How Nawaz Sharif was humiliated at US-Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh
The anti-terror summit was attended by US President Donald Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz.
May 23, 2017, 14:49 PM IST
Saudi, UAE pledge $100 mln to Ivanka Trump womens' fund
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim announced the donation from both oil-rich Gulf states yesterday, during a meeting between Ivanka Trump and a group of Saudi women, a member of the US delegation said.
May 22, 2017, 22:27 PM IST
US President Donald Trump arrives in Israel on flight from Riyadh
US President Donald Trump arrived in Israel on Monday on a flight from Saudi Arabia and will meet separately with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to revive peace talks.
May 22, 2017, 15:29 PM IST
Donald Trump says India a victim of terrorism, urges nations to ensure terrorists don't find safe havens on their lands
Urging Arab and Islamic leaders to unite and do their share to defeat Islamist extremists, US President Donald Trump acknowledged that India was a victim of terrorism.
May 22, 2017, 09:29 AM IST
Ivanka Trump says Saudi progress on women 'encouraging'
"The stories of Saudi women, such as yourselves, catalysing change, inspire me to believe in the possibility of global women's empowerment," said Ivanka.
May 21, 2017, 20:40 PM IST
Anti-terror fight 'not a battle between different faiths': Trump
Trump will also appeal to countries in the Middle East to play their part in fighting extremism.
May 21, 2017, 20:37 PM IST
Defence deal with Saudi to counter 'malign Iranian influence': Rex Tillerson
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday that arms agreements worth $110 billion signed with Saudi Arabia aim to help the kingdom deal with "malign Iranian influence".
May 20, 2017, 23:18 PM IST
US President Donald Trump lands in Saudi Arabia for first foreign trip
Dogged by controversy at home, President Donald Trump opened a nine-day foreign trip on Saturday in Saudi Arabia, looking to shift attention from a spiraling political firestorm over his firing of former FBI Director James Comey last week.
May 20, 2017, 14:07 PM IST
US President Donald Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia
Saudi and pan-Arab news channels showed Air Force One on the tarmac in Riyadh in front of a red carpet flanked by Saudi soldiers.
May 20, 2017, 12:25 PM IST
Jim Mattis in Riyadh to boost US-Saudi alliance
The United States and Saudi Arabia have a decades-old relationship based on the exchange of American security for Saudi oil.
Apr 19, 2017, 08:47 AM IST
Hyderabad woman escapes sexual slavery in Saudi Arabia, seeks help from Indian embassy
Most trafficking cases to the Gulf region are reported from southern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Mar 29, 2017, 13:20 PM IST
Popular Saudi cleric banned from Twitter
A Saudi Islamic leader with more than two million Twitter followers has been banned from writing by a court that convicted him of jeopardising public order.
Mar 17, 2017, 18:25 PM IST
Saudi deputy crown prince, Donald Trump meeting a ''turning point'': Saudi adviser
Riyadh and other Gulf allies see in Donald Trump a strong president who will shore up Washington’s role as their main strategic partner.
Mar 15, 2017, 09:54 AM IST
Saudi Arabia Police shoot dead Islamic State suspect
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has called for attacks against Saudi Arabia, a member of the US-led coalition battling the group in Syria and Iraq.
Mar 08, 2017, 13:09 PM IST
Bruised and battered, this Ahmedabad girl lives to narrate her ordeal in Saudi flesh trade
She was no longer ready to compromise with her dignity. And so she gathered courage to stage her brave escape from the clutches of her 'savage' employer, thousands of miles away from her home in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Feb 17, 2017, 18:53 PM IST
Saudi Crown prince says US-Saudi ties strong
Saudi Arabia's relations with the United States are "historic and strategic", Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef said on the occasion of the visit of CIA director Mike Pompeo to Riyadh.
Feb 11, 2017, 15:37 PM IST
Pak's Raheel Sharif appointed chief of Saudi-led Islamic military alliance
Pakistan's recently retired army chief General Raheel Sharif is all set to head a Saudi Arabia-led 39-nation Islamic military coalition formed to combat terrorism, country's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said today.
Jan 07, 2017, 14:45 PM IST
12 killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
The victims were hit in the Akawah area, saying "it was the latest in a series of barbaric airstrikes targeting civilians by the US-backed Saudi air aggression."
Nov 23, 2016, 18:21 PM IST
Saudi prince flogged in court-ordered punishment: Report
A Saudi prince was executed in Riyadh on Oct 19 after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a fellow Saudi.
Nov 02, 2016, 13:15 PM IST
Gunmen kill two Saudi police in Shiite majority city
Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shiite eastern city of Dammam early on Tuesday, authorities in the region said.
Oct 25, 2016, 16:24 PM IST
