Riyadh - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Riyadh on Sunday for a one-day visit to discuss with Saudi King Abdullah ways to deal with the new Israeli government, diplomatic sources said. Abbas will coordinate with the Saudi monarch a strategy to approach the new right-wing government under Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejects a "two-state solution" to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, diplomatic sources in the Palestinian embassy in Riyadh told the German Press Agency dpa.
Riyadh - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Wednesday called on Israel "to take a position" on peace with Arab states if it wished to keep an Arab peace initiative on the table.
In a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in Riyadh on Wednesday, al-Faisal said the Israeli government had brought the peace process "to naught."
Sana'a, Yemen - Yemen on Saturday extradited to Saudi Arabia five Saudi suspects wanted in their country over links to terrorist activities, security sources said.
The sources said the suspects included Abdullah Abdul-Rahman al- Harbi, a leading al-Qaeda suspect who was arrested in southern Yemen on March 14.
Yemen and Saudi Arabia have in recent years swapped dozens of suspects under a security agreement signed by the two countries in 2004.
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Mar. 27 : One of the world''s most influential jihadi theologians has reportedly been criticised by some of his former followers for allegedly moderating his views, a claim he denies.
Riyadh - A Saudi terrorist suspected of recruiting foreign militants for the al-Qaeda network in Iraq surrendered to Saudi authorities, the Saudi News Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday.
Fahd Rikad Sameer Al-Ruweili, 31, who is also suspected of smuggling weapons to al-Qaeda in Iraq, ranks as number 61 out of a list of 85 most wanted terrorist suspects issued by the Saudi Interior Ministry earlier this month.
Dubai, Mar. 23 : The presentation of the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace and the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship shield plus prize money cheques will be made to the captains of the Australia and South Africa teams in Johannesburg on March 25.
The ceremony will take place at the Wanderers Club and David Richardson, ICC General Manager - Cricket, will make the presentations.
Riyadh - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Riyadh on Sunday for a one-day visit to discuss with Saudi King Abdullah ways to deal with the new Israeli government, diplomatic sources said. Abbas will coordinate with the Saudi monarch a strategy to approach the new right-wing government under Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejects a "two-state solution" to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, diplomatic sources in the Palestinian embassy in Riyadh told the German Press Agency dpa.
Riyadh - Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Wednesday called on Israel "to take a position" on peace with Arab states if it wished to keep an Arab peace initiative on the table.
Sana'a, Yemen - Yemen on Saturday extradited to Saudi Arabia five Saudi suspects wanted in their country over links to terrorist activities, security sources said.
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Mar. 27 : One of the world''s most influential jihadi theologians has reportedly been criticised by some of his former followers for allegedly moderating his views, a claim he denies.
Riyadh - A Saudi terrorist suspected of recruiting foreign militants for the al-Qaeda network in Iraq surrendered to Saudi authorities, the Saudi News Agency (SPA) reported on Thursday.
Dubai, Mar. 23 : The presentation of the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace and the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship shield plus prize money cheques will be made to the captains of the Australia and South Africa teams in Johannesburg on March 25.
