French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Saudi Arabia for a state visit on Tuesday, a Saudi daily quoted him as saying that the current deadlock in the Middle East peace process plays into the hands of extremists.
The first international flight in 15 years has taken off from an airport in Grozny, the capital of Russia's war-torn republic of Chechnya, carrying hundreds of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.
In this edition, the latest exhibition in Halle Saint-Pierre in Paris presents the work of french artist Chomo who died ten years ago. And Frederic Martel talks about the influence of the media in Saudi Arabia.
Yemen has rejected Iranian "interference" in its affairs after Tehran's foreign minister criticised regional intervention in Sanaa's war with Shiite rebels in a thinly veiled allusion to Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia says it has regained control of Jabal Dukhan, an area they say was seized by Yemeni Shi'ite rebels who reportedly crossed into Saudi territory last week.
Saudi military forces pressed their offensive against Yemen's Shiite rebels on Saturday after the insurgents made a cross-border raid earlier this week. Meanwhile rebels claim they captured some Saudi soldiers in Yemeni territory on Friday.
Reports say Saudi jets have pounded Shiite rebels camps in northern Yemen in retaliation for a rebel incursion across the border. Saudi ground troops are said to be gathering near the Yemeni border.
A Saudi female journalist said Saturday that a court has ordered her to receive 60 lashes for working at a television network that aired a man's sexual confessions.
Liverpool's American co-owner George Gillett is in Riyadh for talks with Prince Faisal about the Saudi royal family's alleged interest in buying a stake of up to 50% in the English club.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah arrived in Syria in a sign of warming ties between the two Arab states, after relations deteriorated over the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and the 2005 assassination of Lebanese leader Rafiq Hariri.
