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Jeddah - Saudi Arabia's civil defense authority Saturday raised the death toll from this week's flash floods to 106 people. An official with the authority said crews were still searching for survivors from the flooding that hit the western part of th...
Muslim pilgrims gather under blazing sun at Mount Arafat for prayers during the annual hajj, a day after torrential rains killed dozens of people in Saudi Arabia.
November 27, 2009: Since the 1990s, the U.S. Department of Defense has been making strenuous efforts to get troops to behave when they are off duty. It began with the 1991 Gulf War, where half a million U.S. troops were in Saudi Arabia for nearly a year.
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.
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj,...
President Barack Obama sent greetings Wednesday on behalf of the United States to pilgrims performing the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, and to Muslims worldwide celebrating the Eid-ul-Adha holiday.
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.
DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Arabia's money supply grew by 11.4% on the year in October, compared with growth of 12.5% the previous month, official data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency, or SAMA, showed Thursday.
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.
Two million Muslims are headed to Muzdalifa, Saudi Arabia, to cast stones at the devil in the most dangerous part of the annual hajj pilgrimage, Reuters reported.
KUWAIT CITY, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- The government of Saudi Arabia should overturn a death penalty for a man accused of witchcraft and end the use of such vague charges, Human Rights Watch said.
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.
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site yesterday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions -- umbrellas and face masks -- as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.
KARACHI: Sindh Health Department will set up camps at Karachi airport to monitor swine flu cases on the return of Hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.
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