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Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted

SaudiArabia'sKingSalmanhasissuedadecreeallowingwomentodriveforthefirsttime,statemediasay.Governmentministriesaretopreparereportswithin30daysandtheorderwillbeimp

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Saudi Arabia to let women drive at last

SaudiArabia'sKingSalmanhasissuedadecreeallowingwomentodriveforthefirsttime,statemediasay.Governmentministriesaretopreparereportswithin30daysandtheorderwillbeimp

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Saudi steps up fight against terrorism financing

SaudiArabianMonitoryAgency(SAMA)announcedMondaythesuspensionofthreemoneyexchangecompaniesformonitoryandregulatoryviolations.SAMAannouncedinastatementthatthoseco

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Saudi Arabia lifts ban on Skype, WhatsApp, and other messaging apps

SaudiArabiaisliftingayear-longbanonSkypeandotherserviceslikeWhatsAppandSnapchat,effectiveat8PMETtoday.AccordingtoastatementfromSaudiArabia’stelecommunicationsau

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Saudi Arabia to lift ban on Internet calls

SaudiArabiawillliftabanonInternetphonecalls,agovernmentspokesmansaid,partoftheeffortstoattractmorebusinesstothecountry.AllonlinevoiceandvideocallservicessuchasM

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Snapchat blocks Al Jazeera in Saudi Arabia

SocialmediaplatformSnapchathasblockedaccesstoAlJazeeracontentinSaudiArabia.SnapchatsaiditwasaskedbytheSaudiauthoritiestoremovetheQatari-backedbroadcaster'sDisco

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Saudi Arabia says foils Islamic State bomb, foreign spying plots

SaudiArabiasaidonTuesdayitfoiledanIslamicStateplottobombitsdefenseministryheadquartersandalsosaidithadarrestedseveralpeoplesuspectedofcarryingoutespionageinthek

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Hopes fade as Gulf crisis hits 100-day landmark

AstheboycottofQatarbyaSaudi-ledblocofcountriesapproachesits100thdayWednesday,expertshavewarnedtheincreasinglybitterdisputecouldlastinto2018andbeyond."Iftheprese

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Saudi Arabia suspends all dialogue with Qatar

SaudiArabiahashaltedalldialoguewithQatar,accusingtheemirateof"distortingfacts."Thenewconflictcomesjustafteraphonecallbetweentheleadersofbothcountrieswasreported

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Qatari and Saudi leaders discuss crisis

Qatar'srulerhascalledSaudiArabia'scrownprincetodiscussthecrisisbetweenDohaandfourArabcountries,statemediafrombothsidesreport.EmirSheikhTamimbinHamadal-Thanisaid

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Saudi filmmakers build audiences without cinemas

Withdaringfilmmakers,untoldstoriesandentertainment-starvedyoungpeople,SaudiArabiahasallthemakingsofalocalmovieindustry—exceptfortheaters.Asthetraditionallyauste

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Over 2 million Muslims begin hajj spiritual journey

MorethantwomillionMuslimsfromaroundtheworldbeganthehajjpilgrimageatIslam'sholiestsitesWednesday,areligiousdutyandamulti-stagespiritualjourney.Thisyearseespilgri

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Qatar dispute exposes regional food-security failures

RecentactsofsolidaritybyTurkeyandIrantohelpQatarfeeditspopulationareimportantremindersofjusthowdependentregionalstatesareonfoodimports.AsSaraFouadAlmohamadiexpl

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Saudi-led coalition admits killing 14 Yemen civilians by mistake

TheSaudi-ledcoalitionadmittedonSaturdaythetargetingofacivilianhouseinSanaabymistake,SaudiPressAgencyreported.Col.Turkial-Maliki,thespokesmanofthecoalition,saidt

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Yemen: 'Saudi-led' airstrike on apartment block kills 12 people

Yemen'scapitalhasbeenstruckbyasevereairstrike,killing12people,includingsixchildren.TheearlymorningattackontheFajAttanareaofSanaareducedanapartmentblocktorubble,

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Saudi-led airstrikes kill 14 civilians in Yemen’s capital

AirstrikesbyaSaudi-ledcoalitiontargetedYemen’scapitalearlyonFriday,hittingatleastthreehousesinSanaaandkillingatleast14civilians,includingwomenandchildren,reside

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Qatar restores diplomatic ties to Iran amid regional crisis

QatarrestoredfulldiplomaticrelationswithIranearlyThursday,disregardingthedemandsofArabnationsnowlockedinaregionaldisputewiththeenergy-richcountrythatitlessenits