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Saudi Security Man, Expatriate Killed in Attack
2018-07-09
A member of Saudi Arabia’s security forces and a Bangladeshi resident were killed in an attack on a security checkpoint in Buraidah, a city in Qassim Province north of the capital Riyadh, the state news agency said on Sunday.
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Bahraini Pilgrim Dies, His Wife Injured in Road Accident in Saudi Arabia
2018-07-05
Consul General to Jeddah Ebrahim Al-Meslimani said that a Bahraini pilgrim died and his wife was injured in a road accident in Saudi Arabia.
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Hamad bin Isa Praises Stances of Saudi Arabia, Emirates and Kuwait in Supporting Bahrain’s Finance
2018-07-05
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa praised the attitude of Saudi Arabia, Emirates and Kuwait to support financial situation in Bahrain, one week after the 3 states announced giving financial aids to Bahrain to help it overcome its financial crisis.
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2 Killed, Dozens Injured as Bahraini Bus Overturns in Saudi Arabia
2018-07-03
A bus carrying Bahraini pilgrims had an accident in Saudi Arabia, on its way to Medina, which resulted in the death of the driver “Arab national” and a Bahraini woman.
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Former Siemens CEO Kleinfeld Made Adviser to Saudi Crown Prince
2018-07-03
Klaus Kleinfeld, a former chief executive of industrial conglomerate Siemens and giant aluminum producer Alcoa, has been appointed an adviser to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Trump Says Saudis must Compensate for Drop in Iran Oil Supply
2018-07-02
President Donald Trump lashed out at OPEC with a warning to stop manipulating oil markets and piled pressure on U.S. ally Saudi Arabia to raise supplies to compensate for lower exports from Iran.
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Saudi King Said Will Boost Oil Output if Needed: White House
2018-07-02
The leader of Saudi Arabia promised President Donald Trump that he can raise oil production if needed and the country has 2 million barrels per day of spare capacity, the White House said.
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Saudi Arabia, Oman sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
2018-07-02
UNESCO added Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahsa Oasis and Oman’s ancient city of Qalhat to its World Heritage List, the world cultural body said.
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U.S. Lawmaker Holds Back Support for Munitions Sale to Gulf Allies due to Yemen
2018-06-29
A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Thursday he cannot support for now a Trump administration plan to sell high-tech munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over concerns about the war in Yemen, a decision that could derail the sale.
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Hundreds of Saudi Women Train to Drive in Bahrain to Avoid Long Queues
2018-06-29
Saudi women began started heading to Bahrain to receiving driving training to avoid long queues back in their country, Saudi Arabia's Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported, citing hundreds of Saudi women entering Bahrain to learn to drive.
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Saudi Woman Activist Arrested in Widening Crackdown: Campaigners
2018-06-28
Saudi Arabia has arrested a prominent women’s rights activist, campaigners said Wednesday, in a widening crackdown even as the kingdom celebrates the end of a decades-long ban on female motorists.
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Israel Confident U.S. to Keep Protections in any Saudi Nuclear Power Deal
2018-06-27
Israel’s energy minister said on Tuesday after meeting Trump administration officials he is confident that the United States will not relax non-proliferation standards in any nuclear power deal it agrees with Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia Plans to Pump up to 11 Million bpd of Oil in July, a Record High
2018-06-27
Saudi Arabia plans to pump up to 11 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) in July, the highest in its history, up from about 10.8 million bpd in June, an industry source familiar with Saudi oil production plans told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Saudi Air Defenses Intercept Missiles above Capital, Coalition Says
2018-06-25
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had intercepted two missiles launched by Yemen’s Houthi militia over the capital Riyadh, as a Saudi-led coalition moved to wrest control of Yemen’s main port city from the Iran-aligned group.
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Some Saudi Men still Bristle at Women Driving
2018-06-25
Amid the celebratory end of Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving on Sunday, some men expressed quiet disapproval of a change they fear will undermine the kingdom’s deeply conservative Muslim identity.
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Saudi Women Take Victory Laps as Driving Ban Ends
2018-06-24
Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads early on Sunday, ushering in the end of the world’s last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women’s repression in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia Denies UEFA Charge of Hosting Pirated Sports Channel Broadcasting World Cup
2018-06-24
A row over broadcasting of the World Cup in Saudi Arabia has escalated, with Riyadh denying an allegation by European soccer’s governing body that a television channel it says is illegally showing matches is based in the kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia Gears up to End Women Driving Ban
2018-06-22
Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from Sunday, ending the world's only ban on female motorists, a historic reform marred by what rights groups call an expanding crackdown on activists.
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Houthis Say Launch Missile at Aramco Facility in Saudi Arabia
2018-06-21
The Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen said it launched a missile targeting a facility of oil firm Aramco in Asir in southwestern Saudi Arabia, Houthi-run media al-Masirah TV and SABA reported on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia Arrests More Women's Rights Activists: HRW
2018-06-21
Saudi Arabia detained two more women's rights advocates earlier this month and imposed a travel ban on several others in an ongoing crackdown in the conservative Muslim kingdom, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.