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Saudi crown prince blocked his mother from seeing King: NBC report

SaudiArabianCrownPrinceMohammedbinSalmanhasgarneredinternationalintrigueinthemonthssincemanoeuvringtobecomenextinlineforthethrone.Partofthatplanwasseeminglytohi

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Saudi reshuffles top military posts, adds a woman deputy minister

SaudiArabia’sKingSalmanreshuffledsomeofthekingdom’stopmilitaryofficersandseveraldeputyministersonMondayinabroadshakeupseenaselevatingyoungerofficialsinkeyeconom

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Saudi Arabia elites released after paying corruption settlements

SomeofSaudiArabia'smostpowerfulmendetainedinNovemberinananti-corruptionpurgehavebeenreleased.AmongthosesetfreeareWaleedal-Ibrahim,theheadofMBCtelevisionnetwork,

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Qatar's ruler to attend Gulf meeting in Kuwait amid dispute

Qatar'srulingemirwillattendameetingoftheGulfCooperationCouncilthisweekinKuwait,hisgovernmentsaidMonday,asummitcomingamidaboycottoftheenergy-richcountrybythreeof

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Saudi: Anti-corruption or royal conflict? Reform is the only answer

ByAPDwriterliZixinTranslatedbyYeShanThedomesticpoliticalissueofSaudiArabiahasrecentlyoccupiedthemajorpagesofnewsmediaaroundtheworld.SaudiKingSalmanBinAbdulAzizA

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APD Review| Anti-corruption or royal conflict? Reform is the only answer

ByAPDwriterliZixinTranslatedbyYeShanThedomesticpoliticalissueofSaudiArabiahasrecentlyoccupiedthemajorpagesofnewsmediaaroundtheworld.SaudiKingSalmanBinAbdulAzizA

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Princes, former ministers detained as Saudi King orders anti-corruption

SaudiArabia’sKingSalmanbinAbdulazizonSaturdayremovedaprominentprincewhoheadedtheNationalGuard,replacedtheeconomyministerandannouncedthecreationofanewanti-corrup

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Qatar orders aid to private sector as sanctions hurt economy

Qatar’sgovernmentannouncedmeasurestohelpprivatesectorbusinessesonSaturdayafteritseconomywashurtbysanctionsimposedbyotherArabstates.PrimeMinisterSheikhAbdullahbi

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Saudi Airlines says no permission yet to land in Qatar for pilgrims

SaudiArabiaAirlinessaidonSundaythatithadsofarbeenunabletotransferQataripilgrimsfromHamadInternationalAirportinDoha,duetothe"lackofpermission"fromQatar.SaudiAirl

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Qatar welcomes Saudi 'political' decision to open border for hajj

TheQatariforeignministeronThursdaywelcomedSaudiArabia'sdecisiontoreopenthetwocountries'bordertoMuslimpilgrims--whilelashingoutatRiyadh's"politicisation"ofreligi

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Saudi prince arrested after video claimed to show him abusing man

ASaudiprincehasbeenarrestedafteravideoemergedonlinepurportingtoshowhimabusingsomeoneandpointingarifleatanother.KingSalmanorderedthearrestandinterrogationofthepr

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Saudi king appoints Muhammad bin Salman as crown prince

SaudiArabia'sKingSalmanonWednesdaynamedhissonMohammedbinSalmanascrownprince,accordingtoaroyaldecreepublishedbytheofficialnewsagencySPA.MohammedbinNayefhasbeenre

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Bin Laden's son threatens revenge for father's assassination: monitor

The son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

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Bin Laden called for Americans to rise up over climate change

​Osama bin Laden wrote a letter calling on the American people to help President Barack Obama fight "catastrophic" climate change and "save humanity", in the latest evidence of his worries about environmental issues, newly released documents show

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Russia, Oman sign mutual visa exemption agreement

Russia and Oman signed here on Wednesday an agreement on the mutual exemption of visas for holders of diplomatic, special and service passports.

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Qatar condoles UAE over death of Dubai ruler's son

​Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the former ruler of Qatar, met here on Sunday with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to express condolences over the death of his son, state news agency WAM reported.

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Saudi King Abdullah dies, succeeded by half-brother

Saudi King Abdullah has died and his half-brother Salman has become the new ruler, according to a royal statement released early Friday.