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Dangerous MERS virus kills 38 in Saudi Arabia
Two patients, who were hospitalized over the suspicion of being infected with a new coronavirus, have died in Saudi Arabia. Thus, the total number of deaths from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in the country has reached 38.
The number of patients has increased to 65 people, according to the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom.
Earlier, Russia’s chief sanitary doctor warned tourists...
Saudis stage anti-regime demonstration in Qatif
A protester holds up a picture of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr during a July 8, 2012 rally in the Saudi Arabian coastal town of Qatif against Nimr’s arrest.
Saudi people have staged a fresh anti-regime demonstration in the town of Qatif in Eastern Province, calling for the freedom of political detainees held in the kingdom’s prisons, Press TV reports.
Defying the Saudi regime’s ban on...
Saudi Arabia opens relaxation center for jailed Al-Qaeda extremists
The spokesman for the Saudi minister of interior General Mansour Turki (2R) is given a tour alongside other media representatives of a new centre for the rehabilitation of suspected “terrorists” and potential al-Qaeda recruits in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia hopes to put imprisoned Al-Qaeda militants on the right path and make them drop their thoughts of jihad by offering them spa treatments, exercise...
Tens of thousands protest in Saudi Arabia's Qatif region
Saudi anti-regime protesters hold a demonstration in the Qatif region of the Eastern Province.
Tens of thousands of Saudi protesters have held a massive anti-regime rally in the Qatif region of Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province, Press TV reports.
Chanting slogans against the Saudi authorities, the demonstrators turned out in Qatif late on Sunday to condemn the regime’s suppression of dissent.
Late...
New deadly mystery virus discovered in Saudi Arabia
It is called Novel Coronavirus, it is deadly and it is a nightmare: it seems the virus that causes the common cold has mutated to a pathogenic strain which causes severe respiratory problems and kidney failure. It has been confirmed that this type of virus has never been found before in humans. The epicenter seems to be Saudi Arabia; to date there is one death and one person in the ICU.
The human...
Saudi security forces destroy Shia mosque in Awamiyah
Saudi protesters hold an anti-regime demonstration in Eastern Province.
Saudi security forces have demolished a Shia mosque in Eastern Province as anti-regime demonstrations continue in the country.
The Ein Imam Hussein Mosque was razed by the regime forces as part of the crackdown on protesters in the town of Awamiyah.
Prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr used to lead daily prayers in the mosque...
Women-only city planned for Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is to build a new city exclusively for women. The Gulf kingdom is working on the narrow junction between strict Sharia law and the aspirations of active females who wish to pursue their own careers.
The new plan is to combine women’s desire to work in the modern age and provide a job environment that would go hand-in-hand with the country’s Sharia law. The Saudi Industrial Property...
Saudi Arabia mulls buying nuclear weapons from Pakistan
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf meets with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud at Royal Palace.
A report has unveiled that Saudi officials are trying to strike “a secret deal” with Pakistan to buy nuclear weapons from the Asian country.
Citing the recent meeting between King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in Jeddah, United Press International...
Saudi Arabia Issues Warning to Non-Muslims on Ramadan
Millions of Muslim believers gather in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) yearly to celebrate the monthlong Ramadan holiday
Saudi authorities are warning non-Muslim expatriates against eating, drinking or smoking in public during Ramadan, the monthlong sunrise-to-sunset fast or face expulsion.
The Interior Ministry of the oil-rich kingdom is calling on non-Muslims to “show consideration for feelings of Muslims”...
Saudi family fearful of revolution
Saudi Arabia is concerned about a revolution in the country because it is experiencing a unique power vacuum, an analyst tells Press TV.
“The Saudis, obviously, the ruling family is extremely worried about any revolution, if it’s in Egypt, Yemen or Bahrain because they know that the people of Saudi Arabia will go after them sooner or later,” said the founder and director of IGA, Ali al-Ahmad,...
Saudi Arabia may soon legalize nuptials of baby girls
A new fatwa recently issued in Saudi Arabia suggests that Supreme Mufti of the country will allow giving girls into marriage at the age of ten. However, he only legalized the existing orders: here eight-year-old girls, with the consent of their fathers, are married off to old men.
The laws of Saudi Arabia provide and even encourage the practice of early marriage of girls. “From ancient times...
Saudi Arabia bans homosexuals from schools
Secondary school students sit at the Abu Baker Al Arabi government school in Riyadh
Gays, tomboys and “emos” can no long enter public schools and universities in Saudi Arabia, until they change their appearance and behavior. That is how the country has chosen to tackle the spread of these “phenomena”.
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the country’s...
Iran’s warships arrive in Saudi Arabia
Iranian warships in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari
Two Iranian naval ships have docked in the Saudi port of Jeddah. Iranian officials say the move aims to project the country’s “power on the open seas” and “confront Iranophobia.”
The supply ship Kharg and destroyer Shaid Qandi docked on Saturday in the Red Sea port in line...
Cleric warns Saudi regime against Brutal Crackdown on Protesters
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
A prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia has warned the kingdom against the brutal crackdown on protesters amid ongoing anti-regime demonstrations in Eastern Province.
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who is Friday Prayers leader of Saudi eastern town of Awamiyah, also called on Al Saud regime to stop bloodshed.
He predicted that the Saudi regime would be toppled if it fails to end the month-long...
Why is Saudi Arabia, West's Ally?
Iran, Iraq and North Korea may have been labeled “the axis of evil” by President George W. Bush but it is Saudi Arabia that is the center of the Satanic universe here on Earth.
President Obama and the hounds from hell in the US Congress and various thinks tanks who seek to send Americans to fight and die in Iran should be targeting their wrath and the US Instruments of National Power at...