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Explosion on ship in Saudi Aramco Jeddha port area
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], December 14 (ANI): An explosion was reported on a ship near the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah, Sputnik reported citing the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).
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Saudi Arabia commits USD 500mln to COVID-19 vaccine development
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], November 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Saudi Arabian government has committed more than $500 million to funding efforts to develop and produce a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus disease, the country's health minister, Tawfig Al Rabiah, said ahead of the G20 S
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Four wounded in blast at WWI memorial in Jeddah
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], November 11 (ANI): Several people were injured on Wednesday when an explosive device hit a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
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F1 adds Saudi Arabian Grand Prix night race to 2021 calendar
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 5 (ANI): The 2021 F1 calendar will feature a brand-new race in Saudi Arabia as the city of Jeddah will host the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in November 2021.
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Saudi Arabia resumes Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], October 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The Saudi Arabian authorities resumed on late Saturday the Umrah pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, the kingdom's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said.
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Saudi security forces detain 10 terrorist suspects
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Saudi Arabian security forces have detained 10 people suspected of forming a terrorist cell, which received military aid from Iran, a spokesman for the kingdom's presidency of state security said on Monday.
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3 Iranian vessels intercepted entering Saudi territorial waters
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], June 28 (Sputnik/ANI): Saudi Arabian border guards have intercepted three Iranian vessels that were spotted entering Saudi territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, state-run media reported on Saturday, adding that the ships eventually retreated.
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Woman gives birth hours after landing in Kozhikode on repatriation flight
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Palakkad (Kerala) [India], May 9 (ANI): For Reena Thomson, it was a risky journey to fly home all the way from the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh to Kozhikode as she was in an advanced stage of pregnancy.
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Sitharaman takes part in virtual session of G20 finance ministers, central
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the virtual session of the second G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the Saudi Arabian Presidency on Wednesday to discuss the global economic outlook amid COVID-19 pa
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10,000 Hajj pilgrims from Kerala await Saudi Arabia to lift travel restric
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb 29 (ANI): With Saudi Arabia indefinitely suspending visas for visit to Islam's holiest site for the Umrah pilgrimage in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, more than 10,000 people in the state who are awaiting their turn this year for the annual Hajj pi
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US-Saudi partnership critical to confront Iran's destabilizing behaviour:
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Feb 13 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday (local time) met his Saudi Arabian counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud here and discussed among other issues, "the continued need to counter the Iranian regime's destabilizing behaviour."
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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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