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Gulf States To Mark End of Ramadan From Sunday

The Eid al-Fitr feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is to start on Sunday in Saudi Arabia and...

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Saudi King Ousts Nephew, Names Son As Crown Prince

Saudi King Salman ousted his nephew as crown prince on Wednesday and installed his son Mohammed bin Salman -- the first...

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Saudi Shuts Al-Jazeera Office In Qatar Row

Saudi Arabia on Monday shut the local office of Qatar's Al-Jazeera global news channel after the kingdom and other Arab...

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Tillerson Tells China To ‘step Up’ On North Korea

China and other nations must strengthen efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State...

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Gulf States, Egypt Cut Ties With Qatar

Gulf states on Monday cut diplomatic ties with neighbouring Qatar and kicked it out of a military coalition, less than...

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Oil Tanker Fired On Off Yemen

An oil tanker has come under fire off Yemen while passing through the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait into the Red Sea,...

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Bahrain Warns Protesters After Deadly Crackdown

Bahrain on Wednesday warned people against holding protests a day after police shot dead five demonstrators in the home...

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Saudi Defends Bahrain’s Deadly Crackdown

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday defended the actions of Bahraini authorities who opened fire on a protest by supporters of a...

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Saudi King Hopeful Over ‘historic’ Muslim-US Summit

Saudi King Salman on Monday expressed hope a "historic" summit to be held Sunday between Arab and Muslim nations and US...

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Muslim Leaders Invited To Summit With Trump

King Abdullah II of Jordan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou are among leaders...

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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...

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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...

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Iran Pilgrims To Join This Year’s Hajj

Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said on Friday, after an absence last year...

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Powerful Saudi Prince To Meet Trump

Saudi Arabia's powerful Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, seeking foreign investment in an economic reform plan,...

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Saudi Minister In Talks With Iran Team Over Hajj

A Saudi minister held talks with an Iranian delegation about the possibility of Iranian pilgrims rejoining the annual...

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Trump Critic McCain Meets Saudi King

Influential American Senator John McCain, a critic of President Donald Trump, held talks with Saudi Arabia's King...

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Saudi Royals Host Erdogan Ahead of Syria Talks

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Saudi Arabia's top leadership on Tuesday during a visit to further...

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12 Saudis Killed In Recent Yemen Border Fighting

At least 12 Saudi soldiers have died on the southern border since early February, according to an unusual series of...

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CIA Director Gives Medal To Top Saudi Royal

The heir to Saudi Arabia's throne has been awarded a medal by the new director of the US Central Intelligence Agency,...