Riyadh : At the invitation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Saudi Arabia to participate in the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference that kicked off in Riyadh on Tuesday. During ...
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Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has confirmed that missing journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi died in a fist fight involving more than a dozen Saudi officials at the country’s consulate in Istanbul, the media reported on Saturday. A statement ...
Read More »The Washington Post publishes missing Saudi journalist’s last article
Washington : The Washington Post has published the last article written by its missing Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which he wrote about the poor state of press freedom across the Arab world. Khashoggi’s editor, Karen Attiah, received the ...
Read More »Google joins many in shunning Saudi summit after Khashoggi’s fate
San Francisco : US internet giant Google Inc. has said its Cloud CEO Diane Greene will not attend an upcoming international business conference to be held in Saudi Arabia. The high-profile Future Investment Initiative (FII) Summit, dubbed as “Davos in ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia to finance 3 CPEC projects
Islamabad : The government of Saudi Arabia has signed three grant agreements with Pakistan to finance three road infrastructure and energy projects under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). “These agreements have been inked in line with the understanding reached ...
Read More »Saudi Arabian King to officially open high speed train line
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will officially inaugurate a high-speed rail line connecting the holy cities of Mecca and Medina on Tuesday. The 450 km-long Haramain rail line will connect Mecca, Jeddah, King Abdulaziz International ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia will play leading role in countering extremism and terrorism
By Dr. Saud Mohammed Al Sati, On September 23, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will celebrate its 88th National Day. It marks the day the Kingdom was unified under the founding King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud in 1932. On ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia allows Umrah performers to visit all cities
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that foreign Umrah performers can visit any city in the country with their 30-day Umrah visa, Al Arabiya local news reported. However, 15 days must be spent in visiting the two grand mosques ...
Read More »Saudi relief agency organizes trip for former Yemeni child soldiers
Jeddah : The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) has organized a recreational field trip for 26 children to Marib public park as part of its program to rehabilitate children who were recruited by Houthi militias. The aim ...
Read More »Saudi Arabia hints at plan to turn Qatar into island
Riyadh : A Saudi official has hinted that the kingdom is moving forward with a plan to dig a canal that may turn neighbouring Qatari peninsula into an island, amid a diplomatic feud between the Gulf nations. “I am impatiently ...
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