Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s Kingdom Holding raises Twitter stake
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment firm Kingdom Holding now together own more…
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Egyptian death toll in Mecca hajj stampede rises to 148
The number of Egyptian pilgrims killed in the recent Mecca stampede has increased to 148 , Egypt's Minister of…
Sisi rejects criticism of Saudi Arabia over Hajj tragedy
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Monday praised Saudi Arabia’s role in organizing the annual Hajj…
Saudi to convert state real estate fund into bank
Saudi Arabia plans to convert a state-owned housing fund into a bank, the latest in a string of reforms to the…
Iran, Egypt, Nigeria top list of foreign casualties in Hajj stampede
Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 769 Muslim pilgrims they say were…
Iran says death toll doubled to 464 in Hajj stampede
Iran says Thursday number of its citizens who died in the Hajj stampeded in Saudi Arabia last week has reached 464…
As insults fly, Iran-Saudi haj row aggravates regional rifts
For regional adversaries at loggerheads over the crises in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the disaster at the haj is…
Egypt, Iran, Pakistan identify more victims from hajj crush
Iran, Egypt and Pakistan said Sunday they had identified dozens more bodies from a crush of Muslim pilgrims three…
Saudi Arabia says 100,000 troops to secure this year’s hajj
Saudi Arabia has deployed 100,000 security personnel to oversee the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage that begins on…
Saudi king seeks ‘urgent’ UN action on Al-Aqsa
Saudi King Salman has appealed to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and members of the Security Council for "urgent measures"…
