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Tag: Saudi Arabia

What’s behind Saudi Arabia-Qatar reconciliation?

Analysts believe the Trump administration has piled pressure on Gulf nations to help create regional bloc against Iran ISTANBUL : … More

Diplomacy, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Policy, Qatar, Reconciliation, Saudi Arabia

Review: Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ is essential viewing

It’s hard to decide what’s most shocking in “The Dissident,” Bryan Fogel’s urgent, gripping new documentary about the horrific murder of Saudi … More

Film, Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia, The Dissident, Turkey, United States

Saudi Arabia cuts oil output to support future oil prices

SAUDI Arabia’s decision to cut oil output by one million barrels per day (bpd) for February and March this year … More

Oil, OPEC, Saudi Arabia

Gulf Arab leaders attending the 41st GCC summit in Saudi Arabia

The summit is expected to see the signing of formal agreements to end a 4-year boycott of Doha Saudi Arabia’s … More

Bahrain, Dubai, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Kuwait, Oman, Prince Salman, Saudi Arabia

Yemen: Deadly blast as new government arrives at Aden airport

Explosions and gunfire hit Aden’s airport shortly after a plane carrying the newly formed government arrived from Saudi Arabia. Hours … More

Airport Blast, Government, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority begins new ‘Arabian Winter’ seasonal campaign

Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority has announced the launch of the Saudi ‘Arabian Winter’ season designed to attract visitors to more … More

Destination, Holiday, Saudi Arabia, Tourism, Winter

Bahrain plans free shots, Saudi Arabia approves Pfizer jab

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) : Bahrain has announced plans to give the public free coronavirus vaccines, as Saudi Arabia … More

Bahrain, Coronavirus, Covid19, Saudi Arabia, Vaccine

Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia, met crown prince

JERUSALEM (AP) : Israeli media reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting … More

Benjamin Netanyahu, Diplomacy, Israel, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Two wounded in bomb blast at WWI memorial in Jeddah

Explosion at cemetery during international World War I commemoration ceremony strongly condemned by kingdom, France and others. At least four … More

Blast, Jeddah, non-Muslim cemetery, Saudi Arabia

Is Saudi Arabia really boycotting Turkish products?

Relations between 2 countries have soured in recent years due to stark positions adopted on several issues ISTANBUL : Several … More

Investment, Policy, Products, Saudi Arabia, Tourism, Trading, Turkey

Gulf: What differentiates the Dishdasha from the Kandora?

The different traditional clothing styles of the Gulf By : Yasmena Al Mulla / Nilanjana Javed – GULF NEWS

Bahrain, Dishdasha, Kandora, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia

New five riyal polymer banknotes to be in circulation from Monday

RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) announced that a new polymer currency in the five riyal denomination will be … More

Monetary, polymer currency, riyal, Saudi Arabia

Turkey ‘indicts six more Saudis’ over Jamal Khashoggi murder

Istanbul prosecutors seek life imprisonment for two suspects and up to five years in jail for four others, report says. … More

death sentence, Jamal Khashoggi, Journalist, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

In Pakistan’s eyes Turkey leads Islamic world

Turkey is channeling its imperial past to assert its status as the ideological and cultural leader of the Muslim world … More

Erdogan, India, Opinion, Ottoman Empire, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

No deal with Israel, but Saudi Arabia pushes outreach to Jews

Efforts include barring disparagement of Jews, Christians in mosques; officials say textbooks, which used to denigrate Jews and other non-Muslims … More

Diplomacy, Israel, Jews, Outreach, Palestine, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia to re-allow umrah pilgrimage from Oct 4, says state new agency

CAIRO : Saudi Arabia will allow pilgrims residing inside the country to undertake the umrah pilgrimage beginning on October 4, … More

Covid19, Mecca, Medina, Pandemic, Pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia, Umrah

Saudi Arabia sentences 8 people to prison in Khashoggi murder case

Saudi media report defendants handed between seven and 20 years in prison over the journalist’s murder in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia … More

Jamal Khashoggi, Journalist, Killing, Law, Saudi Arabia

Saudi price for ties with Israel is Palestinian state, says Saudi royal

DUBAI : Saudi Arabia’s price for normalising relations with Israel is the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem … More

Diplomacy, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia

Five countries that could be next to make peace with Israel

Some view the UAE decision as a trial balloon, and will react positively based on how the next weeks and … More

Agreement, Arab, Bahrain, Israel, Middle East, Morocco, Oman, Palestin, Policy, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Hajj 2020 photos: A look back at the pilgrimage amid coronavirus pandemic

Saudi Arabia welcomed a significantly smaller group of Hajj pilgrims last month under strict coronavirus preventative measures due to the … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Faith, Hajj, Health, Pilgrims, Saudi Arabia

Lucky M’sian gets to perform haj

PETALING JAYA: With Saudi Arabia’s cap of 10,000 pilgrims for haj this year, tenant affairs specialist Norani Nordin is one … More

Covid19, Haj, Kaabah, Mecca, Pandemic, Pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia introduces luxury cruises on Red Sea coast for first time

Luxury cruises will set sail for the first time on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast as part of the Saudi … More

Cruise, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Tourism, Travel

In pictures: First batch of Haj pilgrims start arriving in Saudi Arabia

After months of lockdown the kingdom has mobilised to ensure a safe scaled-down pilgrimage THE GULF NEWS

Covid19, Faith, Hajj, Islam, Mecca, Pandemic, Pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia

Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia reveals selection process for 2020 Hajj participants

Health standards will be the main determinant for selecting this year’s Hajj pilgrims amid the coronavirus outbreak, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of … More

Hajj, Islam, Pilgrimage, Religion, Saudi Arabia

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