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Saudi king names son Abdulaziz as new energy minister
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Sep 8 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's King Salman has appointed his son Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the new energy minister of the country, the state media said on Sunday.
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Saudi-led Arab coalition intercepts Houthi drone: State media
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Aug 27 (ANI): The Saudi-led Arab coalition on Tuesday intercepted a drone allegedly launched by Houthi rebels from Yemeni capital Sanaa towards Saudi Arabia, the kingdom's official news agency reported.
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Reliance-Saudi Aramco deal a heartache for Pakistan
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 12 (ANI): The billion-dollar deal between Reliance Industries Ltd and state-run Saudi Aramco on Monday came as a heartache to Pakistan which has been seeking the support of foreign powers, including Riyadh, over India's historic move to change the status of Jammu an
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Yemen conflict: Saudi Arabia invites govt, other parties for urgent peace
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Aug 11 (Sputnik/ANI): Saudi Arabia on Saturday invited the Yemeni government and all parties involved in the conflict in Aden to hold emergency peace negotiations in a bid to strike a deal to end the four-year-old civil war in the neighbouring country.
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'Trafficked' Hyderabadi woman returns home, thanks Centre for helping
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): A Hyderabadi woman, named Ghousia Begum, who was earlier trafficked to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been rescued. She has thanked the central government for helping her out.
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Saudi to lift travel restrictions on its women
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Aug 2 (ANI): The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would be enacting amendments which would grant its women the right to apply for passports and travel independently, said Reema Bandar Al-Saud, the country's Ambassador to the United States on Friday.
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Saudi Prince Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud passes away
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 29 (ANI): Saudi Prince Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud passed away on Sunday at the age of 96.
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Saudi Arabia suspends visas to pilgrims from Congo fearing spread of Ebola
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], July 27 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has suspended issuing visas to pilgrims from the Democratic Republic of the Congo over fears that Ebola could spread during next month's Hajj pilgrimage there.
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Telangana: Kin seek Centre's help to bring back mortal remains of two peop
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Mancherial (Telangana) [India], July 23 (ANI): The families of two persons who died in a road accident in Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday urged the central government to help them carry the bodies back to India.
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Noon Academy is scaling its social learning platform to disrupt the Indian
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] July 03(ANI/NewsVoir): Noon Academy, the Riyadh-based education technology start-up is all set to expand to enter the Indian EdTech space with their platform that appeals to the masses, as they have recently announced a Series a financing round of $8.6 million -
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Houthi attacks Saudi airport again, 1 Indian among 9 injured
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Abha [Saudi Arabia], July 2 (ANI): One Indian was among nine people who sustained injuries in the attack by Yemen's Houthis rebels on the Abha International Airport here on Tuesday.
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Saudi Airlines divert flights to avoid Iranian administrated airspace
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Jun 23 (ANI): Saudi Arabian airlines on Sunday announced its decision to reroute its international flights away from the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz to avoid Iranian administrated airspace in the wake of Tehran's move to shoot down a US military drone earlier
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