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Saudi Aramco IPO on track for 2018: officials
Business

Saudi Aramco IPO on track for 2018: officials

A plan to list Saudi Aramco in 2018 is on track, senior Saudi officials said in Moscow on Thursday, as…
Saudi Arabia says it has a new investor: Richard Branson
Business

Saudi Arabia says it has a new investor: Richard Branson

The Virgin founder toured Saudi attractions last week including heritage site Madain Saleh and a section of Red Sea coast…
Umm Kulthum back to broadcast on Saudi state-TV after 30-year ban
Egypt

Umm Kulthum back to broadcast on Saudi state-TV after 30-year ban

State-run Saudi cultural channel Al-Thakafiya TV resumed broadcasting on Tuesday for the first time in 30 years one of the…
Women in Saudi Arabia still can’t do these things
Society

Women in Saudi Arabia still can’t do these things

In a first for the conservative religious kingdom, Saudi Arabia has declared that women will finally be able to drive, the…
Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year
Middle East

Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for 1st time next year

Women will be allowed to drive for the first time next summer in Saudi Arabia, the ultra-conservative kingdom announced, marking…
Official sacked after Yoda image appears on Saudi textbook
Middle East

Official sacked after Yoda image appears on Saudi textbook

Saudi authorities fired a senior education official and other supervisors after a school textbook was found that included a photo-shopped…
Yemen’s Hadi sees only a military solution to crisis: Arabiya TV
Middle East

Yemen’s Hadi sees only a military solution to crisis: Arabiya TV

A solution in Yemen’s two and-a-half year-old civil war will likely come through military rather than political means, the country’s…
Women allowed into stadium as Saudi Arabia promotes national pride, part of reform push
Middle East

Women allowed into stadium as Saudi Arabia promotes national pride, part of reform push

Saudi Arabia is celebrating the 87th anniversary of its founding this weekend with an unprecedented array of concerts and performances,…
Saudi cleric suspended over ‘quarter-brain’ women drivers quip
Middle East

Saudi cleric suspended over ‘quarter-brain’ women drivers quip

A Saudi cleric who said women should not drive because their brains shrink to a quarter the size of a…
Saudi university to dismiss suspected Brotherhood-linked academics
Middle East

Saudi university to dismiss suspected Brotherhood-linked academics

A large Saudi public university announced it would dismiss employees suspected of ties to the banned Muslim Brotherhood, adding to…
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