JIDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA: For years, the only thing sold openly in Saudi stores selling women's cloaks were of the all-black, drab covering variety. But now, streaks of vibrant colour, bands of glittering crystal - and even sheaths...
For years, the only thing sold openly in Saudi stores selling women's cloaks were of the all-black, drab covering variety. Now, streaks of vibrant color, bands of glittering crystal — even sheaths of sexy leopard skin prints —...
By DONNA ABU-NASR Associated Press JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- They wanted to go in to look at the remains of one particular tomb: the tomb of biblical Eve. Like hundreds of Muslims who visit Saudi Arabia for pilgrimages in...
By DONNA ABU-NASR , Associated Press JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - They wanted to go in to look at the remains of one particular tomb: the tomb of biblical Eve. Like hundreds of Muslims who visit Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage in...
A West Island family's ordeal with Saudi Arabian justice has taken a turn for the worse after a Saudi judge's ruling this week that an 18-year-old Canadian may be beheaded for his role in a Syrian teen's death last year.
Saudi Arabia is not known for great research universities, so the oil-rich country has decided to build one. KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, is rising in the desert near Jiddah. The biggest lure...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Every single man knows: Walking a dog in the park is a sure babe magnet. Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious police, in their zeal to keep the sexes apart, want to make sure the technique doesn't catch...
By Rafiq Latta in Khurais and Jiddah Saudi Arabia on 23 June emphatically denied recent reports that key increments in its program to increase crude oil production capacity to 12.5mn b/d are badly behind schedule. Senior...
Oil prices rose yesterday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from Nigeria will decline. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, inched lower Sunday night, but appear unlikely to...
For the LME metals as well as energy on both sides of the Atlantic, Friday closed solidly in positive territory. For crude oil, geopolitics again had a strong effect on trading. Concern over growth in Asian demand, which sent...