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OPEC, Russia and other oil major producers reached an unusual agreement on production quotas on Tuesday, with Saudi Arabia committing to reducing its oil production by one million barrels a …

Qatar’s land border has been closed since 2017, when Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain launched a blockade against the Gulf State owing to its support to Islamist extremist …

The campaign had initially been due to start in Chile on 16-17 January but those races have had to be postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Representational image. AFP Paris: The …

Associated Press (AP) 2021-01-05T08:41:34+05:30 Saudi Arabia To Lift Qatar Embargo, Open Airspace And Border outlookindia.com 2021-01-05T08:43:45+05:30 Kuwaits foreign ministry on Monday announced that Saudi Arabia will open its air and …

Dubai: Saudi Arabia will open its airspace and land border to Qatar in the first step toward ending a years-long diplomatic crisis that deeply divided US defense partners, frayed societal …

Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar, the Kuwaiti foreign minister said Monday, more than three years after Riyadh sealed both and led an alliance to isolate …

Kuwait, which announced the opening on Monday, has also been serving as a mediator. Its foreign minister, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah, said in a televised statement that the agreement …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison under a vague and broadly worded …

Al-Hathloul rejected an offer to rescind her allegations of torture in exchange for early release, according to her family. One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent women’s rights activists was sentenced …

Women in Saudi Arabia have been allowed to drive since the kingdom lifted the ban in June 2018, one of the historic social reforms inaugurated over the last few years …

State-linked Saudi news outlet Sabq reported that al-Hathloul was found guilty by the kingdom’s anti-terrorism court on charges including agitating for change, pursuing a foreign agenda and using the internet …

Home  »  Website  »  International  »  Saudi Arabia: Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Gets Nearly 6 Years Jail Associated Press (AP) 2020-12-28T17:58:13+05:30 Saudi Arabia: Prominent Women’s Rights Activist Gets Nearly 6 …

While some detained women activists have been provisionally released, Ms. Hathloul and others remain imprisoned on what rights groups describe as opaque charges. A Saudi court on December 28 sentenced …

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul is seen in this undated handout picture. (Marieke Wijntjes/Handout via REUTERS) The women’s rights activist was convicted of ‘various activities prohibited by the anti-terrorism …

A sea mine planted by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a cargo ship in the southern Red Sea on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned television channel reported, without providing further details. Al-Ekhbariya …

Around 300 expats, mostly Indians, stranded in UAE after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait closed their borders to prevent the spread of the new strain of the coronavirus have been provided …

Image for representation. A video of the 40-year-old Reena Gehlodh from Madhya Pradesh’s Harda district seeking help for her return surfaced online on November 15, Bundi district Congress vice president …

By: New York Times | Updated: December 23, 2020 9:57:59 am Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.(Bloomberg/File) Written by Pranshu Verma and Mark Mazzetti (Ben Hubbard contributed reporting from Beirut.) The …

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman are closing their borders and suspending commercial flights over fears about a new coronavirus strain, the three Gulf Arab states said. Saudi Arabia shut …

By: AP | Dubai, Uae | December 21, 2020 12:19:28 pm Earlier this month, an Al-Jazeera anchor filed another lawsuit in the U.S., alleging that the NSO Group hacked her …

By: AP | Dubai | Updated: December 15, 2020 1:28:40 pm This undated photo released by AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER SG shows the Singapore-flagged oil tanker BW Rhine. The BW Rhine suffered …

Singapore-based shipping company Hafnia said the blast struck the tanker BW Rhine just after midnight. Hafnia reported ‘hull damage’ and did not exclude the possibility of an oil spill. This …

Pakistan has been slowly slipping from the good books of the Arab nations, especially Saudi Arabia — the de facto leader of the Islamic world. This can be proved through …

The ship’s crew put out the fire and no-one was injured, the company said, adding that parts of the ship’s hull had been damaged Shipping company Hafnia said on Monday …

Indian Army chief General M.M. Naravane on December 13 met top Saudi Generals and discussed issues of common interest and ways to enhance bilateral defence cooperation during his historic visit …

(CNN) — I’ve been visiting Saudi Arabia for close to two decades and in that time I’ve experienced some incredible things. I’ve climbed the scarily steep and staggeringly beautiful mountains …