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Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi released but serves 10-year travel ban
Freed blogger Raif Badawi will be serving a 10- year travel ban, officials in Saudi Arabia said. The blogger was arrested in 2012 on charges of “insulting Islam” and recently released on…
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Saudi strongly rejects UN resolution on ‘sexual orientation’
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has strongly rejected the United Nations (UN) resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity, adding that such terminology is against Kingdom’s history and culture, as…
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Saudi-led Arab coalition intercepts, destroys two Houthi missiles
Riyadh: The Arab coalition in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia, announced that the Saudi air defence had intercepted and destroyed two missiles launched targeting the southern city of Abha in Saudi Arabia,…
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Saudi Arabia: Over 14k ‘illegal’ residents arrested in one week
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) arrested 14,519 violators of residency, labour and border security laws across the nation between November 25 to December 1, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported…
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Reema Juffali, the first Saudi female racer named F1 ambassador
Saudi Arabia’s first female race car motorist, Reema Juffali, has been named as the ambassador for the country’s first-ever Grand Prix in Jeddah. Juffail has been appointed as a race ambassador for…
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Saudi Arabia: 14,780 ‘illegal’ residents arrested in one week
Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) arrested 14,780 violators of residency, labour and border security laws across the nation between November 18 to November 24, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)…
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33% of reforms in Saudi Arabia cater to women’s rights: Official
Women in Saudi Arabia have had a significant share of human rights reforms that the Kingdom has approved in recent times, a senior official was quoted by the local media. Out of…
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Students in Saudi Arabia return to school after 17 months
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian students have returned to their schools for in-person classes, starting their new academic year after 17 months of online education due to the covid-19 pandemic. Only fully vaccinated students…
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Foreigners must register COVID vaccine status before arriving in Saudi
Riyadh: All foreign citizens coming to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must register their status of vaccination against the COVID-19 virus online before their arrival in the Kingdom, the Saudi press agency…
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Saudi Arabia: Mother, daughter graduate on the same day
Riyadh: In an inspiring story that tells the story of a struggle of a mother attaining her dreams, a Saudi woman and mother of five, Eidah-Al-Rasheedi last Friday graduated from Shaqra University.…
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Saudi Arabia: Only COVID-19 vaccinated employees allowed to attend workplaces
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced on Friday only vaccinated workers would be allowed to attend their workplaces, local media reported. The Saudi ministry of human resources and social development announced…
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Saudi police arrests armed man entering Makkah mosque
Riyadh: Saudi police on Thursday arrested a man with knife in Masjid Al Haram, Makkah where a man chanting slogans and disrupted other worshipers after asr prayers and attempted violence as well, the…