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Saudi Arabia says Houthi missile attack on Riyadh thwarted

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 02:50 PM

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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 »

Saudi arms producer in defense venture with Lockheed Martin

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 22 08:17 AM

Saudi Arabia's state arms producer signed an agreement Sunday with US contractor Lockheed Martin to form a joint venture, a statement said, as Washington reviews weapons sales to the kingdom. Read more »

Saudi woman convicted of murdering Bangladeshi maid in rare verdict

Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Feb 15 11:03 PM

DHAKA - A Saudi woman has been convicted of murdering her Bangladeshi maid by a criminal court in Saudi Arabia, in a ruling rights groups in the South Asian nation said was a rare example of an employer being found guilty of abusing a migrant worker.   Read more »

Yemen's Houthis say they carried out drone attack on Saudi airport

Reuters
Posted at Feb 10 10:27 PM

DUBAI - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said it carried out a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abha airport on Wednesday which the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen said caused a fire in a civilian aircraft. Read more »

Kuwait bans entry for non-citizens, Saudi Arabia cancels events

Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 02:50 PM

Kuwait said Wednesday it would suspend entry for non-citizens for two weeks from Feb. 7 after a rise in coronavirus cases, while neighboring Saudi Arabia suspended entertainment activities and dine-in services at restaurants.   Read more »

Power struggle leaves UN rights body without leader

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 05:42 AM

GENEVA - Russia and China have opposed a candidate from Fiji seen as a staunch human rights defender to lead the top UN rights body, diplomats and observers say, creating a deadlock just as Washington may seek to rejoin the forum it quit in 2018. Read more »

Saudi Arabia to open airspace, borders to Qatar

Salima Lebel with Gregory Walton in Doha, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 07:03 AM

KUWAIT CITY - Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar, US and Kuwaiti officials said Monday, a major step towards ending a diplomatic rift that has seen Riyadh lead an alliance isolating Doha. Read more »

20 killed in attack on Yemen airport moments after new Cabinet lands

Mohammed Mukhashaf, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 31 02:46 AM

ADEN - At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday moments after a plane landed carrying a newly formed Saudi-backed cabinet for government-held parts of Yemen. Read more »

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman to close borders over new COVID strain

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 11:54 PM

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. Read more »

Saudi cuts spending as 2020 budget deficit soars due to pandemic, oil woes

Davide Barbuscia and Marwa Rashad, Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 08:49 AM

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday projected its 2020 budget deficit will soar to around $79 billion, as the world's top crude exporter reels from low oil prices and a coronavirus-led economic downturn. Read more »

Explosives-laden boat hits fuel ship at Saudi port, ministry says

Reuters
Posted at Dec 14 11:53 PM

Saudi Arabia said on Monday that a fuel transport ship anchored at a Jeddah terminal was attacked by an explosive-laden boat, after shipping firm Hafnia said that one of its oil tankers, the BW Rhine, had been hit by an unidentified "external source".   Read more »

Manila Water, partners ink deal to manage, operate Saudi Arabia water utility

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 11:49 AM

Manila Water and its international partners inked a 7-year deal to "manage, operate and maintain" the water and wastewater facilities of Saudi Arabia's North West Cluster, the company told the stock exchange on Friday. Read more »

Coronavirus crisis to dominate Saudi-hosted G20 summit

Anuj Chopra, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 21 09:56 PM

Saudi Arabia opened the G20 summit Saturday in a first for an Arab nation, with the virtual forum dominated by efforts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and the worst global recession in decades. Read more »

Lorenzana: Some 310,000 OFWs repatriated since start of pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 18 12:09 AM

OFWs have been returning to the Philippines since early March when coronavirus cases rapidly rose worldwide. Read more »

China finds coronavirus on packaging of Saudi shrimp

Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 07:07 PM

The western Chinese city of Lanzhou said on Saturday it had detected the new coronavirus on the packaging of a batch of shrimp imported from Saudi Arabia, as China ramps up testing of frozen foods. Read more »

France says Jeddah blast wounds several, condemns 'cowardly attack'

Reuters
Posted at Nov 11 08:56 PM

France's Foreign Ministry said the attack had taken place at a ceremony marking the end of World War One and that several people had been wounded as a result of an explosive device.   Read more »

Contract violations, human rights abuses mababawasan sa pag-alis sa Kafala system sa Saudi Arabia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 05:13 PM

MAYNILA - Mas magiging malaya na ang galaw ng mga overseas Filipino worker sa Saudi Arabia sa napipintong pagtanggal sa kafala o sponsorship system sa mga migrant workers sa susunod na taon.   Read more »

DFA magbibigay-tulong sa mga OFW na maaapektuhan ng pagtatanggal ng Kafala sa Saudi

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 03:21 AM

Nagpaalala ang Department of Foreign Affairs sa mga OFW sa Saudi Arabia na gustong umuwi ng bansa na dapat dumaan pa rin sila sa tamang proseso sa oras na mawala na ang Kafala system doon. Read more »

Saudi Arabia to relax foreign workers' sponsorship terms in March 2021

Marwa Rashad, Reuters
Posted at Nov 04 10:49 PM

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday announced new plans to ease foreign workers' contractual restrictions, abolishing a controversial seven-decade-old sponsorship system known as kafala.   Read more »