Posts Tagged ‘Saudi’

Sources: You Don’t Want To Know What Currently Happening To Saudi Arabian Woman

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA—Solemn-faced sources confirmed today that you do not want to know anything at all about what is happening at this very moment to 36-year-old Saudi Arabian woman Assi Omran. The Onion Tweet This Post

American Voices: 3 Men Deported From Saudi Arabia For Being ‘Too Sexy’

Authorities reportedly removed three men from a festival in Saudi Arabia and sent them back to their native United Arab Emirates for being “too handsome,” one of whom posted a number of photos of himself on Facebook that show him wearing eyeli… The Onion Tweet This Post

U.S. launched drone from secret Saudi base: reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is operating a secret base out of Saudi Arabia and used it to launch a CIA drone strike in 2011 that killed U.S.-born al Qaeda leader Anwar Al Awlaki, according to a media report. The Washington Post, in a report on Wednesday, said the Middle East base was set [...]

CIA operates drone base in Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA conducts lethal drone strikes against al-Qaida militants inside Yemen from a remote base in Saudi Arabia, including the strike that killed the U.S.-born al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Saudi pledges $300 million for Syria aid: al-Jazeera TV

DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia pledged on Wednesday to provide $ 300 million to help fund humanitarian efforts for Syrians affected by nearly two years of conflict, al-Jazeera Mubasher television reported. The channel said the announcement was made by the kingdom’s Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf at an aid donor conference chaired by U.N. Secretary-General Ban [...]

US Oks sanctions on Arab militant group, Saudi man

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has declared an Arab group responsible for targeting U.S. and Japanese ships as a foreign terrorist organization. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Saudi Air Force sergeant accused of child rape in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – A Saudi Air Force sergeant in the United States for training has been arrested on child sexual assault charges over accusations he raped a 13-year-old boy in a Las Vegas hotel, and bail was set on Friday at just over $ 1.2 million, authorities said. Mazen Alotaibi is accused of raping [...]

Saudi Arabia offers to release activists if they sign pledge

RIYADH (Reuters) – A group of prominent Saudi political activists who were jailed for long terms more than a year ago have been offered release if they sign a document pledging to abandon their activities, their lawyer said. Bassim Alim, who represented 16 Saudi activists sentenced in November 2011 for terms of between five and [...]

Obama meets new Saudi interior minister at White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met Saudi Arabia's new interior minister, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, on Monday to discuss security and regional issues, the White House said. Prince Mohammed, appointed in November after the death of his father, veteran Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz, is best known as Saudi Arabia's long-time security chief [...]