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Revealed: Stunning new images show gold-plated, ultra-luxurious Riyadh metro station that Saudi king has ordered to be built
Monday 20 May 2013
King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station has been designed by half-British architect Zaha Hadid
British boy, aged 1, taken to morgue in body-bag by mistake - after surviving crash that killed family in Saudi Arabia
Monday 20 May 2013
It was only when the bodies were being put into temporary storage units at a hospital that Eisa moved and workers realised he was still alive
Saudi Arabian woman makes history having successfully scaled Mount Everest
Sunday 19 May 2013
Mountaineering officials say 64 climbers, including a Saudi Arabian woman, have successfully scaled Mount Everest from Nepal's side of the mountain.
Saudi Arabia to punish men for converting woman to Christianity
Monday 13 May 2013
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced two men to lashes and prison terms for converting a woman to Christianity and helping her flee the conservative Islamic kingdom, the Saudi Gazette reported on Monday.
You can kick it: girls are permitted to play sport at Saudi Arabian schools for first time
Sunday 05 May 2013
Saudi girls will be allowed to play sport in private schools for the first time.
Revealed: George Osborne’s secret veto on fraud inquiries
Tuesday 23 April 2013
Chancellor writes SFO cheques - so is there a conflict of interest?
Female Eritrean pilot goes to Saudi Arabia to recover jet stolen by defectors - and defects herself
Monday 22 April 2013
A military pilot sent by Eritrea to Saudi Arabia to reclaim a jet stolen by two fellow officers when they flew to seek asylum has herself defected.
Holiday scams leave British travellers £1.5m out of pocket
Thursday 18 April 2013
Rising problem of online fraud sees thousands of tourists paying for fake hotels, flights and trips
Page 3 Profile: Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, investor and royal prince
Sunday 14 April 2013
He looks like an eccentric chap.
James Ashton: Even little-known Jazan gets a $15bn makeover
Saturday 13 April 2013
Have you heard of Jazan? Nope, me neither – until this week.
Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy accused of baby murder
Friday 12 April 2013
Irish nanny Aisling Brady McCarthy has been charged with murder in the US after the death of a baby.
Saudi Arabian court orders man to be surgically paralysed in 'eye for an eye' punishment
Thursday 04 April 2013
The verdict has been condemned by Amnesty, which said it had only recently learned of the man's sentence
'Gay? Prove it then – have you read any Oscar Wilde?': Judges accused of asking lesbian asylum seekers inappropriate questions
Thursday 04 April 2013
Tribunal judges accused of shocking levels of ignorance and prejudice
The photos Saudi Arabia doesn't want seen – and proof Islam's most holy relics are being demolished in Mecca
Friday 15 March 2013
Archaeologists fear billion-pound development has led to destruction of key historical sites
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- 5 Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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