News: Saudi Arabia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Saudi Arabia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Saudi Arabia: news

Yemen conflict: Rebels accused of violating ceasefire

Thursday, October 20th 2016, 20:10
related countries: Yemen

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen accuses Houthi rebels of repeatedly violating a fragile ceasefire.
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Saudi prince executed for murdering man in brawl

Wednesday, October 19th 2016, 9:25
related places: Riyadh

A Saudi prince has been executed for shooting dead a man during a mass brawl three years ago outside Riyadh, the interior ministry says.
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Forbidden friendship

Monday, October 17th 2016, 23:08
related countries: United States

How online chats with an American YouTuber have got one Saudi teenager in trouble.
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Yemen conflict: Saudis blame funeral hall bombing on mistake

Saturday, October 15th 2016, 11:53
related countries: Yemen

The bombing of a funeral hall in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition is blamed on "bad information" by a coalition inquiry.
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Yemen carnage

Wednesday, October 12th 2016, 18:52
related countries: United Kingdom, Yemen

Sending a British minister to Saudi Arabia after a deadly attack on a Yemen funeral is unlikely to stem criticism, writes Frank Gardner.
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Yemen conflict: 'Saudi-led coalition plane' hit funeral

Monday, October 10th 2016, 21:17
related countries: Yemen
related places: Sanaa

Saudi Arabia has privately accepted it was one of its coalition planes that bombed a funeral in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, the BBC learns.
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Yemen conflict: US 'could be implicated in war crimes'

Monday, October 10th 2016, 13:53
related countries: United States, Yemen

The US could be implicated in potential war crimes in Yemen because of its support for a Saudi-led coalition air campaign, official documents suggest.
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Saudis to probe deadly air strikes on Yemen funeral hall

Sunday, October 9th 2016, 6:44
related countries: United States, Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemeni rebels agrees to investigate air strikes that killed more than 140 people, after the US expresses anger.
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Yemen's rebel funeral hall attack 'kills scores'

Sunday, October 9th 2016, 1:06
related countries: Yemen
related places: Sanaa

More than 140 people are killed in air strikes at the funeral of a prominent rebel figure's father in Yemen's capital Sanaa, a senior UN official says.
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Saudi princess's bodyguard quizzed over Paris 'assault'

Monday, October 3rd 2016, 9:55
related countries: France
related places: Paris

French police question the bodyguard of a Saudi princess over an alleged assault on a workman in Paris.
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Counting the cost

Friday, September 30th 2016, 11:14

A recent raft of bold economic measures signal Saudi Arabia's financial woes, but will they be effective, asks Michael Stephens.
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Saudi Arabia plans drug tests for drivers

Friday, September 30th 2016, 9:22

Kingdom to introduce new rules in bid to address shocking accident rate.
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9/11 lawsuits bill causes Saudi Arabia 'great concern'

Thursday, September 29th 2016, 22:43
related countries: United States

Saudi Arabia says it is a matter of "great concern" that 9/11 relatives in the US may be able to sue the kingdom for damages.
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Obama: Congress veto override of 9/11 lawsuits bill 'a mistake'

Thursday, September 29th 2016, 12:49
related countries: United States

The US president says the congressional override of his veto on a bill allowing 9/11 lawsuits against Saudi Arabia sets "a dangerous precedent".
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Congress rejects Obama veto of Saudi 9/11 lawsuits bill

Wednesday, September 28th 2016, 21:44

The US president says the congressional override of his veto on a bill allowing 9/11 lawsuits against Saudi Arabia sets "a dangerous precedent".
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Saudi Arabia unveils first public sector pay cuts

Tuesday, September 27th 2016, 16:30

Saudi Arabia unveils pay cuts for government employees for the first time, as it attempts to further rein in spending at a time of low oil prices.
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Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system

Monday, September 26th 2016, 15:09

Saudi activists are handing over a petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the restrictive male guardianship system.
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President Obama vetoes 9/11 victims bill

Friday, September 23rd 2016, 21:44
related countries: United States

US President Barack Obama vetoes a bill allowing families of 9/11 victims to sue the Saudi government, saying it would be "detrimental to US interests".
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Yemen conflict: Saudi-led air strike 'kills 25 in Hudaydah'

Thursday, September 22nd 2016, 14:58
related countries: Yemen

At least 25 people have been killed and 70 others wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, medics say.
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British ambassador performs Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca

Thursday, September 15th 2016, 13:46
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Mecca

The British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Simon Collis, takes the annual pilgrimage to Mecca after converting to Islam.
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Saudi paper warns Hajj pilgrims over 'random barbers'

Wednesday, September 14th 2016, 11:44

Hajj faithful are warned that ritual head-shaving could result in cuts and risk of infection.
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Headscarf emoji proposed by 15-year-old Saudi girl

Wednesday, September 14th 2016, 10:48
related countries: Germany

A 15-year-old Saudi girl living in Germany proposes creating a headscarf emoji.
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Saudi Arabia Hajj: Millions at Mount Arafat for ceremonies

Sunday, September 11th 2016, 14:15

The annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia reaches its climax with 1.5 million Muslims gathering at Mount Arafat for prayers and recitations.
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Hajj pilgrimage: Top Saudi cleric 'will not deliver' traditional sermon

Saturday, September 10th 2016, 14:45

Saudi Arabia's top cleric will not deliver a traditional Hajj sermon to pilgrims for the first time in 35 years, reports say.
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Saudi Arabia Hajj: Millions begin annual pilgrimage

Saturday, September 10th 2016, 7:19

About 1.5 million Muslims begin the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, unperturbed by a 2015 stampede which killed more than 2,000 people.
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Helicopters and bracelets

Friday, September 9th 2016, 0:01

Saudi authorities have stepped up security measures after mass deaths last year, as millions converge for the Hajj, says the BBC's Sally Nabil.
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Saudi Arabia FM's thoughts on fresh attempt to end Syria conflict

Wednesday, September 7th 2016, 6:12
related countries: Syria

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has told the BBC's Lyse Doucet the new attempt would test President Assad and his allies but said he wasn't optimistic.
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Hajj stampede: Iran leader says Saudis 'murdered' pilgrims

Monday, September 5th 2016, 15:57
related countries: Iran

Iran's supreme leader accuses Saudi Arabia of "murdering" pilgrims caught up in a stampede at last year's Hajj and urges Muslims to "reconsider" Riyadh's custodianship of Islam's holiest sites.
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Iraq asks Saudi Arabia to remove ambassador

Sunday, August 28th 2016, 22:10
related countries: Iran, Iraq
related places: Baghdad

The Iraqi government asks for the Saudi ambassador to Baghdad to be replaced over comments he made about Iran's involvement in Iraq.
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Yemen crisis: Oxfam critical of UK-Saudi arms deals

Tuesday, August 23rd 2016, 2:47
related countries: United Kingdom, Yemen

Oxfam is to accuse UK ministers of "denial and disarray" over their agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia for potential use in Yemen's civil war.
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Yemen conflict: MSF to withdraw staff from northern hospitals

Thursday, August 18th 2016, 20:57
related countries: Yemen

Charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it will evacuate staff from six hospitals in north Yemen after a Saudi-coalition air strike hit one hospital, killing 19 people.
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Yemen conflict: Air strike hits MSF hospital in Hajjah

Monday, August 15th 2016, 22:09
related countries: Yemen
related places: Hajjah

An air strike hits a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 people, the medical charity says.
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'Food crisis' hits 10,000 laid-off Indians in Saudi Arabia

Sunday, July 31st 2016, 15:38
related countries: India

More than 10,000 Indians laid off in Saudi Arabia face a "food crisis", India's foreign minister says, as an airlift is prepared.
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Why Saudi Arabia is forbidding Pokemon

Monday, July 25th 2016, 15:02

Why Saudi Arabia has renewed its fatwa on Pokemon
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9/11 attacks: Newly released pages 'show no top Saudi link'

Saturday, July 16th 2016, 13:04

Previously classified papers show links between Saudi individuals and the 9/11 hijackers, but no evidence of high-level complicity, the White House says.
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Saudis arrest 12 Pakistanis over bombs

Thursday, July 7th 2016, 22:08
related countries: Pakistan

Twelve of 19 people arrested over Monday's three bomb attacks in Saudi Arabia are Pakistani, says interior ministry.
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Medina bombing: Saudi king pledges 'iron hand' for attackers

Tuesday, July 5th 2016, 21:42

King Salman pledges to respond to the three suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia on Monday, including one near Islam's second holiest site.
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Medina explosion: Suicide bombing near Saudi holy site

Tuesday, July 5th 2016, 6:53
related places: Medina

A suicide bomber has killed four security officers and injured five near one of Islam's holiest sites in the Saudi city of Medina, the government says.
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Attack near US consulate in Saudi city of Jeddah

Monday, July 4th 2016, 4:05
related countries: United States

A suspected suicide bomber dies after being tackled by guards near the US consulate in Jeddah, the Saudi Arabian interior ministry says.
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Saudi man killed in police raid on Shia village

Thursday, June 23rd 2016, 10:56

A wanted Saudi man has been shot dead during a police raid in the country's predominantly Shia east, officials say.
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