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Saudi tests Cadbury chocolate for pork traces

Saudi Arabia has withdrawn Cadbury chocolate bars from the market for tests to ensure the products do not contain traces of pig DNA, after the banned substance was detected in Malaysia.

Saudi tests Cadbury chocolate for pork traces
Kuwait's emir makes landmark visit to Iran

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday started a landmark visit to Tehran focused on mending fences between Shiite Iran and the Sunni-ruled monarchies in the Gulf.

Kuwait's emir makes landmark visit to Iran
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13 new MERS deaths in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has announced 13 more deaths from the MERS coronavirus, as the World Health Organisation prepared for an emergency meeting over worries about the spread of the disease.

13 new MERS deaths in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah. ©Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Saudis get Internet hotline to the king

Saudi citizens can now petition 90-year-old King Abdullah directly and lodge complaints through an Internet site set up at the initiative of the monarch himself.

Saudis get Internet hotline to the king
The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). ©Reuters/National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Deadly Middle East respiratory virus strikes in US

The first case of MERS, a dangerous respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East and has a high death rate, has been confirmed in the United States, officials said.

Deadly Middle East respiratory virus strikes in US
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Saudi prince killed endangered birds

A Saudi prince with a taste for the traditional sport of falconry illegally hunted 2,100 endangered birds while on holiday in Pakistan, officials said.

Saudi prince killed endangered birds
Abd Al Rahim Hussayn Muhammad al-Nashiri. ©Reuters/Janet Hamlin
Judge's order on CIA secret prisons released in full

The US government must turn over information on secret CIA interrogation centers connected to the trial of the alleged mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, a military judge said in an order released in full Tuesday.

Judge's order on CIA secret prisons released in full
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Saudi MERS death toll rises to 66

Saudi health authorities have reported the deaths of another two men from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the worst hit country to 66.

Saudi MERS death toll rises to 66
Dr Maha Al Muneef. Photo courtesy of forbes.com
Obama to meet woman activist on Saudi visit

US President Barack Obama will meet a woman activist in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, when women have pledged to defy a driving ban, a US official said.

Obama to meet woman activist on Saudi visit
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. ©Reuters/Brendan Smialowski
Mistrust overshadows Obama's Saudi trip

King Abdullah meets President Barack Obama Friday as mistrust fuelled by differences over Iran and Syria overshadows a decades-long Saudi-US alliance.

Mistrust overshadows Obama's Saudi trip
Bakhyt Batyshev. Photo courtesy of vk.com
Kazakhstan appoints new ambassador to Bahrain

Bakhyt Batyshev has been appointed new Ambassador of Kazakhstan in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Kazakhstan appoints new ambassador to Bahrain
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Saudi MERS death toll rises to 63

Saudi health authorities said Saturday a young man had died from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the worst-hit country to 63.

Saudi MERS death toll rises to 63
National Security Agency (NSA) Director General Keith Alexander. ©Reuters/Gary Cameron
'Free world' governments among worst for online spying: watchdog

Shady agencies at the service of democratically elected governments are among the worst online spies in the world, media watchdog RSF said Wednesday, putting them on the same level as offenders in Iran, China and Saudi Arabia.

'Free world' governments among worst for online spying: watchdog
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Saudi jails Islamist for 8 years for Twitter protest call

A Saudi court Sunday jailed an Islamist for eight years on charges of inciting protests, mocking the monarch and criticising the security services on Twitter.

Saudi jails Islamist for 8 years for Twitter protest call
Woman in Saudi media first wants others to follow

Soumayya Jabarti, the first female editor of a Saudi national daily, hopes to see more women take up top media posts in the ultra-conservative Muslim state.

Woman in Saudi media first wants others to follow
Hollande tackles Middle Eastern crises on Saudi visit

French President Francois Hollande and Saudi King Abdullah on Sunday held talks on escalating tensions in the Middle East, with a focus on Lebanon and Syria, during a visit also aimed at boosting commercial ties.

Hollande tackles Middle Eastern crises on Saudi visit
Syria views Saudi as number one enemy

Syria now views Saudi Arabia as its number one enemy and accuses it of trying to destroy the country by arming jihadists and other rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad.

Syria views Saudi as number one enemy
Ethiopia's colossal human airlift from Saudi Arabia

When Ethiopia started repatriating its citizens living illegally in Saudi Arabia last month, 30,000 people were expected to return.

Ethiopia's colossal human airlift from Saudi Arabia
US to maintain 35,000 troops in Gulf region: Hagel

The United States is committed to maintaining a 35,000-strong force in the Gulf region regardless of a nuclear deal with Iran, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Saturday in Bahrain.

US to maintain 35,000 troops in Gulf region: Hagel
OPEC to sit tight over oil output on supply strains

OPEC is set to stick to its oil output limit at a meeting here on Wednesday, even as Iraq and Iran eye higher crude exports amid slashed Libyan production.

OPEC to sit tight over oil output on supply strains