Rebecca Baird-Remba, Business InsiderMay 2, 2013 13:50
Immigration officials are investigating a possible case of human trafficking at a home in McLean, Va., owned by the Saudi government, according to various media sources.
Five Saudis have died after becoming infected with a deadly new SARS-like coronavirus, authorities said Thursday — the same virus that sickened people in the UK, Jordan, and Germany, as well as in what is thought to be its Saudi origin point.
Syria, which has been percolating in and out of public view for the last two years, exploded into full sight this past week as a result of revelations that the Assad government may have used nerve gas against rebel-controlled areas. With over 70,000 already dead -- the result of air strikes, heavy shelling of populated areas, and other deadly conventional military means, one can legitimately wonder why the possible deaths of an additional dozen or two Syrians would cause such concern in Washington.
Chief executives operating in the Middle East and North Africa say they are facing red tape and a cascade of other hurdles as they seek to tap into rapid growth and attractive demographics in the region.
Saudi Arabian men wait outside the Masmak Palace to show allegiance to the kingdom's new Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on June 23, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images)
His eldest son is aged 98 and his eldest grandson is 65, but it was not clear from the reports if they were the oldest of Sheikh Awad’s many offspring.
A Saudi woman looks at a publication during the annual International Book Exhibition in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on March 8, 2012. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)
Saudi officials take issue with a US weather report on the Red Sea region.
Bahraini protesters use a trolley to carry bricks during clashes with riot police following a protest against the Formula One Grand Prix on April 19, 2013 in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama. (Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images)
On Friday April 19, thousands of Bahraini protesters were subdued by state violence when they assembled to demonstrate against the Formula One Grand Prix being held in Manama.
Pro-reform protesters from the February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition marched on the capital’s Pearl Roundabout. Clashes broke out when state security forces “fired tear gas and shotguns to disperse the protesters before they neared the area,” reported Al Jazeera English. Demonstrators responded by chucking petrol bombs and stones at police officers, chanting, “Your race is a crime” and “No, no to the blood formula.”
US President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the TransCanada Stillwater pipe yard in Cushing, Oklahoma. Obama spoke about the Keystone XL pipeline and his energy policies. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
US energy independence has been a pipedream of presidents and politicians. With President Obama’s looming decision on whether to approve the Keystone pipeline, proponents are citing US energy independence, lower fuel prices, and a chance to get oil from a more friendly country as reasons to back the project.
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