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Saudi Arabia urges all Jeddah residents to remain indoors

Saudi Arabia's crisis management and disaster center on Tuesday urged all Jeddah residents to remain indoors due to heavy rainfall in the western coastal...

King Salman has 'full confidence' in Egypt security

Saudi King Salman has expressed "full confidence" in Egyptian security measures, ordering Riyadh's national airline to continue flights to Sharm el-Sheikh despite suspicions a...

ISIS claims central Baghdad bombing

The hardline militant group Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Tuesday morning in central Baghdad that police said killed three...

Business Opportunities Forum to promote Saudi-French links

Saudi Arabia will host the 2nd Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum in Riyadh on Oct. 12. A high-powered French delegation represented by Prime Minister Manuel Valls,...

Crime rate in Saudi Arabia decreases by 10%

Crime rate in the Kingdom last year decreased by 10.01%, according to Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior. Addressing a...

German foreign minister says to meet with Pompeo over Iran deal

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday he will travel to Washington to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss...

One Syrian, one Filipino arrested in illegal bomb factory raid: Saudi Arabia news

Saudi Arabian security forces arrested a Syrian man accused of plotting attacks and his Filipino accomplice in a raid on an illegal explosives factory...

Egypt sees World Bank funds arriving soon, looks for Saudi aid

Egypt expects to receive a $1 billion World Bank loan approved in December once outstanding paperwork is finalised and is negotiating to secure more...

Turkey and Iran seek to 'manage differences', boost trade

Turkey and Iran, two countries on opposite sides of Syria's civil war, must develop a "common perspective" in order to end sectarian strife in...

Somali Cabinet has agreed on model for elections in 2016

The U.N. envoy for Somalia said the Cabinet agreed Thursday on a model for elections later this year, calling the long-awaited decision "an important...

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