicted of insulting Islam was brought after Friday prayers to a public square in the port city of Jiddah and flogged 50 t...

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'Selfies' Frowned Upon, But Technology Is Transforming The Hajj

Technological advances and design engineering at the mosques of Mecca and Medina are promising a safer and more comfortable Hajj experience ...

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Saudi Arabia Suspends Hajj Visas For West Africa

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday suspended pilgrimage visas from West African countries following the death of a patient in Jeddah who ...

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Saudi Businessman Tested For Ebola Dies In Jeddah

A Saudi man suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus during a recent business trip to Sierra Leone has died in Jeddah. "A Sau...

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100-year-old Saudi Beggar Dies Leaving Million-dollar Fortune

Over 50 years of panhandling on the streets of Jeddah had taken its toll on her and residents of the downtown al-Balad district never suspe...

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Saudi Arabia Backs International Intervention Against Assad's Tyranny In Syria

Saudi Arabia told fellow Arab League states on Sunday that opposing international intervention against the Syrian government would only enco...

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