Riyadh News

A list of the 500 'most influential' Muslims in the world has left me confused, and not just because my name isn't there Most influential Muslim? Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud presents former US president George Bush with...

Lower oil production will ally with slowing construction activity to try and depress the UAE economy in 2009, but the economy is expected to rebound by nearly four per cent in 2010, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said yesterday. In...

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy and Saudi King Abdullah agreed in talks on the need to restart Middle East peace talks and took a firm stance on Iran, a French official said on Wednesday. In three hours of “deep” talks late Tuesday...

DU Correspondent A female Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrim was killed while 11 others were injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Arafat in Saudi Arabia. The deceased was identified as Pakiza Khatun of Chittagong, satellite television Channel-i reported...

Any near-term merger activity among Gulf banks is likely to focus on the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain, where margins are low and the customer base relatively small, a Standard and Poor’s (S&P) analyst said. Mergers are far less likely in...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah held wide-ranging talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy here on Tuesday. The talks, which took place at the king�s ranch in Janadriya, focused on a range of regional and international issues including...

Assistant Deputy Minister of Health for Preventative Medicine Dr. Ziad Al-Memish said on Tuesday the Kingdom has implemented �comprehensive� programs to combat swine flu based on recommendations made during this past summer�s summit of health ministers from the region held...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday for meetings with Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz. The discussions are expected to be dominated by faltering Middle East peace efforts. Sarkozy headed directly from Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport...

Women�s empowerment stressed at Effat University function K.S. Women�s empowerment through education was stressed at the 10th anniversary celebration of Effat University on Sunday night. Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal was present as the chief guest on behalf of Custodian...

The Council of Ministers announced on Monday that Saudi security forces had taken full control of the Kingdom�s southern border after driving away Yemeni infiltrators. �The government has provided necessary services to Saudis and residents evacuated from villages along the...