Tag: Saudi

Turkey prosecutor seeks arrest of two MBS allies over Khashoggi murder

ANKARA: A Turkish prosecutor has demanded that arrest warrants be issued against two Saudi nationals close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the murder...

Saudi Arabia calls for execution of 5 charged with murder of...

--Eleven people have been charged with Khashoggi's killing, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman not implicated in murder   RIYADH: Eleven people have been charged in the...

Trump considers Saudi explanation over Khashoggi’s death satisfactory

Turkey promises to share details of incident soon US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he found Saudi Arabia's explanation about the death...

Turkish police ‘search forest’ in Khashoggi case

ISTANBUL: Police in Turkey investigating the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have expanded their search, reports say. Unnamed Turkish officials say his body...

Saudi-Turkish team inspects consulate where writer vanished

ISTANBUL: Turkish and Saudi investigators on Monday began conducting what Turkish officials have said is a joint "inspection" of the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul,...

Saudi coalition airstrike kills 43 in Yemen’s north

SANAA: An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels hit a bus in a market in northern Yemen on Thursday, killing at least...

Saudi govt reiterates rejection of Canadian ‘interference’

  DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's government reiterated its rejection of what it called Canadian "interference" in the kingdom's internal affairs, Saudi state TV reported on Tuesday. After...

Navy chief discusses mutual relations with Saudi commanders

  ISLAMABAD: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi is on an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). During the visit, the...

Saudi, UAE, Qatari leaders to visit Trump in March, April

Senior Saudi, Emirati and Qatari leaders will meet with US President Donald Trump in the next couple of months, US officials said, amid efforts...

First phase of Pak, Saudi joint Naval exercises concludes

ISLAMABAD: The first phase of the joint naval exercise, Naseem Al Bahar XI, being conducted at Port Al Jubail in Saudi Arabia between Pakistan...

France shows no sign of reviewing weapons sales to Saudi in...

PARIS: France has shown no concrete signs of reducing or suspending weapons sales to a Saudi-led coalition despite warnings that some of its weapons...

Expect no help, Pakistan tells Maldives

Maldives' president sends envoys to Pakistan, China, Saudi for support MALE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday politely turned down the Maldives' president request...

Pak, Saudi joint Naval exercises begin

ISLAMABAD: The 4th Joint exercises of Pakistan Navy Special Services Group (NSSG) and Saudi Navy Special Operations Forces began on Monday. The purpose of the exercises...

107,000 Saudi women apply for 140 passport office jobs

RIYADH: The General Directorate of Passports had announced two weeks earlier it was looking for female applicants for roles at airports and the country's...

Federal govt allows Saudi prince to hunt houbara bustard: report

KARACHI: A special permit was issued by the federal government to the Governor of Tabuk, Saudi Arabian Prince Fahd bin Sultan Abdul Aziz Al...

Saudi closes Ritz-Carlton Hotel detention centre

  RIYADH: Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation centre in a...

Detained Saudi billionaire expects to be cleared within days

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared...