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Saudi Princess Reema vows to involve women in sport

A U.S.-raised Saudi Arabian princess freshly appointed to increase female participation in sport plans to help licence gyms and modify outdoor spaces for women...

18 dead in week of Saudi rains and flooding

Eighteen people have been killed during heavy rains and floods over the past week in Saudi Arabia, the civil defence agency said on Thursday. In...

Saudi Arabia lists 4 firms, 3 Lebanese men with links to Hezbollah

Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had blacklisted four companies and three Lebanese men for having links to Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim militant group Hezbollah,...

17 women elected to Saudi local councils

Saudi Arabians voted 17 women into public office in municipal elections in the conservative Islamic kingdom on Saturday, the first to allow female participation,...

Bhutanese are getting more sleep and it's lifting their happiness index

People in Bhutan are happier now than they were five years ago according to a survey of social wellbeing released by the tiny Himalayan...

Egypt struggles to get subsidised food to poor amid dollar crisis

"Any rice?" says the woman, leaning into a shop in Cairo and brandishing a green smartcard that carries her family's food credits. The shopkeeper...

Saudi strips powers from religious police, orders 'kinder' approach

Saudi Arabia has stripped its frequently criticised religious police of their powers to arrest, urging them to act "kindly and gently" in enforcing Islamic...

Saudi women win EU prize for promoting human rights

The head of the European Union delegation to the Kingdom Ambassador Adam Kulach has said that the election of 20 Saudi women in various...

Saudi Arabia urges nationals to leave Lebanon

Saudi Arabia has issued a warning against its citizens from travelling to Lebanon and advises Saudi nationals currently in Lebanon to leave, said state-owned media...

Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Nayef receives France's top honor

The Legion of Honor award wasn't on the official agenda, but President Francois Hollande reportedly awarded France's highest honor to Saudi Arabia's crown prince...

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