Saudi Arabia postpones elections
GenevaLunch News Elections to 178 local councils will be delayed two years, announced Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers, King Abdullah at its head, the New York Times reports 19 May. The country’s...
View ArticleBarack Obama to target young Muslims in Cairo speech
GenevaLunch News Update 17:45 FULL TEXT of Obama speech (pdf) US President Barack Obama is set to speak to the Muslim world from Cairo University in Egypt today 4 June in a major speech months in the...
View ArticleSyrian attacks draw verbal fire from Saudi king, OAU
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Syria significantly stepped up its fight against protesters over the weekend, drawing sharp rebukes from Saudi Arabia and more criticism from neighbouring...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia’s Crown Prince laid to rest, new heir to be named soon
GenevaLunch News SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud was buried in Riyadh on Tuesday 25 October, now the country and the world wait for the Saudi king to announce...
View ArticleJordan’s king urges Syria’s Assad to step down
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Jordan’s King Abdullah, in a Monday interview with the BBC, became the first Arab leader to openly encourage President Bashar al-Assad to resign, in the wake of...
View ArticleSaudi crown prince, interior minister, dies in Geneva
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, age 78, died Saturday 16 June at a hospital in Geneva where he was being treated for a long illness, Aljazeera...
View ArticleSaudi king appoints women to Shura Council
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Saudi Arabia’s king Abdullah appointed 30 women to the previously all-male consultative Shura council, marking a historic first in the conservative kingdom. Two...
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