Middle East News

King of Jordan visits Saudi Arabia

  • Posted on August 24, 2010 at 9:49 pm

In the first photo below, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah (right) meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on August 22. The second photo shows the Jordanian king (at center) performing the Umrah, a minor pilgrimage, in the Saudi holy city of Mecca. (Photos: REUTERS/Yousef Allan. Photos provided by PicApp)

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (R) meets with Jordan's King Abdullah at the Royal Palace in Jeddah August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Yousef Allan (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)

Jordan's King Abdullah (C) performs the umra, a mini pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca August 22, 2010. The umra can be performed at any time of the year but is popular during Ramadan which starts in August this year. REUTERS/Yousef Allan (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: RELIGION ROYALS)

Emir of Qatar visits Paraguay

  • Posted on August 20, 2010 at 8:14 pm

Below: the emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (left), meets with Paraguaya’s President Fernando Lugo (right) on August 18. (Photo: REUTERS/Evelio Rodriguez. Photo provided by PicApp)

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (R) meets the Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (L) in government headquarters outside Lopez presidential palace in Asuncion, August 18, 2010. Paraguay will discuss the possibility of energy sector investments with the Qatari authorities, Paraguayan officials said. REUTERS/Evelio Rodriguez (PARAGUAY - Tags: POLITICS)

Jordanian royals saluted in Scotland

  • Posted on August 20, 2010 at 7:38 pm

Jordan’s King Abdullah, Queen Rania, and their daughter Princess Iman attended the Royal Military Tattoo at Edinburgh castle in Scotland on August 18. (Photos: REUTERS/David Moir. Photos provided by PicApp)

Jordan's King Abdullah (L) salutes soldiers from the Royal Jordanian Army Band as he stands with his wife Queen Rania and daughter Princess Iman after they arrived at the Royal Military Tattoo at Edinburgh castle, Scotland August 18, 2010. The royal couple's visit to the Tattoo, which runs for three weeks in August on Edinburgh Castle's esplanade and is celebrating its diamond anniversary having first been staged in 1950, marks the first occasion a sovereign from the Middle East has attended. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT ROYALS)

Jordan's King Abdullah laughs with his wife Queen Rania as they watch the Royal Military Tattoo at Edinburgh castle, Scotland August 18, 2010. The royal couple's visit to the Tattoo, which runs for three weeks in August on Edinburgh Castle's esplanade and is celebrating its diamond anniversary having first been staged in 1950, marks the first occasion a sovereign from the Middle East has attended. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT ROYALS)

Royal news from the Middle East

  • Posted on August 18, 2010 at 11:44 pm

Jordanian prince visits terrorism victim

  • Posted on August 3, 2010 at 9:25 pm

Below: Jordan’s Prince Ali (left) visits a man injured by rocket fire in the Jordanian resort of Aqaba on August 2. (Photo: REUTERS/Yousef Allan. Photo provided by PicApp)

Jordan's Prince Ali visits a man injured by rocket fire in the Red Sea port resort of Aqaba August 2, 2010. Rockets from Egypt's Sinai, an area where Islamist militants have operated in the past, struck Israel's and Jordan's Red Sea port resorts on Monday, injuring four civilians, Jordanian and Israeli police said. REUTERS/Yousef Allan (JORDAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS ROYALS)

Middle East royalty in the news

  • Posted on July 31, 2010 at 11:58 pm

Emir of Qatar visits Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Posted on July 23, 2010 at 6:15 am

Below: The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad (left) during a welcome ceremony in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on July 21. The emir and his wife, Sheikha Mozah, are making an official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic. Photo provided by PicApp)

Emir of Qater Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (L) walks with Chairman of Tripartite Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidency Haris Silajdzic (R) during a welcome ceremony before their meeting in Sarajevo, July 21, 2010. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Tags: POLITICS)

King Hamad in London

  • Posted on July 16, 2010 at 8:24 pm

Prime Minister, David Cameron, welcomed Bahrain’s King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (right) to the British government headquarters, 10 Downing Street in central London, on July 15. (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth. Photo provided by PicApp)

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) welcomes Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa outside 10 Downing Street in central London July 15, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth(BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)

Middle East royal news

  • Posted on July 6, 2010 at 12:00 am

Kuwaiti royal family member murdered

  • Posted on June 29, 2010 at 6:28 am

Kuwait buries slain royal

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