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Jeddah - The skies opened as millions of Muslims pilgrims started the hajj rites in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, leaving the desert kingdom drenched in rain. In Mina, the torrential downpour turned roads into rivers of mud and left do...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.----Pizza Fusion announced the opening of its first international franchise in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia through a master franchise development agreement with Samir Food Co., Ltd., a Samir Group company.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, increased the number of health-care workers at airports and hospitals as the kingdom seeks to prevent the spread of swine flu among Muslims during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia has contracted Raytheon to deliver its surveillance technologies to support air traffic management and safety.
BALTIMORE, Md. -- View Systems, Inc. , a security and tele-data solutions provider, announced today that the company's leading authorized and exclusive international dealer and business partner, Belcom, a Belhasa International Company, has received a second round of orders for ViewScan units and other View Systems products from Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, India and the United Arab Emirates.
A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia.
More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca, where Saudi authorities hope to minimize spread of the H1N1 virus and prevent any political demonstration.
Ten people were killed by flooding in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port city of Jeddah and more deaths were feared, a civil defence official said after a massive downpour on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia should overturn a death sentence imposed on a Lebanese national convicted of practicing witchcraft during a visit to the conservative kingdom, an international human rights group said in a report late Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia denied on Wednesday reports that its military had entered Yemen to strike Shiite rebels in their homeland as its forces continued to attack their positions on the border.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia, the only country in the world that forbids women from driving, isn’t ready to alter that, said Ali Suwaiyel, a 28-year-old Saudi banker.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Yemen sees increasing evidence that Iran is arming Shiite Muslim rebels who seized territory on the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) border with Saudi Arabia, Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said.
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Officials said they expect a lower turnout at the annual Muslim hajj in Saudi Arabia because of concerns about the H1N1 virus.
By United Press International MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The hajj, one of the biggest religious pilgrimages each year, begins Wednesday with an estimated 2.5 million Muslims heading to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television.
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