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Saudi backs down from beheading Shiite man arrested as juvenile
NEW YORK: A young man from Saudi Arabia’s minority Shiite Muslim community arrested at the age of 13 will not be executed and could be released by 2022, a Saudi official told Reuters yesterday following reports of his pending execution.
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Saudi intercepted five Yemeni rebel drones
Saudi forces intercepted five Yemeni rebel drones in the second aerial attack on an airport in the kingdom’s southwest in two days, a Riyadh-led military coalition fighting the rebels said. The drones targeted Abha airport, where a rebel missile on
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Saudi renovates Shiite Awamiya after crushing revolt
Strip malls and palm-dotted boulevards stand in the once bullet-scarred old quarter of Awamiya, a Shiite-majority town on Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich eastern coast where the long-planned facelift fuelled deadly clashes. Until a year ago, Musawara neighbourhood resembled a war zone
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Oil prices pressured by bearish economy
SINGAPORE: Oil prices were pressured by an economic slowdown that has affected fuel consumption, although some support came from a Saudi Arabian statement that consensus was emerging with other producers over extending supply cuts. Front-month Brent crude futures were at
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Erdogan absent at OIC meet
MECCA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was notably absent from a key summit of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Turkey, a regional heavyweight, was instead represented by its Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Erdogan’s visit would have been his
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Trump warns Iran of war
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump issued a new threat to Tehran on Sunday, tweeting that a conflict would be the ‘official end’ of Iran, as Saudi Arabia warned it stood ready to respond with ‘all strength’ and said it was
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Saudi Arabia – Malaysia’s latest market for palm oil
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has been recognised as the new market for exporting palm oil following the strains in the export of palm oil to the European markets. “Currently, Saudi Arabia is the second largest partner for Malaysia in the Middle
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US Reps approve an end to US to role in Yemen war, Trump’s veto imminent
Washington DC: The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to end US support for the Saudi-UAE war in Yemen, sending US President Donald Trump another rebuke over his support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The measure,
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