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Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of ordering drone attack on oil pipeline
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's deputy defence minister on Thursday accused Iran of ordering an attack on Saudi oil pumping stations that Yemen's Houthi militia has...
FO condemns Houthi strike on Saudi Arabia
The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday condemned the drone strikes carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia a...
Bid to smuggle 1.130kg ice heroin to Saudi Arabia foiled
ISLAMABAD: The Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of ice heroin worth millions to Saudi Arabia and arrested an accused...
China’s Xi speaks to Saudi king amid Iran tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by telephone with Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Wednesday amid tensions with Riyadh's regional rival Iran after Tehran announced...
Saudi Arabia foils ‘terrorist attack’ north of Riyadh, 4 suspects killed:...
Four heavily armed attackers were killed on Sunday in a "failed terrorist attack" on an interior ministry building in Saudi Arabia's Zulfi, north of...
Saudi Arabia, UAE grant $3 billion of support to Sudan
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have granted Sudan $3 billion in support, Saudi state news agency SPA said on Sunday.
The grant...
Saudi Arabia deports 59 Pakistanis
RIYADH: At least 59 Pakistani nationals living illegally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were deported from the country on Friday.
The deportees reached Islamabad via...
Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani couple over ‘drugs charges’
Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Pakistani couple after it was found "guilty of smuggling heroin" into the Islamic Kingdom.
In a statement, Kingdom's interior ministry announced...
Saudi Arabia, UAE give Yemen $200m in aid for Ramzan
ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which head an Arab coalition fighting Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen, will provide $200 million in...
Attackers target checkpoint in eastern Saudi Arabia: Al Arabiya
RIYADH: Four attackers targeted a security checkpoint with guns and explosives in eastern Saudi Arabia as they tried to flee the country, leading to...
Saudi Arabia executes two Pakistanis for drug trafficking
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said four people were executed on Monday for drug trafficking, including one woman, bringing to 53 the number of people...
Two Pakistanis die in Saudi Arabia road accident
LAHORE: Two Pakistanis, Ramzan and his son belonging to Chowk Sarwar Shaheed of district Muzaffargarh were died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia.
Their family...
Germany adds six months to Saudi arms export ban
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government on Thursday extended by six months an embargo on weapons exports to Saudi Arabia, instituted last October...
Saudi Arabia denounces US recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli territory
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia denounced US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights, a statement released by the Saudi Press...
Royal adviser fired over Khashoggi murder absent from Saudi trial: sources
RIYADH: A Saudi royal adviser has been fired over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He is not among the 11 suspects on trial...
Saudi Arabia rejects call for international probe of Khashoggi murder
Saudi Arabia on Thursday reiterated its rejection of calls for an international, independent investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting it was well...
Three children return to Pakistan after being released by Saudi Arabia
Three Pakistani children, who were held captive in a prison in Saudi Arabia for over two years, returned home on Thursday.
The children – identified...
