Saudi Arabia Politics News

Jeddah flood deaths shame Saudi royals For lack of a sewage system, many citizens in one of the world's richest countries died. The Al Saud family's misrule is to blame Hundreds have died in the Jeddah floods. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images...

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah visited Jazan province on Wednesday to address the troops and tour the area of the border where fighting against infiltrators has taken place in recent weeks, the Saudi Press Agency reported. �The...

The king also opened the Mina Al-Wadi Hospital, one of the largest temporary hospitals in the holy sites, which operates only during the pilgrimage season. Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah thanked the king for ordering the establishment of these two...

Font size : Heavy rains and flood waters have swept through a number of provinces in Saudi Arabia, claiming the lives of nearly 48 people in the kingdom. Torrential rains pounded Jeddah and the nearby holy sites of Mina, Muzdalifah...

A key Islamic leader on Thursday urged Muslims to fight terrorism and oppose suicide attacks. In a sermon to mark the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia known as the Hajj, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al Sheikh said the...

Millions of Muslims — many wearing surgical masks to ward off swine flu — converged on a holy site in Saudi Arabia to cast pebbles at stone walls representing the devil as part of the hajj pilgrimage. Investigators say they...

He added that the brochures are available in languages such as Arabic, English, French, Persian, Urdu, Turkish, Indonesian and Swahili. �We require the cooperation of pilgrims to make the two holy cities among those with the lowest tobacco consumption in...

Nearly 1,000 Muslims prayed and celebrated this morning at the annual Eid al-Adha at Century II Convention Center. It is a major celebration for Muslims around the world, and today people came from across the region to participate. "This is...

Others who could not find a space climbed on top of buildings, raising their hands to the sky, praying for forgiveness on the mountain, where the Prophet Mohammed gave his last sermon to pilgrims. But the hajj this year took...