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Saudi gov't to shoulder unpaid wages of 10,000 OFWs

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 07:22 PM

The policy will cover workers from Saudi OGer, MMG, the Bin Laden group, and other construction companies that declared bankruptcy in 2015 and in 2016, the DMW said. Read more »

Saudi crown prince immune from Khashoggi lawsuit: US govt

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 18 06:43 PM

The US government recommended on Thursday that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was immune from legal action over the 2018 murder of a dissident journalist, according to court documents. Read more »

British PM raises oil with Saudis as Biden shuns crown prince

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 15 06:47 PM

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called Tuesday for efforts to stabilize oil markets in talks with Saudi Arabia's crown prince, who was shunned by US President Joe Biden over an output cut. Read more »

Saudi Arabia's crown prince named prime minister

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 05:40 AM

Prince Mohammed, who turned 37 last month, has been first in line to succeed his father as king since 2017. Read more »

Foreign mothers fight Saudi custody laws

Haitham El-Tabei, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 02:33 PM

Human rights groups note that women in Saudi still require a male guardian's permission to marry, and face discrimination when it comes to divorce and custody disputes. Read more »

US won't 'walk away' from Middle East, Biden tells Arab leaders

Aurelia End and Robbie Corey-Boulet, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 03:00 PM

President Joe Biden on Saturday assured Arab leaders the United States would remain fully engaged in the Middle East, as he wrapped up his first tour of the region since taking office. Read more »

Saudi embassy in DC now on ‘Jamal Khashoggi Way’

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 16 05:45 AM

The gesture was to honor the Saudi dissident who was strangled to death and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Read more »

Saudi Crown prince says Israel 'potential ally'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 06:44 AM

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Israel a "potential ally". Read more »

Thai PM to visit Saudi Arabia as diplomatic relations thaw

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 08:52 PM

Thailand's prime minister will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in what will be the first high-level meeting between the two countries since a diplomatic row. Read more »

Ex-spy claims Saudi prince sent death squad to kill him

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 05:00 PM

A former top Saudi Arabian spy has said the country's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dispatched a team of mercenaries to kill him. Read more »

2 decades after 9/11, Saudi Arabia seeks softer image

Haitham El-Tabei, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 09 07:14 PM

The desert kingdom is striving for change in a reform drive aimed at updating its ultra-conservative image. Read more »

Talks underway to sell 1 percent of Saudi Aramco to foreign firm: prince

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 28 09:51 AM

Saudi Arabia is in talks to sell one percent of oil giant Aramco to a foreign energy firm, the kingdom's crown prince said in a television interview broadcast Tuesday. Read more »

Declassified US report blames Saudi prince over Khashoggi killing

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 27 03:23 AM

The United States on Friday declassified an explosive intelligence report that found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a US-based writer whose death provoked outrage. Read more »

No deal with Israel, but Saudi pushes outreach to Jews

Anuj Chopra, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 02:33 PM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - From scrubbing hate-filled school textbooks to a taboo-defying religious sermon, Saudi Arabia is pushing for another kind of normalization after declining to establish formal relations with Israel -- co-existence with Jews. Read more »

Jailed Saudi princess fears coronavirus risk in prison

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 05 11:17 AM

LONDON - A year after landing in jail without charge, her mercy plea unanswered by Saudi rulers and in fear of a coronavirus outbreak behind bars, a prominent princess did the unthinkable -- and went public. Read more »