Saudi beheads Pakistanis in year`s first executions

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 20:05

Saudi authorities beheaded today two Pakistanis for drug smuggling in the ultra-conservative kingdom`s first executions of the year, the interior ministry said.

Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka sign labour pact

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 14:31

Saudi Arabia has plans to sign similar agreements with several other countries in the near future.

German diplomats survive attack in Saudi Arabia

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 08:19

Two German diplomats Monday survived an attack on their car by unknown assailants in Saudi Arabia`s Qatif governorate, Saudi Press Agency quoted local police as saying.

German diplomats escape Saudi shooting unharmed: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 04:47

Two German diplomats escaped unharmed when gunmen attacked their car in Saudi Arabia`s Eastern Province, a media report said.

German diplomats escape Saudi shooting unharmed: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 04:47

Two German diplomats escaped unharmed when gunmen attacked their car in Saudi Arabia`s Eastern Province, a media report said.

Saudi sentences Qaeda militant to death over US firm attack

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 15:06

A Saudi court has sentenced to death an Al-Qaeda militant and jailed 10 others over a May 2004 attack that killed six Westerners and a policeman, state media reported.

New Saudi policy won`t affect us: Indian expats

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 14:59

Expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia feel that the new labour policy of that Gulf nation will not affect them as they are generally law-abiding citizens.

First dinosaur fossils dating back 72 mn years found in Saudi Arabia

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 15:22

An international team of scientists from have now uncovered the first record of dinosaurs from Saudi Arabia, which are exceptionally rare in the Arabian Peninsula.

PM Manmohan Singh appreciates Saudi Arabia`s help to expats

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 13:54

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed his gratitude to Saudi Arabia for addressing the problems of over a million Indian workers after that country adopted a new labour policy.

No deal for Pervez Musharraf, says Saudi minister

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 12:00

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal categorically denied that he was visiting Pakistan to broker a deal for former president Pervez Musharraf.

Saudi may restrict expats` stay to eight years

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 17:16

Saudi Arabia might restrict foreign workers` stay in the country to a maximum of eight years under a proposed law to create jobs for its citizens, a move expected to affect a large number of Indians.

Fuelled by Syria war, al Qaeda bursts back to life in Iraq

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 03:49

Al Qaeda gunmen seeking to form a radical Islamic state out of the chaos of Syria`s civil war are fighting hard to reconquer the province they once controlled in neighbouring Iraq, stirring fears the conflict is exporting ever more instability.