Tag: Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh extends closure of airport after 12 killed in Houthi attack
Saudi Arabia on Sunday extended the closure of its main international airport as Houthi rebels threatened airstrikes across the kingdom, a day after a missile attack ... -
A month after protests began, worry pervades Middle East
Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East yesterday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, a month since the ... -
Saudis bomb Yemen port over weapons shipment from UAE
Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla yesterday after a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates arrived for separatist forces in the war-torn country, ... -
Saudi Arabia signs a mutual defense pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan
Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key ... -
Executions in Saudi Arabia reach a record high mostly over drug cases, Amnesty says
Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said yesterday, as activists increasingly warn about the kingdom’s use of the death ... -
Trump meets with Syria’s insurgent-turned-leader in Riyadh
U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia yesterday, the first encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years ... -
Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said yesterday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after ... -
Saudi Arabia’s network of spending, influence detailed before getting 2034 WC
Saudi Arabia’s growing influence and massive spending in global sports ahead of being confirmed by FIFA as the 2034 World Cup host was detailed yesterday [Macau ... -
Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha
Masses of pilgrims yesterday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic ... -
More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for pilgrimage
Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage ... -
Religious freedom group ends trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah
A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in ... -
Saudi top diplomat says it won’t recognize Israel without a path to a Palestinian state
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said the kingdom will not normalize relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction without a credible path to a Palestinian state — a ... -
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among six nations set to join China and Russia in economic bloc
Iran and Saudi Arabia were among six countries set to join Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa in the BRICS economic bloc from next year, ... -
Saudi Arabian giant Aramco reports $30B in Q2 profits, down nearly 40%
Saudi state-run oil giant Aramco said yesterday that it made $30 billion in profit in the second quarter, a nearly 40% decline from the same period ... -
Muslims at Hajj pilgrimage brave intense heat to cast stones at pillars representing the devil
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims yesterday braved intense heat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. With ... -
Syrian president heads to Saudi Arabia for regional summit, sealing country’s return to Arab fold
Syrian President Bashar Assad headed to Saudi Arabia yesterday to attend a regional summit, his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom since Syria’s conflict began in ... -
Saudi prince gives 4% Aramco stake to public investment firm
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince announced yesterday the transfer of a 4% stake of the oil giant Saudi Aramco to a subsidiary of the kingdom’s sovereign wealth ... -
Iran-Saudi Arabia deal casts China in unfamiliar global role
An agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to re-establish diplomatic relations has cast China in a leading role in Middle Eastern politics — a part previously ... -
Saudi Arabia | Leaders head to Riyadh after King Abdullah’s death
World leaders and top dignitaries began arriving in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to give their condolences following the death of King Abdullah, who died early Friday ...
