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May 15, 2022, 11:03 PM
Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after week-long stay
Saudi Arabian King Salman has been discharged from the hospital and was seen slowly walking with the aid of a cane
May 15, 2022, 11:03 PM
May 15, 2022, 12:36 PM
Saudi oil giant Aramco's first-quarter profits surge 80%
Oil giant Saudi Aramco says its profits soared more than 80% in the first three months of the year, as the state-backed company cashes in on the volatility in global energy markets and soaring oil prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
May 15, 2022, 12:36 PM
May 8, 2022, 3:56 PM
Saudi king admitted to hospital for colonoscopy
Saudi Arabia’s octogenarian monarch has undergone a colonoscopy, just weeks after he had the battery of his pacemaker changed
May 8, 2022, 3:56 PM
May 6, 2022, 8:20 PM
Saudi coalition transfers Yemeni prisoners as part of truce
The Red Cross says that 117 Yemeni prisoners held by the Saudi-led coalition have arrived in the southern port city of Aden as a truce deal between the warring parties entered its second month
May 6, 2022, 8:20 PM
2 months ago
Saudi airstrikes hit Yemen's Houthis after Jiddah attack
Officials say a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have unleashed a barrage of airstrikes on the capital and a strategic Red Sea city
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Satellite photos show Yemen rebels hit Saudi oil site again
Yemen’s Houthi rebels this week struck the same oil storage tank in the Saudi Arabian city of Jiddah they had previously hit a year and a half ago
2 months ago
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Yemen rebels launch barrage of strikes on Saudi sites
Saudi state-run media says that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unleashed a barrage of drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia that targeted a liquified natural gas plant, water desalination plant, oil facility and power station
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Saudi Arabia's human rights record may be overlooked over need for cheap oil, groups say
A record 81 people were executed in Saudi Arabia on March 12.
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Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
Saudi Arabia says it has executed 81 prisoners, including those convicted of killings and belonging to militant groups
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Saudi Arabia: 16 hurt in airport drone attack from Yemen
Saudi Arabia says 16 people of different nationalities have been wounded at an airport in the south from the interception and destruction of a drone carrying explosives launched from Yemen
3 months ago
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Saudi Arabia keeps lid on oil output as US gas prices rise
Saudi Arabia is signaling it isn’t willing to pump more oil and won’t push for changes to an agreement with Russia and other producers that has kept a lid on oil production levels
3 months ago
6 months ago
Dozens of camels barred from Saudi beauty contest over Botox
Saudi crackdown on camel beauty contestants that received botox.
6 months ago
6 months ago
Justin Bieber performs at Saudi F1 race after boycott calls
Pop star Justin Bieber has performed to a packed crowd in the Saudi city of Jiddah, singing some of his most popular hits on stage to excited fans
6 months ago
9 months ago
Saudi TV: Drone attack on airport wounds 8, damages plane
Saudi state TV says that a bomb-laden drone has targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, wounding eight people and damaging a civilian plane
9 months ago
1 year ago
Two Saudi women's rights activists released from prison
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman targeted female activists who sought freedoms.
1 year ago
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Saudi stock market trading stops over technical error
Saudi Arabia’s key stock market briefly suspended trading over what it referred to as an unexplained technical glitch
1 year ago
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Top general explains his visit to Saudi Arabia
The U.S. has deterred Iranian aggression on Saudi Arabia.
1 year ago
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Prominent female Saudi activist summoned in relation to case
Activist Loujain al-Hathloul was only released from prison three months ago.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Amid airstrikes, rebel offensive, Saudi Arabia offers peace initiative to end war in Yemen
Amid airstrikes and a rebel offensive, Saudi Arabia on Monday offered a peace initiative to end the war in Yemen.
1 year ago
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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim missile hits Saudi oil facility
Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they struck a Saudi oil facility in the port city of Jiddah on Thursday, the latest in a series of airborne assaults the group has claimed against the kingdom amid the grinding war in Yemen
1 year ago
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'(Biden) missed opportunity to rethink the alliance' with Saudi Arabia: Fred Hiatt
George Stephanopoulos interviews Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt.
1 year ago
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Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile attack over capital
The missile attack over capital was allegedly launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Sand covers snow after storm in Saudi Arabia
Stunning footage shows snow and sand in the desert near the Tabuk region.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Loujain al-Hathloul, prominent Saudi women's rights activist, released from prison after 1001 days
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison on Wednesday, but advocates warn she is still not completely free.
1 year ago
1 year ago
As Biden reviews US-Saudi relations, pressure rises to remake ties over Khashoggi killing, Yemen war
As President Joe Biden reviews U.S.-Saudi relations, pressure rises to remake ties over Khashoggi killing, Yemen war
1 year ago
1 year ago
Qatar ruler lands in Saudi Arabia for summit to end blockade
Qatar’s ruling emir has arrived in Saudi Arabia to attend a high-level summit of Arab leaders, following an announcement that the kingdom would end its yearslong embargo on the tiny Gulf state
1 year ago
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Saudi women's rights activist sentenced to nearly 6 years
One of Saudi Arabia's most prominent women's rights activists has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison under a vaguely worded counter-terrorism law
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Dubai's troubled theme park operator to go private
A Dubai government-backed holding company has made a formal bid to buy out the city’s struggling theme park operator
1 year ago
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'External source' causes oil tanker blast off Saudi Arabia
A shipping firm says an explosion on a tanker off Saudi Arabia’s port of Jiddah was caused by the ship being “hit from an external source.”
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Saudi prince strongly criticizes Israel at Bahrain summit
A prominent Saudi prince has offered harsh criticism of Israel at a Bahrain security summit that included the virtual participation of Israel’s foreign minister
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2 years ago
Saudi man arrested after stabbing guard at French Consulate
Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency is reporting that a Saudi man has been detained after stabbing and slightly wounding a guard at the French Consulate in the city of Jiddah
2 years ago
2 years ago
Pompeo says 'full' vindication, but watchdog report finds fault with emergency Saudi arms sales
The report from the State Department's beleaguered Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has been highly anticipated.
2 years ago
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Federal suit filed against Saudi crown prince by ex-official
A former top Saudi counterterrorism official has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, alleging the royal tried to find, trap and kill him on U.S. and Canadian soil
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia holds socially distanced hajj in Mecca
A severely limited number of pilgrims begin hajj rituals with COVID-19 control measures in place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia: Hajj will see at most 'thousands' due to virus
A Saudi official says the hajj pilgrimage, which usually draws more than 2 million Muslims from all over the world, will only see at the most “thousands” of pilgrims next month due to the coronavirus pandemic
2 years ago
2 years ago
Saudi Arabia to hold 'very limited' hajj due to virus
Saudi Arabia says this year’s hajj will not be canceled, but that due to the coronavirus only “very limited numbers” of people will be allowed to perform the major Muslim pilgrimage
2 years ago
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World Trade Organization: Saudis facilitated sports piracy
The World Trade Organization has ruled Saudi Arabia failed to stop a broadcasting operation pirating sports coverage and blocked moves to shut it down in a proxy of the Gulf economic and diplomatic dispute with Qatar
2 years ago
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Saudi police: 6 killed in shootout dispute between families
A shootout in a southwestern province in Saudi Arabia has killed six people and wounded three
2 years ago
2 years ago
Billionaire Saudi banking tycoon dead at 79, family says
Billionaire Saudi businessman Saleh Abdullah Kamel, who founded the banking and real estate conglomerate Dallah Albaraka Group, has died at the age of 79
2 years ago
2 years ago
Democrats: Fired watchdog was looking into Saudi arms sale
Congressional Democrats say the State Department inspector general whom President Donald Trump fired last week was investigating possible impropriety in a massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia last year
2 years ago
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Saudi Aramco Q1 profits of $16B as virus impacts earnings
The kingdom's energy producer's profits were down 25% on last year.
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia eyes more moves in time of pandemic, oil woes
Saudi Arabia has begun taking modest steps to improve its human rights record as it tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices that have rankled the United States
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors and floggings
One of the kingdom’s most controversial forms of public punishment is ended.
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On anniversary of Saudi mass execution, families plead for return of their loved ones' remains
It has been a year since 37 people were executed on a single day in Saudi Arabia. Advocates say their bodies have not been returned to family.
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia sharply rebukes Russia over oil price collapse
Saudi Arabia has sharply criticized Russia over what it described as Moscow blaming the kingdom for the collapse in global energy prices
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Saudi Arabia to slash spending by 5% as oil prices fall
The 5% cuts amounts to about $13.3 billion.
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Saudi women's driving activist on trial almost 2 years after ban was lifted
The trial of Loujain al-Hathloul, 30, held its first open hearing in Riyadh today. She campaigned to overturn the ban on women's driving.
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia increases oil output to record high
Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil giant Saudi Aramco says it will increase its oil production to 12.3 million barrels a day in April, a record amount
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia, Israel tighten restrictions to counter virus
Saudi Arabia has closed off air and sea travel to 14 countries affected by the new coronavirus while Israel announced plans to place anyone arriving from overseas into home quarantine
2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia bans citizens and residents from performing Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca over fears about new virus
Saudi Arabia bans citizens and residents from performing Muslim pilgrimage in Mecca over fears about new virus
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