Saudi Arabia is planning to close its border with Iraq to prevent Iraqi militants from entering the Kingdom and to discourage Iraq-bound religious extremists transiting the country, the Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh said Thursday.

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia hours after he was was deported from his country. A diplomat based in Saudi Arabia said Saudi officials, whom he did not name, received Sharif at Jiddah's royal terminal, where his plane landed.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been reportedly deported to Saudi Arabia after he was arrested by police on returning to Islamabad Monday morning after seven years in exile.

Saudi Arabia has given its support to a Middle East peace conference proposed by U.S. President George W. Bush. Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal today said Saudi Arabia welcomes the initiative, adding that there is international momentum toward peace in the Middle East, and that Israel should respond to those pressures.

Younis Mahmoud headed home his fourth goal of the soccer tournament as Iraq secured a memorable 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Sunday to win the AFC Asian Cup 2007.

Iraq's National Football Team is taking the hopes of Iraqi people to the Asian Cup Final Game of 2007. The game is taking place in Jakarta, but the security is very tide in Iraq. Iraqi soccer team will play against Saudi Arabia, but many people will watch Iraq, as the possible victory is going to be a huge lift to the self-confidence of Iraqi people.

Russia will start Wednesday bilateral negotiations with Saudi Arabia on its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), a Russian economics ministry official said.

An Iraqi delegation headed to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to hold negotiations over fighting the al-Qaida terror network, a senior Iraqi official said.

Saudi Arabia has started forming special security units to protect the kingdom's oil infrastructure from terrorist attacks, Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz said Sunday, July 1st.

It has been alleged that the arms company BAE Systems has paid Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia more than £1 billion, in connection to Britain's biggest ever weapons contract, "Al-Yamamah", worth £43bn.

The Saudi oi minister has shortlisted eight local firms to build and operate an oil refinery in Jizan in partnership with international companies that will be invited to make bids, newspapers said on May 28th.

Xinao Group, the parent of Hong Kong-listed Xinao Gas Holdings Ltd, is in talks with firms in Australia, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia to import natural gas, a company official said.