Saudi Arabia News - World News - Search the News
World Countries
Home Latest World News World Oceans
Alphebetical List - All Countries  Feature Travel Articles World Countries Books and Music
  Countries Database  
World Countries Information
Select a Region Polar     North America     Central America     Caribbean     South America     Europe     Middle East     Africa     Central Asia     Asia     Australia (Oceania)

Other States in
Middle East

News
Bahrain Cyprus Egypt Iran Iraq Israel Jordan
Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey
United Arab Emirates Yemen


Saudi Arabia - Latest News

Share/Bookmark  
 Country Menu Overview Google Map Country Profile Books
Latest News 3D Google Earth Map Flag Music
Latest Weather CIA World Map Web Sites Photos (2)  France Photo Gallery

Saudi Arabia News & Sports

World News

Search   Bing    
World US News Politics Sports Entertainment Technology Business
Yahoo MSN    
    

Saudi Arabia riled by Thai policeman's promotion - AP - msnbc.com
Saudi Arabia denounced the promotion of a senior Thai police officer indicted in connection with the disappearance of a Saudi businessman in Bangkok 10 years ago. The decision by Thailand to promote Lt. Gen. Somkid ...

Saudi Arabia urged not to paralyze man - CNEWS
A judge in the northwest province of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia has allegedly sent letters to hospitals in the country asking if they could sever a man's spinal cord as punishment for paralyzing another man in a fight two ...

Jordan's king to visit Saudi Arabia Sunday ahead of trip to Washington - Charleston Gazette
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordanian King Abdullah II is traveling Sunday to Saudi Arabia for consultations with the Saudi leadership ahead of his trip to Washington to attend a six-way meeting on September 1, officials said ...

Saudi Arabia Contributes More Than $170 Million for Pakistan Flood Relief - Earthtimes
WASHINGTON , Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , including the government, citizens and corporations, have donated more than $170 million to the people affected by the flooding in ...

Saudi Arabia ’s Sama Airlines Is Forced To Close Its Doors - avstop.com
August 23, 2010 - Sama Airlines, a Saudi Arabia low-cost airline which is based at King Fahad International Airport, Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (the most oil-rich region in the world ...

"Concentrates - Saudi Arabia" is now available at Fast Market Research - PR Inside
Sales of concentrates in the Kingdom remained highly seasonal in 2009, where highest demand was registered during the month of Ramadan. Normally, people in Ramadan break their fast with a liquid, and Vimto (liquid ...

Public Protests over Unemployment in Saudi Arabia - All Headline News
United States (TML) - Two hundred Saudi teachers staged a rare protest in the Saudi capital of Riyadh over the weekend, calling on the government to give them jobs. The protesters, mainly Arabic language teachers trained ...

Saudi Arabia not mulling paralysis penalty for attacker - msnbc.com
RIYADH — Saudi officials are trying to persuade a man paralyzed in a fight in the conservative kingdom to accept compensation for his injuries and drop a demand that his attacker have his spinal cord severed, a ...

Correction: LLWS-New Jersey-Saudi Arabia story - Newsday
(AP) — In a story Aug. 24 about the Little League World Series game between Toms River, N.J., and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press, relying on official scoring, erroneously reported that an errant throw by ...

Saudi Arabia tells clerics to keep sermons short - Dallas Morning News
BEIRUT – Keep it short and to the point. And above all, don't embarrass the boss. That's the message of a series of official Saudi directives restricting the activities of clerics who issue bizarre fatwas or ...

Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader

** CORRECTS DATE OF ATTACK ** FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent.




‘We were all screaming — we got the animals and ran’
Wen Baragrey, a writer who lives by the sea in Christchurch, New Zealand, shares her chaotic escape from her swaying home during the early morning earthquake that struck.

Volcano, dormant 400 years, spews new ash

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic smoke as seen from Tanah Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Thursday.An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.




World Blog: In touch from Titanic wreck scene


‘Significant damage’ in New Zealand quake

Before-and-after images of damaged buildings on Victoria Street in Christchurch, New Zealand.At least two people were seriously injured in a major earthquake that caused extensive damage early Saturday in Christchurch, New Zealand, hospital officials said.




Deadly bomb blast rocks rally in Pakistan

People rush to aid victims and run for cover soon after an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday.The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 people in the southwestern city of Quetta.




Mom’s hug revives baby that was pronounced dead
“He’s doing things dead babies don’t do — you might want to come see this!” Kate Ogg told doctors who had declared her premature baby dead. After the Australian mom held him to her body for two hours in a method called “kangaroo care,” the infant stirred to life.

Nein, danke! German kids get porn pens
To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cone filled with sweets, but children in Essen opened theirs to find raunchy writing instruments that project erotic images.

UPS 747 cargo plane crashes in Dubai

Smoke rises from the site of the UPS cargo plane crash in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday.A UPS 747 cargo plane with two crew aboard crashed in Dubai shortly after takeoff Friday, the company said.




Israel urged to open up atomic program
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has invited Israel to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact and to place all its atomic facilities under his agency's inspections, an IAEA report said on Friday.

Gates: U.S. troops face 'tough days' ahead

U.S. Marines in the background provide security as a Marine and a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow flight medic, right, rush a Marine wounded in an explosive attack across a field to a medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday.As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south.




7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial

Bernardo Teixeira, one of the alleged victims of child sex abuse at a state-run children's home in Lisbon called Casa Pia arrives at a court in Lisbon, Friday, Sept. 3 2010 for the verdict of the major child sex abuse trial that has lasted almost six years. A former worker at a state-run orphanage admitted to participating in a network that systematically abused children and implicated six other defendants including Carlos Cruz . (AP Photo/Armando Franca)Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.




Castro dons uniform for first big speech in years

Fidel Castro grips the arm of a bodyguard as he arrives to deliver a speech to students outside Havana's University on Friday.At 84 and having dusted off his military uniform, Fidel Castro on Friday addressed his first political rally since becoming ill and resigning as president in 2006.



Other World Travel Sites That Might Interest You
Mexico Travel Si-Mexico Hotels-Resorts
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Locator Map
Source:
CIA World Factbook

Where To?

copyscape
Violators will be prosecuted
World Travel News, Google Maps, Google Earth Maps, & World Travel Articles  
© 2004-Present www.WorldCountries.info All Rights Reserved - LU20100817-2056