by WorldTribune Staff, October 20, 2016 A member of the Saudi royal family who was convicted of murder has been executed. Prince Turki bin Saud bin Turki bin Saud Al-Kabeer was executed on Oct. 18, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a statement. The last time a member of the Saudi royal family was put […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2016 Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired two missiles at a U.S. Navy vessel off Yemen’s southern coast on Oct. 9. The attempted strike on the guided missile destroyer USS Mason, which was first reported by Reuters, came just a week after a United Arab Emirates vessel came under attack from Houthis. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 3, 2016 Saudi Arabia has one of the highest rates of divorce in the world. In the kingdom, which follows strict guidelines of Wahhabi Islam, 30 percent of marriages now end in divorce. “The society and laws (of Saudi Arabia) prevent any kind of interaction between males and females (before marriage), […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 30, 2016 A U.S. law allowing victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to sue Saudi Arabia will lead to “disastrous consequences,” the kingdom warned on Sept. 29. The House of Representatives approved the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) earlier this month. It was passed by the Senate […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 28, 2016 The unwritten rule in Saudi Arabia’s labor force has long been that private sector employees, in return for lifetime employment, would look the other way as public sector elites collected massive salaries and huge bonuses and enjoyed lavish perks. As the price of crude oil continues to plunge, however, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey A recent report from the kingdom indicates that dropping hostility to Israel is part of the Saudi regime’s far-reaching reform plans. Israel should respond. In the Sept. 14 issue of POLITICO magazine, retired U.S. diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad published a report on his most recent trip to Saudi Arabia and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 27, 2016 The political rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia spilled into OPEC’s informal meeting in Algeria as Iran said it would not freeze oil output and Saudi said the meeting was merely “consultative”. Saudi has said it would support a production freeze only if all OPEC producers are committed to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has blamed world powers for the spread of terrorism over the past 15 years and what he called a less secure world. Rouhani told the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22 that “repression and military intervention” by unnamed countries had caused terrorism […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 7, 2016 The top religious leader of Sunni Saudi Arabia further stoked the flames of tension with Shi’ite Iran on Sept. 6 by proclaiming that the leaders of the Islamic Republic in an area once known as Persia are not Muslims. “We must understand that they are not Muslims, as they […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blasted Saudi Arabia over its management of the hajj, suggesting Muslim countries should challenge Riyadh’s control of the annual Muslim pilgrimage. “Because of these [Saudi] rulers’ oppressive behavior towards God’s guests, the world of Islam must fundamentally reconsider the […]
