Qatif

Saudi official says two extremists killed inside car in Shiite town Qatif

A spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says security forces have fired at a car, setting it on fire, and killing two extremists inside in a restive town in the country's eastern province.

Saudi Arabia blast: Car bomb explodes in Shia-dominated area

An explosion took place in a Saudi Arabian community dominated by minority Shiites on Thursday and emergency vehicles converged on the scene, a witness told AFP.

Blasts reported in various parts of Saudi Arabia, at least two people killed

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, while another blast occurred outside one of Islam's holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, a Saudi-owned television channel reported.

On the brink of history: Saudi women to contest and vote in elections for the first time

Segregated from male voters and unable to drive themselves to hustings, Saudi women begin their first-ever election campaign on Sunday, a tentative step towards better representation in the male-dominated kingdom.