World’s largest hotel to open in Mecca
The world’s largest hotel, Abraj Kudai, will open in Mecca in 2017 amid the controversial physical transformation of the holy city.
Costing £2.3 billion to...
Four million Burmese entitled to get long-term residence in Saudi Arabia
Four million Burmese residents in Saudi Arabia are now entitled to obtain an ‘iqama,’ a long-term residence with job prospects.
Sheikh of the Burmese community...
Saudi charity paid £52k blood money for release of Bangladeshi prisoner
A Bangladeshi man has been released from a Saudi prison, after a charity paid more than £50k compensation to his victim's family because of...
Man who handed in 50k Dirhams in cash said it was his religious duty
A man has been praised for his honesty after he handed in 50,000 dirhams that he found at a bank cash machine to the...
Jordan to execute failed suicide bomber in response to pilot burned by ISIS
Jordan has announced it would execute a failed female suicide bomber and other Al-Qaeda linked fighters in retaliation for the murder of their pilot,...
Iranian film on Prophet Muhammad’s childhood set for premiere
A multimillion-dollar movie about the childhood of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) is set to premiere today in Iran.
Tehran’s Fajr international film festival, which coincides...
Israeli leaders mourn King Abdallah
Zionist media is reporting that Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has mourned the late Saudi monarch, King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud who passed away aged...
Israeli soldier shoots 74-year-old Palestinian woman after giving her water
Under the sounds of the Israeli bombardment and shelling on Gaza Strip in the summer of 2014, an Israeli soldier approached a 74-year-old Palestinian...
Israeli police shoots 5-year-old Palestinian in the face
Israeli police shot a rubber bullet at a five-year-old Palestinian boy’s face as he was getting out of a school bus on his way...
American man held by Israel for plotting to bomb Muslim holy sites
An American man wanted in the US on drugs charges has been arrested in Israel, charged with an alleged plot to attack Muslim holy...