The king of Saudi Arabia King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has announced that he will give a $35 million in order to fight the deadly Ebola in West Africa.

Saudi Arabia witnessed a major uptick in the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV, cases when compared with the previous death toll of 190.

An announcement by Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry has confirmed that number of death victims of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has increased to 102. Prior to this announcement, Egypt confirmed on Saturday that it has recorded its first case of MERS in a man who has returned from Riyadh.

Eleven cases of potentially deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus have been recorded in Jeddah, said Saudi Arabian authorities. As per Jeddah health authority, two of the patients died, six have made recovery and remaining three have been undergoing treatment.

Health officials and governmental bodies fear a virus outbreak in the region and so has the Mecca work downsized the number of the visits to the Hajj Pilgrimage.

According to a recent report by the state-owned Saudi Press Agency (SPA), citing a statement made by the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission, a number of popular Internet chat, call, and messaging services - including Skype, WhatsApp, and Viber - may be banned by Saudi Arabia because these apps they do not comply with the country's regulatory requirements.

According to reports, Saudi Arabia - which plans to generate at least one-third of its electricity from solar energy by the year 2032 - has completed a 3.5 megawatt ground mounted photovoltaic ("PV") system, featuring panels from Suntech Power Holdings Company.

According to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the higher supply from competing oil producers will probably lead to a lower-than-expected demand for the OPEC crude in 2013.