UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said here on Thursday that he has to remove temporarily Saudi-led coalition from UN's blacklist of committing violations against children due to "undue pressure."
"This is how racism falls". These are the words of a Saudi man who attended the wedding of his relative, a Saudi bride who married a non-Saudi groom.
Saudi Arabia's National Transformation Plan, a pivotal element of the "Vision 2030" reforms announced in April by Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will be put before the cabinet for approval on Monday, a senior Saudi source told Reuters.
Funds are part of a $5 billion investment effort, largest ever for a venture-backed company
Saudi Arabia is apparently miffed that a street in Seoul is named after the capital of archrival Iran and wants a street named for its own capital here.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would allow victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks of 2001 to sue Saudi Arabia, U.S. media reported.
An Egyptian court sentenced Saturday 51 people to two years in prison over late April's illegal protest against Egypt's recent transfer of two islands to Saudi Arabia, official MENA news agency reported.
U.S. President Barack Obama met Thursday in Riyadh with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to mend strained ties, with no major announcements coming out of the summit.
The ongoing visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Saudi Arabia aims to reassure the oil-rich Gulf state amid increasingly strained relations between Washington and Riyadh, said political experts.
U.S. President Barack Obama met on Wednesday with King Salman bin Abdulaziz in the Saudi capital of Riyadh ahead of a summit with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Oil tumbled by the most in two months after output talks on Sunday (April 18) between the world's biggest producers ended without any agreement on limiting supplies, a diplomatic failure that threatens to renew the rout in prices.
The cease-fire in Yemen, commenced at midnight Sunday, is teetering amid violations from all warring parties, including the Saudi-led Arab coalition.
Three explosions rocked Yemen' s temporary capital of Aden on Friday evening, leaving 25 people killed and several others injured, a security official told Xinhua.
The ceasefire which was lately reached by Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Ansarullah, known as the Houthi militia, is taking hold. Analysts here foresee rocky and thorny problems ahead before permanent truce is reached.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will pay an official visit to Saudi Arabia on March 9-10 for talks on security cooperation and witness military exercises, officials said Monday.
The Philippine National Police’s Aviation Security Group (Avsegroup) has deployed additional personnel to secure areas around the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) following reports of a terrorist plot to bomb or hijack Saudi Arabian aircraft, officials said yesterday.
The latest remarks of Turkey and Saudi Arabia on sending troops to execute ground operations in Syria have raised eyebrows around the globe.
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