RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman ordered a lavish payout to all state employees on Thursday and reshuffled some top government jobs while keeping in place the oil, foreign, finance, defense and interior ministers. The top oil exporter will…
Read more
BERLIN — Germany has decided to stop exporting arms to Saudi Arabia, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag said today (Jan 25), citing government sources as saying the kingdom was “too unstable” for it to be receiving deliveries of weapons….
Read more
RIYADH (AFP, REUTERS) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, 90, died on Friday and Crown Prince Salman was named king, the royal court said in a statement on Friday. The late monarch’s half brother Moqren was named crown prince, according…
Read more
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia plans to delay the public flogging of a rights activist on medical grounds, Amnesty International said on Thursday, raising the possibility that Riyadh may be trying to quietly drop the punishment that has drawn international rebuke….
Read more
RIYADH: Sekumpulan penyokong militan yang menggelarkan kumpulan mereka Negara Islam di Iraq dan Syria (ISIS) mengeluarkan video semalam yang menunjukkan anggotanya menembak seorang warga Denmark di Arab Saudi minggu lalu, lapor badan pemantau SITE. Kesahihan video itu tidak dapat disahkan,…
Read more