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Saudi Arabia will reopen embassy in Qatar soon: FM
Riyadh, Jan 17 (IANS) Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud announced that the Kingdoa will reopen its embassy in Qatar in the coming days, state TV reported.
2021-01-17
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Dakar Rally: Benavides secures 2nd consecutive title for Honda
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Jan 15 (IANS) Argentine rider Kevin Benavides won his first Dakar Rally title on Friday, giving Honda back-to-back wins in the prestigious rally raid event in Saudi Arabia. Benavides's team mate Ricky Brabec, who won the title last year, secured second place in the overall standings.
2021-01-15
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Sports,Motorsports
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Saudi-led coalition intercepts 3 bomb-laden drones
Riyadh, Jan 15 (IANS) The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced on Friday the interception of three bomb-laden drones launched by Houthi militia towards the Kingdom.
2021-01-15
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Dakar Rally 2021: Benavides takes lead after Cornejo's crash
Riyadh, Jan 14 (IANS) Honda's Kevin Benavides moved into the lead after his team mate and overnight leader Jose Cornejo retired from a crash in Stage 10 of the 2021 Dakar Rally on Wednesday. Cornejo, who had a substantial 11-minute lead heading into the 342km stage between Neom and Alula, crashed 252km into the stage.
2021-01-14
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Sports,Motorsports
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Santosh suffers major crash at Dakar Rally, in medically induced coma
Riyadh, Jan 7 (IANS) Indian motorcycle racer CS Santosh has been put in a medically-induced coma after suffering a crash on Wednesday during the ongoing Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. Santosh, 37, is currently receiving treatment at the Saudi German Hospital in Riyadh and has "no major physical injuries except for the dislocated right shoulder and head trauma", his team Hero MotoSports said in a statement.
2021-01-07
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Sports,Motorsports
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Saudi FM hails 'new chapter' in Gulf as crisis with Qatar ends
Riyadh, Jan 6 (IANS) Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan hailed end of the Gulf crisis with Qatar as a "new chapter" for the Gulf's security and stability.
2021-01-06
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Dakar Rally: Santosh gains two spots at the end of Stage 3
Jeddah, Jan 5 (IANS) CS Santosh gained two spots in the overall rankings to finish 36th at the end of Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia. His overall ranking thus improved by two places to 34th.
2021-01-05
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Sports,Motorsports
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41st GCC Summit to realise reunification: Saudi Crown Prince
Riyadh, Jan 5 (IANS) Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has highlighted that the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, set to be held in Riyadh on Tuesday, will reunify the bloc's member states.
2021-01-05
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi Arabia lifts ban on int'l flights, land & sea entry
Riyadh, Jan 3 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the lifting of the ban on all international flights as well as land and sea entry, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
2021-01-03
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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UAE reports 1,856 Covid-19 cases, 1,577 recoveries, 2 deaths
Riyadh, Jan 1 (IANS) The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention on Monday reported 1,856 cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus, along with 1,577 recoveries.
2021-01-01
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Health/Medicine
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2,00,000-year-old tools from Stone Age unearthed in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Jan 1 (IANS) A Saudi scientific team from the Heritage Authority discovered stone tools used by the inhabitants of Assyrian civilization in the Paleolithic period that date back to 2,00,000 years. The Heritage Authority said in a press statement that the discovered stone tools from the Shuaib Al-Adgham area, located east of the Al-Qassim region, are stone axes from the Middle Paleolithic period.
2021-01-01
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Human Interest/Society
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Saudi Arabia receives over half a million doses of Covax
Riyadh, Jan 1 (IANS) More than half a million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have arrived in the Kingdom. The authorities are likely to announce the arrival of a second vaccine during the coming few days and preparations are underway for giving the new vaccine jabs to the people, Al-Arabiya channel reported quoting the well-informed sources.
2021-01-01
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Health/Medicine
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Saudi Arabia extends suspension of int'l flights
Riyadh, Dec 28 (IANS) Saudi Arabia on Monday announced the extension of the suspension of international commercial flights for an additional week, according to the Interior Ministry.
2020-12-28
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi Arabia discovers 4 new oil, gas fields
Riyadh, Dec 28 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced the discovery of four new oil and gas fields, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
2020-12-28
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi Arabia to host Gulf Summit on Jan 5
Riyadh, Dec 27 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will host the 41st Gulf summit on January 5, 2021 in Riyadh, a state media report has confirmed.
2020-12-27
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi halts int'l flights over fears of new Covid-19 strain
Riyadh, Dec 21 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has halted all international flights for a week amid fears over a highly infectious new mutant strain of the novel coronavirus which has been discovered in Britain, an Interior Ministry source has confirmed.
2020-12-21
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Health/Medicine
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3,47,000 people registered for vaccine in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Dec 21 (IANS) The Ministry of Health has stated that the total number of people who have registered via "Sehaty" (My Health) application to take the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reached 3,47,000 since the launch of the registration on December 15.
2020-12-21
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Health/Medicine
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Saudi Arabia inks strategic partnership with Huawei on industry collaboration
Riyadh, Dec 21 (IANS) The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) of Saudi Arabia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese tech giant Huawei to strengthen the kingdom's digital economy and information communication technology (ICT) talent ecosystem.
2020-12-21
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Business/Economy,Technology
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New Covid-19 cases in Saudi Arabia continue to drop
Riyadh, Dec 20 (IANS) Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health recorded on Saturday 158 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 3,60,848.
2020-12-20
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Health/Medicine
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'Saudi Vision 2030 proved to be blueprint for post-coronavirus economy'
Riyadh, Dec 18 (IANS) Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 reform plan, tried and tested this year, has proved to be the blueprint for a post-coronavirus economy, said Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan.
2020-12-18
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi Arabia starts Covid-19 vaccination
Riyadh, Dec 17 (IANS) Saudi Arabia on Thursday started a vaccination programme for the novel coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced.
2020-12-17
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Health/Medicine
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Saudi Arabia opens registration for Covid-19 vaccine
Riyadh, Dec 16 (IANS) The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday the start of registration for the coronavirus vaccine, starting from Wednesday, for all citizens and expatriates in the country. They can register, through the ministry's mobile application of Sehhaty (My Health).
2020-12-16
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Health/Medicine
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Explosion reportedly strikes ship off Jeddah
Jeddah, Dec 14 (IANS) An explosion struck a ship off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jeddah on the Red Sea, according to reports on Monday.
2020-12-14
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi FM hails efforts of Kuwait, US in solving Gulf crisis
Riyadh, Dec 5 (IANS) Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has hailed the efforts of Kuwait and the US in solving the Gulf crisis.
2020-12-05
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Electronic skin has strong future ahead: Study
Riyadh, Nov 29 (IANS) Electronic skin or e-skin, may play an important role in next-generation prosthetics, personalised medicine, soft robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), say researchers.
2020-11-29
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Science/Tech
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Saudi arrests 226 individuals involved in corruption cases
Riyadh, Nov 27 (IANS) Saudi Arabia announced the arrest of 226 people involved in 158 corruption cases, a state-media report said.
2020-11-27
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Fuel supplies not affected by oil facility attack in Jeddah: Aramco
Jeddah, Nov 25 (IANS) Saudi Aramco said that the terrorist attack on its petroleum products distribution terminal in the port city of Jeddah had no effect on the company's fuel supplies.
2020-11-25
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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G20 leaders vow to safeguard planet, adopt clean energy
Riyadh, Nov 23 (IANS) The G20 leaders have emphasized the group's commitments to safeguarding the planet and adopting clean energy, according to an official statement.
2020-11-23
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Environment/Wildlife,Politics
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Saudi Arabia to launch national investment strategy
Riyadh, Nov 22 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has announced that it will launch a national investment strategy next year, according to a state media report.
2020-11-22
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi King calls for reopening economies, mobility of people
Riyadh, Nov 22 (IANS) Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has called for supporting the global economy and reopening economies and borders to facilitate trade and mobility of people, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
2020-11-22
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi voices confidence in chairing full G20 agenda
Riyadh, Nov 18 (IANS) Fahad Almubarak, Saudi Arabia's Minister of State and sherpa of Saudi G20, has said that the kingdom is able to execute the full agenda as the G20 presidency amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
2020-11-18
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi man arrested for crashing car into Grand Mosque gate
Riyadh, Oct 31 (IANS) A Saudi Arabian man, who crashed his car into one of the gates of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, has been arrested, state media reported.
2020-10-31
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Crime/Disaster/Accident,Politics,Religion
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Saudi to allow entry of foreign pilgrims from Sunday
Riyadh, Oct 27 (IANS) Saudi Arabia will allow foreign pilgrims, between the age of 18 and 50, to enter the country to perform 'Umrah' (the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) starting from Sunday onwards, the media reported.
2020-10-27
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics,Religion
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G20 extends debt relief for poor countries
Riyadh, Oct 15 (IANS) G20 Finance Ministers and central bankers have agreed to extend the debt relief for poor countries by six more months until June 2021 in an effort to help the nations weather the coronavirus-induced impact on their economies.
2020-10-15
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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G20 Tourism Ministers discuss post-pandemic revival plan
Riyadh, Oct 8 (IANS) G20 Tourism Ministers held a meeting where they discussed a revival plan for the tourism sector, one of the worst-hit by the global coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Thursday.
2020-10-08
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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First pilgrims arrive at Mecca's Grand Mosque after 6 months
Riyadh, Oct 4 (IANS) Mecca's Grand Mosque on Sunday opened its doors to the first group of pilgrims performing Umrah after six months of Covid-19 restrictions.
2020-10-04
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics,Religion
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2020 G20 Leaders' Summit to be held virtually in Nov
Riyadh, Sep 28 (IANS) The 2020 G20 Leaders Summit will be held virtually on November 21?22 and will be chaired by the Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the G20 presidency said in a statement on Monday.
2020-09-28
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi to reopen Mecca facilities for visitors in Oct
Riyadh, Sep 27 (IANS) Authorities in Saudi Arabia have allowed facilities in Mecca to reopen for visitors starting from next month after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the media reported.
2020-09-27
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics,Immigration/Law/Rights
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Indian expats donate blood on Saudi Arabia's 90th National Day
Riyadh, Sep 26 (IANS) The Indian diaspora community in the Saudi Governorate of Hafr Al Batin have donated blood in a gesture to celebrate the Kingdoms 90th National Day, according to a media report.
2020-09-26
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Diaspora
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Saudi king stresses continuous efforts to promote global COVID-19 response
Riyadh, Sep 24 (IANS) Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud stressed that his country's continuous efforts to promote global COVID-19 response, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
2020-09-24
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi Arabia to lift travel restrictions from Jan 2021
Riyadh, Sep 14 (IANS) Saudi Arabia has announced that it will lift travel restrictions from January 2021.
2020-09-14
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Business/Economy
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Saudi to set up 1st 'black gold' museum
Riyadh, Sep 10 (IANS) Saudi Arabias Ministry of Culture has announced plans to set up a "black gold" museum, the first-ever permanent creative museum on oil, in Riyadh in July 2022, the media reported.
2020-09-10
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Human Interest/Society
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Saudi King, French Prez review G20 efforts
Riyadh, Sep 8 (IANS) Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and French President Emmanuel Macron reviewed the efforts of the G20 countries to support global economies.
2020-09-08
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi King, Trump discuss G20 efforts to combat Covid-19
Riyadh, Sep 7 (IANS) Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and US President Donald Trump discussed the efforts of the G20 group to combat the global Covid-19 pandemic over a phone call, state-media reported on Monday.
2020-09-07
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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G20 FMs highlight coordination of cross-border management
Riyadh, Sep 4 (IANS) G20 Foreign Ministers highlighted coordination of cross-border management to protect livelihoods during the ongoing coronavirus crisis, according to a statement by the Saudi G20 Presidency.
2020-09-04
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Diplomacy
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Saudi Arabia allows flights to and from UAE to use its airspace
Riyadh, Sep 2 (IANS) Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said it had approved a request by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow all its flights to pass through Saudi airspace, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
2020-09-02
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi King sacks 2 royals over corruption charges
Riyadh, Sep 1 (IANS) Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sacked two royals over corruption charges linked to the Defence Ministry, according to an official decree.
2020-09-01
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi Arabia announces discovery of new oil, gas fields
Riyadh, Aug 31 (IANS) Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud announced the discovery of two oil and gas fields in the Kingdom.
2020-08-31
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Business/Economy
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Saudi Arabia announces discovery of new oil, gas fields
Riyadh, Aug 30 (IANS) Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud announced on Sunday the discovery of two oil and gas fields in the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
2020-08-30
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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Saudi govt employees to return to work from Aug 30
Riyadh, Aug 23 (IANS) The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has announced that government employees will return to work from August 30.
2020-08-23
Category: International, Saudi Arabia,Politics
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