Saudi Arabia to allow unmarried foreign couples to rent hotel rooms
Unmarried foreign couples will from now on be allowed to rent hotel rooms together in Saudi Arabia.
Couples previously had to prove they were married...
Yemen’s Houthis claim to have captured Saudi troops
Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement has claimed to have captured thousands of "enemy troops," including Saudi army officers and soldiers and hundreds of armoured vehicles.
The...
Saudi Arabia to start issuing tourism visas
Saudi Arabia will start issuing tourist visas from Saturday as part of its bid to diversify its economy away from oil dependence.
Ahmad Al-Khatib, chairman...
BDS national committee of Palestine condemns India’s occupation of Kashmir
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) has issued a statement condemning India's ongoing transgression in occupied Kashmir and compared it to...
Saudi Arabia pays for families of Christchurch attack victims to attend Hajj
Around 200 family members of victims of the New Zealand mosque terror attacks have arrived in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
King Salman last month...
Israel praises grand mufti of Saudi Arabia’s comments labelling Hamas a terrorist group
An Israeli minister has welcomed comments by the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia that the Palestinian resistance group Hamas is a terrorist organisation.
Israeli Communications...
Qatar accuses Saudi Arabia of denying hajj pilgrims visas
Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of denying its hajj pilgrims visas for the third year in a row.
Qatari newspaper Al-Raya on Saturday condemned the...
New survey of Arab opinion reveals near universal condemnation of homosexuality
A major new survey of Arab public opinion has found near universal condemnation of homosexuality across 11 Arab countries.
The survey also found that the vast...
Israel unveils ‘Trump Heights’ settlement in occupied Golan Heights
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a new settlement in the occupied Golan Heights named after President Donald Trump.
At the naming ceremony yesterday,...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy on route to Jerusalem to pray at Al-Aqsa on...
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian boy dead on Friday as he tried entering Jerusalem to pray tarawih at Masjid Al-Aqsa on the 27th night...
