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McClatchy Washington Bureau - 3 minutes ago
CAIRO, Egypt — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to perform a religious pilgrimage. He never returned.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 6:30 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- InterContinental Hotels Group Plc , the U.K.-based owner of the Holiday Inn brand, plans to open 18 hotels in Saudi Arabia during the next five years to tap rising demand for lodging in the Arab world’s biggest economy.
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Rigzone - 1 hour 28 minutes ago
Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Wednesday the kingdom expects to add natural gas reserves next year and boost gas output significantly by 2015, which will help drive the development of the country's petrochemicals industry.
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WashingtonTV - Wed Dec 9, 11:07 am ET
Washington, 9 December (WashingtonTV)—Saudi Arabia on Wednesday rejected charges by Iran that the United States kidnapped an Iranian nuclear scientist on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 8, 3:40 am ET
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai World’s restructuring of $26 billion in debt will have “little impact” on Saudi Arabia as banks have not lent large sums to the group, said Paul Gamble , head of research at Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment.
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CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 4:54 pm ET
Avante Security Corp. is pleased to announce it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the deployment of Avante smartboxx units in Saudi Arabia under a multi-phase deployment agreement with Amel Advance of Riyadh.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 7:29 am ET
Saudi Arabia told global warming talks on Monday that trust in climate science had been "shaken" by leaked emails among experts, and called for an international probe.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 10:47 am ET
Tehran - Tehran on Tuesday accused the United States of abducting a leading Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing while attending a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia in June. We have evidence that the Americans had a role in abducting Shahram Amiri an...
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 10:00 am ET
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia----Cooper Industries, recognized for its leadership, expertise and innovation in the global industrial market, has opened a new manufacturing facility located in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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The Politico - Mon Dec 7, 7:39 am ET
Saudi Arabia calls for independent probe into "climategate" and warns about stolen e-mails scandal.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 24 minutes ago
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked Baghdad's security chief on Wednesday after attacks which killed 127 people, with police charging that the bombers were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 11:52 am ET
Saudi Arabia rebuffed charges that the US kidnapped a Iranian nuclear scientist on a pilgrimage to Mecca, a Saudi newspaper said Wednesday, while a leading Iranian politician branded the act "terrorist behaviour."
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 10:17 am ET
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, undergoing treatment for a heart condition in Saudi Arabia, is responding to treatment but only his doctor can say when he will return, a minister said on Wednesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 12:07 pm ET
Parliament speaker Ali Larijani has said that the United States behaved like a "terrorist" by abducting its nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Wednesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 11:10 am ET
Saudi Arabia's oil minister told a Dubai conference Wednesday that Gulf economies remain strong, even as the emirate's stock market spiralled downwards over debt default fears.