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Saudi Arabia mandates COVID booster dose for citizens traveling out of the country
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that Saudi citizens who wish to travel outside the Kingdom are required to take a third dose—booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, effective from…
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Saudi Arabia to recruit domestic workers from eight more countries
Riyadh: The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development aims to recruit workers from eight African and Asian countries, local media reported on Thursday. According to Arabic daily Al Eqtisadiah,Saudi spokesman…
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Saudi Arabia moves to redefine Islam-bearing green flag
Dubai: Saudi Arabia is inching toward changes that govern its national anthem and green flag, which is emblazoned with a sword and inscribed with Islam’s creed as the birthplace of the faith.…
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SIBN’s Zaki meets first female commercial pilot of Saudi Arabia
SIBN’s Mir Gazanfar Ali Zaki met the first female commercial pilot of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Yasmeen Maimani. Maimani is the founder CEO of Jazz Creative Agency, a Jeddah-based company specialized…
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Saudi Arabia’s first yoga festival offers mindfulness, meditation
Jeddah: More than 1,000 people across Saudi Arabia came to Juman Park in King Abdullah Economic City to participate in the country’s first yoga festival arranged by the Saudi Yoga Committee on…
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Houthis suffer serious setbacks in fight over Yemen’s oil-rich provinces
Sanaa: Recent military operations conducted by elite Yemeni troops inflicted serious setbacks on the Iran-backed Houthi militia in the fight over the country’s oil-rich provinces, said a military official. The Southern Giants…
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Salman Khan honoured at Joy Awards 2022 in Saudi Arabia
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been honoured at the Joy Awards 2022, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Taking to his Instagram handle, Salman Khan shared a picture from the ceremony…
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UN: 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s rebels died fighting
United Nations: UN experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Iranian-backed rebels…
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Saudi offered its airspace to Israel in exchange for access to Pegasus spyware
In exchange for Riyadh opening its airspace to flights from Israel, then Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to extend Saudi Arabia’s licence to use the controversial Pegasus spyware. Despite the fact that…
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Iran, Saudi to hold talks in Baghdad soon to normalise ties: Ambassador
Tehran: The fifth round of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia will be held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to normalise bilateral relations, Iraj Masjedi, Tehran’s Ambassador to Iraq, told local media. Without…
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Saudi Arabia, Iraq sign deal to link power grids
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and Iraq has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to link the power grids of the two countries. The deal was inked by Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud…
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Saudi-led airstrikes hit military camp in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital
Sanaa: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has launched multiple airstrikes on a military camp controlled by the Houthi militia in the Yemeni capital, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. On Tuesday midnight, it was…
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Sudan condemns Houthi’s attacks on UAE, Saudi Arabia
Khartoum: Sudan has condemned the attacks launched by the Houthi group against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.“Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns, in the strongest terms, the attacks committed by…