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WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: CIA director John Brennan said on Wednesday recent attacks in Saudi Arabia bore the hallmarks of Islamic State, and that the militant group was a very serious threat to the kingdom.

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Nineteen people, including 12 Pakistani nationals, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia following suicide attacks on Monday, including one near Islam's second-holiest site in the city of Medina, the kingdom's Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

TEHRAN, IRAN: Iran on Tuesday condemned three suicide bombings that rocked its regional rival Saudi Arabia, one of them targeting Islam's second holiest place, the Prophet's Mosque (PBUH) in Madina.

KARACHI: In the war against terrorism, the Muslim world has endured several suicide blasts and attacks until today. But, the attack that stuck the grand mosque in the Saudi city of Madina, is not just any mosque. It is the second holiest sites of Islam and Muslims, within and outside Pakistan, are grieved, shocked and enraged.

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: As the investigation into the Saudi Arab attacks continues, the suicide bomber that detonated a bomb at a parking lot outside the Prophet’s Mosque (PBUH) killing four security men, has been identified as Umer Abdul Haadi, claimed the Arab media.

MEDINA/ QATIF/ JEDDAH: Suicide bombers struck three cities across Saudi Arabia on Monday, in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks as Saudis prepared to break their fast on the penultimate day of the holy month of Ramadan.

RIYADH: A suicide bomber blew himself up near the United States consulate in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea city of Jeddah in the early hours of Monday, the interior ministry said.

KARACHI: The two flights of Pakistan International Airline (PIA)  has brought back stranded pilgrims from Jeddah this noon, ARY News reported.

Saudi Arabia's aviation regulator has fined PIA 10,000 rials for operating a flight 18 hours late.

JEDDAH: Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday evening held a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal in Jeddah, ARY News reported.

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Sunday surprised many by taking off a flight to Karachi with only two passengers aboard, thus causing huge loss to the airliner, ARY News reported.

JEDDAH/KARACHI: An expected meeting between the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief, Dr Tahirul Qadri could not take place despite the fact that both the personalities were there in Madina on Thursday, ARY News reported.

JEDDAH: A female fan who disguised herself to infiltrate the male-only domain of a football stadium in Saudi Arabia has been red-carded, a police statement obtained on Sunday says.

ISLAMABAD: More than 9,000 Hajj pilgrims have flown to Saudi Arabia through more than 25 flights in the PIA's pre-Hajj Operation.