Mar 04 Virus halts pilgrimages to Mecca, Friday prayers in Iran By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting Islamic worship in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia banned its citizens and other residents of the kingdom from performing the pilgrimage in Mecca and Iran canceled Friday prayers in major cities. The decisions affected both… Continue reading
Feb 27 Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages over virus By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The decision showed the growing worry across the Mideast about the virus as Iran confirmed that infected cases in the country spiked by over 100, to 254 now. Continue reading
Feb 26 Saudi military students resume U.S. flight training after Pensacola shooting By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The U.S. Navy said in a statement that flight training for the Saudi students resumed Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 19 Devices found in missiles, Yemen drones link Iran to attacks By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The discovery further ties Iran to an attack that briefly halved Saudi Arabia's oil output and saw energy prices spike by a level unseen since the 1991 Gulf War. Continue reading
Jan 23 What we know, and don’t, about the alleged Bezos phone hack By Frank Bajak, Associated Press According to a report overseen by a former longtime FBI agent and top cybersecurity official in the Obama administration, evidence on the phone suggests it was infected by spyware in May 2018 via a WhatsApp message from the account of… Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 8:18 Why the UN thinks Saudi crown prince helped to hack Jeff Bezos’ phone United Nations investigators have unveiled an extraordinary charge: that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia may have been personally involved in hacking Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest men. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Agnès… Continue watching
Jan 13 WATCH: Barr says U.S. sending home some Saudi cadets after shooting By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The trainees who are being removed had jihadist or anti-American sentiments on social media pages or had “contact with child pornography,” U.S. officials said. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 8:39 Saudi investigation into Khashoggi killing leaves ‘full truth’ unknown, says UN official A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced five people to death for their involvement in the killing of columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The proceedings lasted nearly a year and were shrouded in secrecy, with only a select group of diplomats in attendance… Continue watching
Dec 23 Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing By Abdullah al-Shihri, Aya Batrawy, Associated Press The killing of Khashoggi stunned the international community and also many Saudi citizens. Continue reading
Dec 20 Twitter and Facebook delete foreign state-backed accounts By Mae Anderson, Associated Press Twitter's and Facebook's announcements underscore the fact that misinformation concerns aren't limited to the U.S. and Russia. Continue reading