Saudi Budget Deficit Drops 71 Pct In Q1
Saudi Arabia's budget deficit fell by 71 percent in the first quarter of this year, the finance minister said on ...
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Yemen Strongman Saleh Open To Negotiations With Saudi
Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is open to negotiations with rival Saudi Arabia, two years into a deadly war between ...
Muslim Leaders Invited To Summit With Trump
King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou are among leaders invited by Saudi King ...
UN Expert Seeks Urgent Review of Saudi Terrorism Law
Saudi Arabia should urgently review its definition of terrorism under a law used to prosecute non-violent journalists and human rights ...
Saudi Artists Seen ‘pushing’ Boundaries
Artists in Saudi Arabia are pushing boundaries as the kingdom undergoes rapid change and tries to boost its cultural offerings, ...
Top Saudi Royal Rules Out Rapprochement With Iran
A powerful Saudi royal said Tuesday that there could be no rapprochement between his country and Iran, which he said ...
IMF Says Fiscal Reform Moving Gulf In ‘right Direction’
Oil-exporting Arab states of the Gulf are heading "in the right direction" to plug budgetary gaps thanks to fiscal reforms, ...
Gulf States Reject ‘terror’ and ‘interference’
Gulf Arab states pledged Thursday to fight "terrorism" and "foreign interference" across the region. In a joint statement following a ...
Two Saudi Soldiers Killed Patrolling Yemen Border
Two Saudi soldiers were killed Thursday in a rocket attack near the border with war-torn Yemen, the interior ministry said. ...
Egypt’s Sisi To Accept Courts’ Decision On Island Transfers
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday he will not interfere in any decision the courts or parliament take on ...
Saudi Shake-Up Strengthens King’s Powerful Son
A recent Saudi government and security shake-up aims to strengthen King Salman's increasingly powerful son against a royal rival and ...
Saudi Wins Top Arab Fiction Award
A Saudi novelist has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, becoming the third author in 10 years from the ...
Egypt’s Sisi Visits Saudi Arabia As Tensions Ease
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman as he landed Sunday in Saudi Arabia for ...
Pentagon Chief Warns of Yemen ‘Hezbollah’
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis warned Wednesday of Iranian efforts to create a Yemeni militia "in the image" of Lebanon's ...
US Pentagon Chief Meets Saudi King With Iran In Focus
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis met Saudi King Salman on Wednesday, beginning a series of talks to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington ...
Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both seeing a common ...
Saudi Woman Fleeing To Australia Is Forced Back To Kingdom
A young Saudi woman who was seeking asylum in Australia was stopped on a layover in the Philippines and returned ...
‘They Will Kill Me’
Activists feared Friday for the safety of a young Saudi woman they say was returned to the kingdom against her ...
Saudi Raises $9 Bn In First Global Islamic Bond Issue
Saudi Arabia raised $9 billion in its first global Islamic bond issue, the government announced on Thursday, a move analysts ...
Rebel Court Sentences Yemen Journalist To Death
A Yemeni court in the rebel-held capital has sentenced a veteran journalist to death on charges of spying for neighbouring ...