Saudi Arabia
EgyptAir offers discounts on flights between Cairo and Saudi Arabia cities
Egypt
October 13, 2020
EgyptAir offers discounts on flights between Cairo and Saudi Arabia cities
EgyptAir announced on Tuesday several discounts for flights between Cairo and the Saudi Arabian cities of Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh, Dammam…
Saudi’s National Commercial Bank buys Samba in $14.8B deal
Middle East
October 12, 2020
Saudi’s National Commercial Bank buys Samba in $14.8B deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank said Sunday it will purchase rival lender Samba Financial…
Exclusive: Qatar makes formal request for F-35 jets – sources
Middle East
October 8, 2020
Exclusive: Qatar makes formal request for F-35 jets – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Qatar has submitted a formal request to the United States to buy stealthy F-35 fighter jets, three…
‘Mercenary’ hacker group runs rampant in Middle East, cybersecurity research shows
Middle East
October 7, 2020
‘Mercenary’ hacker group runs rampant in Middle East, cybersecurity research shows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi diplomats, Sikh separatists and Indian business executives have been among those targeted by a group of…
Saudi business leader urges boycott of goods from ‘hostile’ Turkey
Middle East
October 5, 2020
Saudi business leader urges boycott of goods from ‘hostile’ Turkey
RIYADH/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The head of Saudi Arabia’s Chambers of Commerce has called for a boycott of Turkish products amid…
Yemen’s war shifts focus to Marib, thousands of displaced at risk
Middle East
October 5, 2020
Yemen’s war shifts focus to Marib, thousands of displaced at risk
MARIB, Yemen (Reuters) – In Yemen’s gas-rich region of Marib, fighters loyal to the Saudi-backed government recited Koranic verses before…
Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictions
Middle East
October 4, 2020
Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi eases virus restrictions
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A very small, limited number of people donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the…
Activists seek justice on anniversary of Khashoggi killing
Middle East
October 3, 2020
Activists seek justice on anniversary of Khashoggi killing
ISTANBUL (AP) — Journalists and human rights activists called for justice for Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday, the second…
Video: ‘Kingdom of Silence’ revisits Jamal Khashoggi’s death and the history of US-Saudi relations
Culture
October 2, 2020
Video: ‘Kingdom of Silence’ revisits Jamal Khashoggi’s death and the history of US-Saudi relations
Two years after the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, “Kingdom of Silence” again shines a necessary light on the…
Ethiopian migrants held in Saudi Arabia call it ‘hellish’
Egypt
October 2, 2020
Ethiopian migrants held in Saudi Arabia call it ‘hellish’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — From a filthy cell in Saudi Arabia, the Ethiopian migrant spoke on a smuggled phone,…