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Saudi Arabia temporarily suspends entry for Umrah amid coronavirus fears
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia on Thursday temporarily suspended the entry of pilgrims who visit the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque, in an attempt to ensure public safety by preventing the spread of the coronavirus epidemic that has so f
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Uncertainties too great to permit reliable forecasting: IMF MD on COVID-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 22 (ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director (MD) Kristalina Georgieva has said that "uncertainties" arising out of the outbreak of coronavirus in China are "too great to permit reliable forecasting."
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Finance Minister Sitharaman holds bilateral meeting with her German counte
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 22 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday held a bilateral meeting with her German counterpart Olaf Scholz here.
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'Pakistani retired general Shahid Aziz had close ties with Al Qaeda'
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 19 (ANI): Retired Pakistani General Shahid Aziz, who disappeared a few years ago, had died in 2018, alleged Al Qaeda, adding that Aziz had close ties with the terrorist organisation.
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Retired Pakistani General Shahid Aziz died in 2018, claims Al Qaeda
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Feb 18 (ANI): Retired Pakistani General Shahid Aziz, who mysteriously disappeared a few years ago, had died in 2018, claimed a magazine published by a regional branch of Al Qaeda.
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Hyderabad woman seeks Centre's help to bring back her husband from Saudi A
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telengana) [India], Feb 15 (ANI): A Hyderabad woman on Saturday appealed the central government to bring back her husband who has been sent to Saudi Arabia by an agent on the pretext of providing a job.
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Hyderabad girl trafficked to Riyadh, mother asks govt's help to bring her
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): A girl was allegedly trafficked to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia when she was 16 years and has been stuck there for the last three years.
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2 wanted terrorists killed by Saudi forces in shootout: Report
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 26 (ANI): Two wanted terrorists were killed by security forces in a shootout in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam on Wednesday, the kingdom's Al Ekhbariya television channel reported.
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Saudi court sentences five men to death for killing Khashoggi
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 23 (ANI): A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five men to death over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey last year, the Kingdom's public prosecutor's office said.
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2 killed, 13 injured as parking roof collapse at Riyadh university
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 18 (Sputnik/ANI): Atleast two people died, and 13 others were injured as a result of a parking roof that collapsed at the Almaarefa University in the Saudi Arabian capital city of Riyadh, the country's civil defense service said.
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Edutech start-up Noon Academy launches new office in Bengaluru
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Dec 11 (ANI/NewsVoir): Riyadh headquartered Noon Academy, one of the fastest-growing Edutech start-ups in the Middle East with over three million registered users, announced the launch of a standalone office in Bengaluru recently.
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Saudi Arabia ends gender-segregated entrances for restaurants
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Dec 9 (ANI): Upending a major hallmark of decades-long conservative restrictions, Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced that restaurants will no longer need to maintain entrances segregated by gender.
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