In the first-ever visit by an Indian Defence Minister to Riyadh from February 13, India and Saudi Arabia are all set to give a boost to their defence ties and understanding with discussion on areas of

A Saudi woman who defied a driving ban in the kingdom was injured and her companion killed when their car overturned in the northern Hael province, a police spokesman said on on Monday.

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Iran warned Gulf Arab neighbors they would suffer consequences if they raised oil output to replace Iranian crude facing an international ban.

In signs of Tehran's deepening isolation over its refusa

A French Mirage and a Saudi F-15 collided in the kingdom's northern region of Tabuk without causing casualties, state news agency SPA quoted a military official as saying on Saturday.

"During a joint

The euro crisis, political instability in Saudi Arabia and conflict with Pakistan have emerged as top potential threats facing the United States in 2012, an influential think-tank said on Friday.

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to sign a Gulf power transfer initiative made by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the country's state TV said.

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Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover them up under a new law in the country.

The ultra-conservative Islamic state has said it has the right to stop women revealing 'tempting' eyes

A man convicted of murdering a fellow Saudi was beheaded on Sunday in Najran, southern Saudi Arabia, raising to at least 68 the number of executions in the kingdom this year, the interior ministry ann

King Abdullah on Saturday named his half-brother Prince Salman, who is governor of Riyadh, as Saudi Arabia's defence minister to succeed the late Crown Prince Sultan, state television Al-Ekhbariya sai

Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has died, CNN television reported.

The network cited unidentified sources at the US State Department in reporting the news.