On Sunday, the helicopter carrying a Saudi Arabian prince crashed killing him and seven others. Prince Mansour bin Muqrin was a son of former Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz who served as Crown Prince for four months in 2015 until he was forced out by his brother, King Salman. The crash occurred near the country’s border with Yemen according to the state media.
Prince Mansour bin Muqrin…
A gunman has opened fire outside the Al-Salam Palace on Saturday, killing two members of the Saudi Royal Guard.
According to Saudi Arabian media, a security spokesman for the Interior Ministry confirmed that an attacker opened fire upon the royal palace after exiting a…
While allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia is a step forward, there is still a long way to go
28th September 2017
Brittani Barger explains why allowing women to drive in Saudi Arabia is a welcome step, but argues that there is still a long way to go for women’s rights in the region.
The news that King Salman of Saudi Arabia issued a decree allowing women to be given driving…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia signs order which allows women to drive
26th September 2017
King Salman of Saudi Arabia’shas issued a decree which allows women to be given driving licences according to state media.
From June 2018, women driver will be allowed on the road for the first time in the country’s history.
Currently, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world which bans women from driving.
Some Saudi women have been fined and imprisoned for driving in the…
Yesterday, His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan represented Her Majesty The Queen at the Sandhurst Sovereign’s Parade as the Reviewing Officer, where his son, Crown Prince Hussein, also graduated on Friday.
Before His Majesty inspected the parade, the Jordanian national…
The Supreme Order of the Renaissance (Wisam al-Nahda)is the middle Jordanian royal order; theOrder of Al-Hussein bin Aliis the highest order while the Order of the Star of Jordan and the Order of Independence are the third and fourth highest…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered that a newspaper columnist is suspended from the al-Jazirah newspaper after the columnist compared him to God.
The newspaper column written by Ramadan al-Anzi described King Salman as “Haleem” or forbearing and “Shadeed al-Eqab”, which means strict in punishment. The terms are both associated with God in Islam.
Giving divine…
The deposed Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammed bin Nayef, has reportedly been confined to his Palace in the city of Jeddah, as his successor consolidates his newfound power. Muhammed bin Nayef was replaced as Crown Prince by Mohammed bin Salman, the 31-year-old son of…
His Majesty King Salman of Saudi Arabia has named his 31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Mohammed replaces the King’s nephew as His Majesty’s heir.
The announcement came just after midnight through a royal decree sent out to…
His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan is not known to just sit on the sidelines, and he recently helped to put out a fire near the Jordanian capital of Amman and the Royal Palace. He assisted the Jordanian Army and civil defence teams in extinguishing the blaze.
On Sunday, a video began being circulated by Arab social media activists of His Majesty, who has a military background, helping put out…
