Saudi Arabia News

More than 1,000 calls to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center were made from the D.C. metro area last year.

PARIS: The core group of nations making up the Friends of Syria will meet on Saturday in Doha to discuss concrete help for the Free Syrian Army after recent successes by government forces, a French foreign ministry official said.

Farsi GeoTech, the oldest and biggest map provider in Saudi Arabia, has contributed feature data to the World Topographic Map through Esri's Community Maps Program .

JEDDAH, Jun 19, 2013 -- The Ministry of Interior has asked Interpol to help pursue hackers attacking government websites, said a ministry official.

A Jeddah health official rejected a report that a two-year-old boy in the city has fallen prey to the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus .

The telco has selected Ericsson's SSR 8000 family of smart service routers. Under this contract, Ericsson will upgrade the EPC network to support Long Term Evolution , network packet broker, virtual/cloud and visibility management system solutions, has unveiled its Security-Centric SDN security monitoring solution designed to combat today's cyber ... (more)

Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was "becoming a full moon" as Iranian influence spread.

New Delhi, Jun 18: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday lauded the gesture of Saudi Arabian Government to grant three months respite to Indian immigrant workers overstaying or illegally residing in that country.

National Bank of Kuwait Group and Kuwait Telecommunication Co. have yesterday signed a multi-currency financing agreement of USD 270 million to finance VIVA's plans to upgrade its network and expand in Kuwait.

Depa Limited, one of the world's leading interior contracting companies, has announced the signing of two new projects and one contract variation in Saudi Arabia for a total value of over Dhs250m [$70m].

Saudi authorities will impose a 50% cut on Saudi pilgrims and a 20% cut on foreigners in 2013 as construction works take place in Mecca.

A man stands on top of the emergency entrance of a hospital in Sarafand, south Lebanon, on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012.

A fighter from the Sadik unit of Free Syrian Army's Tahrir al Sham brigade reacts as a missile fired by Syrian air force jet explodes near by during heavy fighting in Mleha suburb of Damascus, Jan. 22, 2013.

Rebels fought to halt an advance by President Bashar al-Assad's forces into northern Syria on Monday while U.S. President Barack Obama faced a showdown with Russia's Vladimir Putin over Obama's decision last week to arm the insurgents.

Saudi Arabia's location at the crossroads of vital trade routes in the ancient world has given it a rich history and vibrant culture.

Four people have died from the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia, bringing the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 32, the health ministry said on its website Monday.

America's newest Miss USA is leaving a white collar job behind for a world of glamour in her new role - and she can't wait.

First I picked up this Pandemic Information News item, a computer-translated report from Al Mowaten : About 7 injuries "Corona" in a hospital in Taif .

RIYADH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia congratulated moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani on his election as the new president of Iran, the kingdom's Shia rival across the Gulf.

Closing in: Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on the outskirts of Aleppo on Saturday.