Around 900 female candidates are standing in next month's municipal election.
Around 900 female candidates are standing in next month's municipal election.
The 45-year-old married woman was sentenced to death by stoning while her compatriot partner was sentenced to 100 lashes on account of being single.
Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir says Riyadh's support to the Syrian opposition against Assad is still continuing.
The world's top oil exporter has previously said it was studying increases in domestic energy prices, the introduction of VAT and the installation of nuclear and solar power.
Most of the fatalities came in the holy city of Madinah area, in the kingdom's west, where five bodies were recovered.
For a third straight day this week, classes were suspended at schools and universities along some areas in Saudi Arabia's northwest.
The shooting happened around 1 am on Wednesday in the eastern region of Al Qatif.
Four smugglers were heading to a site on the Red Sea coast while a patrol vessel stopped them.
King Khaled International Airport, the main airport in the capital Riyadh, will be the first asset to be privatised in the first quarter next year.
Gulf countries say the attack is against Islamic values.