
Saturday Senator Rand Paul said that Hillary Clinton should give back the donations that the Clinton Foundation received from Saudi Arabia because of their horrendous record of abuse toward women.
by Robert Wilde21 Mar 2015, 2:27 PM PST0

Yemen suicide bombings bring sectarian civil war closer; Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘no Palestinian state’ scandal exposes political fantasies
by John J. Xenakis21 Mar 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

Iranian officers arrested numerous fans of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal soccer team after they used the match to protest against the regime.
by Mary Chastain20 Mar 2015, 7:52 PM PST0

Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing business visas to Swedish citizens, according to Stockholm’s foreign ministry.
by Edwin Mora20 Mar 2015, 11:25 AM PST0

Greece’s Alexis Tsipras threatens Europe with ‘jihadists and terrorists’; Eurogroup chairman suggests capital controls in Greece; Houthi airstrikes bomb Aden as Yemen war widens; Kerry: US is ‘deeply disturbed’ by Syrian regime’s chemical weapons
by John J. Xenakis20 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The government of Saudi Arabia executed three people on Tuesday via beheadings. The total number of beheadings in the strict Muslim country totals 48 in 2015 already, more than half the total beheadings in 2014.
by Mary Chastain18 Mar 2015, 7:01 AM PST0

A Saudi Arabian court in Al-Qatif sentenced a 32-year-old woman to 70 lashes and a fine of 20,000 Saudi Riyals ($5,333.33) after she insulted her husband on the WhatsApp mobile app.
by Mary Chastain17 Mar 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

Events in February, half a world apart, should give the staunchest “Team Obama” supporters pause to question this Administration’s mental health in understanding the evil plaguing the Middle East, primarily, and the West secondarily.
by James Zumwalt14 Mar 2015, 9:51 AM PST0

A community college district in Orange County, California will keep its controversial $105 million consulting contract with two technical schools in Saudi Arabia, despite opponents who say the Middle Eastern country’s human rights record is incompatible with the district’s values.
by Daniel Nussbaum11 Mar 2015, 5:44 AM PST0

The Saudi Arabian government has responded with fury to suggestions that its jailing and vicious punishment of a liberal activist was in any way unjustified.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 8:08 PM PST0

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, has urged Muslims across the world to use the internet and social media to wage a war on terrorism, reported state-run news agency SPA.
by Edwin Mora10 Mar 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

In 2014, Saudi Arabia passed India as the largest weapons importer in the world, according to a new report on world defense trade by the London-based IHS Jane’s organization. The figure covers all defense imports, except for munitions and small arms, leaving out anything under 57mm caliber.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.10 Mar 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

Libya’s two rival governments in unity talks to fight ISIS; UAE may replace Saudis as Egypt’s most important Arab ally; Boko Haram kills 58 in multiple bombings in Maiduguri, Nigeria; Boko Haram declares allegiance to ISIS
by John J. Xenakis8 Mar 2015, 9:03 AM PST0

Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan seek ‘Sunni unity’ versus Iran; Turkey’s Erdogan shuts out Al-Sisi and Egypt from discussions; After a year, experts still guessing about Malaysia Airlines 370
by John J. Xenakis7 Mar 2015, 7:57 AM PST0

Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tuesday address to a joint session of Congress, where he warned about the grave threats to the world posed by a potentially-nuclear Iran, the Jewish leader has received surprising support from a group of popular Saudi columnists.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Mar 2015, 10:59 AM PST0

The victim of a violent gang rape has been sentenced by a Saudi Arabian court to 200 lashes and six months in jail for the crimes of speaking to the press and indecency. According to Sharia Law, a Saudi Arabian
by A.B. Sanderson5 Mar 2015, 5:55 AM PST0

After initially driving down the price of oil by increasing its production, which gave Americans a welcome drop in prices at the pump, could Saudi Arabia now be pushing them back up?
by Marita Noon2 Mar 2015, 9:16 AM PST0

A cleric who has publicly stated that he is a 9/11 truther and previously described the attacks as an “inside job” received the prestigious “service to Islam” award from the government of Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
by Jordan Schachtel2 Mar 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

After almost $1 billion development costs, Healthcare.gov is still a disaster; Anthem health insurance data breach puts even non-customers at risk; Al-Sisi and Erdogan miss in Riyadh, signaling stormy times ahead
by John J. Xenakis2 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

Reports indicate Egypt, Italy, Russia planning military action in Libya; Egypt court declares Hamas to be a terrorist organization; Egypt and Turkey may try to create a ‘Sunni front’ with Saudi Arabia
by John J. Xenakis1 Mar 2015, 6:48 AM PST0

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor gave his own version of the Academy Awards during a UN session in New York this week. The “Oscars for Maintenance of International Peace and Security” mockingly awarded Iran, Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinians with Oscars in its very own special categories.
by Adelle Nazarian28 Feb 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

Arab countries moving Yemen ambassadors from Sanaa to Aden; Yemen’s banks deteriorate as the economy collapses; US CPI continues in deflation, as Europe offers negative interest bonds
by John J. Xenakis27 Feb 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

A Saudi Arabian man has been sentenced to death for apostasy after filming himself ripping up a copy of the Koran and hitting it with his shoe. The timing is embarrassing, as the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds25 Feb 2015, 9:28 AM PST0

Saudi Arabia officials have expressed in private that they may be willing to help out in an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the near future, according to European sources who told Israel’s Channel 2 News.
by Jordan Schachtel25 Feb 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

Saudi Arabia’s new king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, openly discussed “Islamized terrorism” in his statement to an Organization of Islamic Conference entitled “Islam and Combatting Terrorism.”
by John Hayward24 Feb 2015, 9:00 AM PST0