Saudi Arabian voters have elected twenty women from municipal council election held on Saturday, December 12. This is the first time in the history of the country women were allowed to vote and contest for local government seats. However, the 20 women candidates represent just one percent of about 2,100 […]

The Saudi Arabia authorities have come under sharp criticism after yesterday’s stampeded disaster outside holy city Mecca that killed more than 700 Muslim pilgrims. People following Islam come to Mecca in the annual event and the current flow of visitors is 2 million. It is said if the government is […]

Saudi Arabia has identified nineteen public decency to be followed a day after the kingdom was opened up to foreign tourists. According to interior ministry, fines would be imposed for the violations of such public decency that includes public displays of affection and immodest clothing in the ultra-conservative Islamic country. […]

Muslims from Democratic Republic of the Congo have been banned this year to go for Hajj in Saudi Arabia due to Ebola outbreak in the eastern North Kivu and Ituri provinces of the country. Saudi Arabia Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Wednesday not to be giving visas to DRC Hajj […]

The debt to China is growing and Pakistan is seriously looking for opportunities to ward off such financial crisis. A Zerohedge article written by James Dorsey on Mid East Soccer blog lately claims the oil refinery investment of Saudi Arabia at the port city of Gwadar could threaten Iran’s India-backed […]

Saudi Arabia has linked Mecca and Medina with a high-speed railway capable of traveling at speeds of 300 km per hour in an effort to improve traffic congestion for pilgrims who visit the country annually in millions from across the world. Called as 450km Haramain High-Speed Rail System, it will […]