Saudi Arabia

20 Feb 2013

Thirty Saudi women took seats in Saudi Arabia's Shura Council for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom's history, as they were sworn in before King Abdullah yesterday in Riyadh.

Briefs, January 12, 2013

12 Jan 2013

Saudi King Abdullah appointed 30 women to the previously all-male consultative Shura Council in decrees published yesterday, marking a historic first as he pushes reforms in the ultra-conservative...

Briefs, January 10, 2013

10 Jan 2013

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has insisted civilians have the right to carry guns for self-defence, after a series of deadly shootings prompted calls for a total firearms ban. He said: "'...

Gunmen kill Saudi diplomat, guard in Yemen capital

28 Nov 2012

A Saudi diplomat and his bodyguard were killed in broad daylight when their car was raked with gunfire by unidentified assailants in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday, a diplomatic source said.

Relative of Sars virus had more victims

24 Nov 2012

A new virus from the same family as Sars, which was discovered and sparked a global alert in September, has killed two people in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The total number of cases has risen to six...

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Briefs, November 7, 2012

Brother of parliament speaker assassinated

Saudi Arabia reports new case of Sars-like coronavirus

Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry has confirmed that a second person in the kingdom has contracted a new respiratory virus related to Sars, bringing to three the number of those sickened by it in the...

Syrian pilgrims in Mecca protest against Bashar al-Assad's regime

Saudi authorities quickly dispersed a protest by hundreds of Syrian pilgrims calling for the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and denouncing what they said was an international failure to...

The Week Explained: Ikea controversy

Inter Ikea Systems, that company that sells basic yet hard-to-assemble furniture, has suffered a double whammy in Saudi Arabia after airbrushing women out of pictures in its catalogues.

HEALTH

Saudi boy with Sars-like virus in Hong Kong's QM Hospital

A four-year-old boy visiting Hong Kong from Saudi Arabia is sick in Queen Mary Hospital with a Sars-like virus suspected to be the same one that emerged in the Middle East last month. If confirmed...

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Ikea blasted in Sweden for airbrushing women out of Saudi Arabia catalogue

The world's biggest furniture retailer has come under heavy criticism in its home market Sweden after it airbrushed women out of its latest catalogue in Saudi Arabia, raising questions about its...