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

Female flight crew lands in S Arabia

Tuesday, March 15th 2016, 18:58

Pilots from Royal Brunei Airlines make history by being the company's first all-female flight crew to land in Saudi Arabia - where women are banned from driving.
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VIDEO: Military exercises in Saudi desert

Monday, March 14th 2016, 10:15

Thousands of troops have been deployed in the desert in northern Saudi Arabia backed by tanks and warplanes.
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Can Saudi Arabia fight two wars at once?

Monday, March 14th 2016, 0:23

How is Saudi Arabia managing to fight two wars at once?
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The funny side of Saudi

Monday, March 7th 2016, 0:24

The online comedians making Saudis laugh
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What would the religious police do?

Saturday, March 5th 2016, 1:03

Do you know what the Saudi religious police did next?
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Meet Saudi Arabia's stars of social media

Thursday, March 3rd 2016, 0:09

Who is the "Brad Pitt" of Muslim clerics?
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MEPs call for Saudi arms embargo

Thursday, February 25th 2016, 15:44
related countries: Yemen

The European Parliament adopts a resolution calling for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over alleged breaches of international law in Yemen.
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Saudi Arabia tries Shia for spying

Monday, February 22nd 2016, 11:32
related countries: Iran

Saudi Arabia puts on trial 32 people, almost all of them members of the kingdom's Shia minority, accused of spying for Iran, local media report.
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Oil falls despite Saudi-Russian deal

Tuesday, February 16th 2016, 16:25
related countries: Russia, Venezuela

Oil prices fell on Tuesday despite Saudi Arabia and Russia agreeing to freeze oil output at January levels if other producers follow suit.
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VIDEO: Saudis' 'creative' de-radicalisation plan

Monday, February 15th 2016, 5:13

The Saudi authorities adopt a novel approach to de-radicalising extremists amid the threat from the Islamic State group, as Orla Guerin reports.
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Shooting at Saudi office 'kills six'

Thursday, February 11th 2016, 15:24

An attacker has opened fire at an education department office in Saudi Arabia's southern Jazan province, killing six employees, officials have said.
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VIDEO: New Saudi artists challenge boundaries

Monday, February 1st 2016, 0:06

New wave of Saudi artists explore religion and culture
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Saudi gift to Najib 'for elections'

Tuesday, January 26th 2016, 20:22
related countries: Malaysia

The $681m deposited in the bank account of Malaysian PM Najib Razak by Saudi Arabia was to help his party win the last election, Saudi sources say.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman marks year of change

Friday, January 22nd 2016, 0:33

King Salman marks year first year on throne in Saudi Arabia
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VIDEO: Cartoonists aim to show pen as mighty as Saud

Tuesday, January 19th 2016, 2:25

Arabic cartoonists show solidarity with banned Saudi artist
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VIDEO: 'Assad has no role in Syria's future'

Thursday, January 14th 2016, 22:19
related countries: Syria, United Kingdom, United States
related places: Adel, London

The Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir and the US secretary of state John Kerry have met in London.
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Saudi activist's wife 'arrested'

Wednesday, January 13th 2016, 2:25

The wife of jailed Saudi human rights campaigner Waleed Abu al-Khair is arrested for allegedly campaigning for his release, activists say.
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Saudi-Iran tensions sharpen Iraq's sectarian divide

Tuesday, January 12th 2016, 0:27
related countries: Iraq

Why cleric's execution risks inflaming Iraq's sectarian divide
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The 'Rosa Parks' of Saudi Arabia

Monday, January 11th 2016, 0:51

The black female pilot who is challenging convention
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Arab League ministers condemn Iran

Sunday, January 10th 2016, 17:55
related countries: Egypt, Iran
related places: Cairo

Arab League foreign ministers in an emergency meeting in Cairo condemn recent attacks on Saudi Arabia's diplomatic missions in Iran.
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A gulf between them

Sunday, January 10th 2016, 0:57
related countries: Iran

The historic enmity between Saudi Arabia and Iran
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Saudis deny strike on Iranian embassy

Thursday, January 7th 2016, 20:34
related countries: Iran, Yemen
related places: Sanaa, Tehran

The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen denies its warplanes hit Iran's embassy in Sanaa, but Tehran vows to complain to the UN.
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Saudi Arabia and Iran fight for Africa's loyalty

Thursday, January 7th 2016, 16:18
related countries: Iran

How Saudi-Iran rivalry is spilling into Africa
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Iran embassy 'damaged by Saudi strike'

Thursday, January 7th 2016, 16:05
related countries: Iran, Yemen

Iran accuses Saudi-led coalition warplanes of hitting its embassy in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, but residents report no visible damage.
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Can Saudi Arabia adapt to cheap oil?

Thursday, January 7th 2016, 3:46

Can Saudi Arabia adapt to cheap oil?
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Qatar joins Saudi action against Iran

Wednesday, January 6th 2016, 22:38
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Qatar becomes the latest country to back Saudi Arabia in its diplomatic row with Iran, by withdrawing its ambassador to Tehran.
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Iraq ready to mediate in Saudi-Iran row

Wednesday, January 6th 2016, 18:32
related countries: Iran, Iraq

Iraq offers to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the dispute sparked by the Gulf kingdom's execution of a dissident Shia Muslim cleric.
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'To cut diplomatic ties, press 9'

Wednesday, January 6th 2016, 13:34

How Iranians are seeing the funny side of tension with Saudi
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US steps up bid to calm Saudi-Iran row

Wednesday, January 6th 2016, 5:45
related countries: Iran, United States

US Secretary of State John Kerry has repeatedly called leaders in Saudi Arabia and Iran to try to defuse their diplomatic row, US officials say.
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VIDEO: Regional fallout from Saudi-Iran row

Wednesday, January 6th 2016, 0:04
related countries: Iran

As the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran continues to escalate, the BBC looks at the possible fallout across the region.
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Kuwait recalls envoy as region feuds

Tuesday, January 5th 2016, 17:07
related countries: Iran, Kuwait

Kuwait says it is recalling its ambassador to Iran as a regional row over the execution of a Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia deepens.
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UN condemns attack on Saudi embassy

Tuesday, January 5th 2016, 5:35
related countries: Iran, Turkey

The UN Security Council condemns an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran but makes no mention of the execution of a Shia cleric which triggered the unrest.
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VIDEO: Saudi Arabia and Iran - The tension explained

Tuesday, January 5th 2016, 0:08
related countries: Iran

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have increased since the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
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VIDEO: Tensions rise in Saudi Iran execution row

Monday, January 4th 2016, 22:57
related countries: Iran

A number of Saudi Arabia's allies have taken diplomatic action against Iran, amid a row over the Saudi execution of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric.
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Saudi allies join action against Iran

Monday, January 4th 2016, 18:38
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Saudi Arabia's allies cut or downgrade their diplomatic ties with Iran, after the Saudi embassy in Tehran is attacked over a Shia cleric's execution.
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Saudis set deadline for Iran diplomats

Monday, January 4th 2016, 7:57
related countries: Iran

Saudi Arabia gives Iranian diplomats two days to leave the country, amid a row over the Saudi execution of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric.
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Saudi Arabia breaks off ties with Iran

Monday, January 4th 2016, 2:05
related countries: Iran

Saudi Arabia says it has broken off diplomatic ties with Iran, amid a row over the Saudi execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
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Iran says Saudis face 'divine revenge'

Sunday, January 3rd 2016, 15:30
related countries: Iran

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Saudi Arabia faces "divine revenge" for executing prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
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VIDEO: Protests flare in Srinagar over Saudi executions

Sunday, January 3rd 2016, 13:45
related countries: India
related places: Srinagar

Protests break out in Indian-administered Kashmir against Saudi Arabia's execution of 47 people, including prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
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VIDEO: Protesters storm Saudi embassy in Tehran

Sunday, January 3rd 2016, 10:44
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Unverified footage posted on social media appears to show part of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran under attack and on fire.
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