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Trump, Europeans call Saudi account of Khashoggi death incomplete

Saudi Arabia said early on Saturday that Khashoggi had died in a fight

Saudi says Khashoggi died in consulate, arrests 18 nationals

King Salman also ordered the dismissal of two senior officials: Saud al-Qahtani, a royal court advisor and deputy intelligence chief Ahmed Asiri

Former Sudanese president Siwar al-Dahab dies in Riyadh

Al-Dahab, a former army officer, served as president of Sudan from 1985 to 1986

Saudi denies reports of meeting with Israeli chief of staff

Israeli media had suggested the two used a conference in the United States to conduct talks

Pompeo discusses missing journalist with Erdogan, IMF MD pulls out of Saudi event

Accusations that Saudi Arabia was involved in Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance have sparked a political crisis

UAE ranks among top 30 most competitive nations in the world

The UAE ranked high for its stable macroeconomic conditions, good infrastructure and one of the highest levels of ICT adoption in the world

Pompeo says Saudi committed to complete probe into journalist’s disappearance

Pompeo met with Saudi’s king, crown prince and foreign minister

Saudi to resume paying annual allowances to all state employees next year

The payments had been linked to annual appraisals, but that will no longer be the case, according to reports

Saudi inspectors find 180 violations of new labour rules, 251 car showrooms closed

New rules requiring vehicle showroom staff to be 70 per cent Saudi came into effect last month

US official Pompeo meets Saudi king over Khashoggi case

The case has strained US ties with Riyadh and provoked an international outcry

HSBC, Standard Chartered CEOs pull out of Saudi investment conference

The moves follow similar decisions by JP Morgan & Chase co-CEO Jamie Dimon and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink

Saudi stocks fall on concern over Khashoggi case

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday to discuss the affair

Saudi air force jet crashes, crew killed

The accident took place on Monday afternoon

Trump says Saudi King has ‘firmly denied any knowledge’ about Khashoggi case

The US President has sent Secretary of State Pompeo to Riyadh over the case

Saudi women-only gym chain NuYu to expand after Arcapita investment

The new centres are expected to create “hundreds of jobs”

Pakistani national executed in Jeddah for drug smuggling

Another Pakistani national was also executed for smuggling drugs in Saudi earlier this month

GCC, allies should ‘boycott’ companies backing out of Saudi summit – Al Habtoor

‘We can no longer trust Western handshakes that soon become slaps’, says Dubai businessman Al Habtoor

Saudi-based ICD halts plan for $1bn fund with India’s IL&FS

The proposed fund would have financed small to mid-sized projects in ICD member countries

UAE expresses solidarity with Saudi over ‘politicised campaign’

Saudi has been facing international scrutiny over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

JP Morgan and Ford will not attend Saudi investor event

The cancellations could add pressure on other US firms to withdraw from the Future Investment Initiative

Saudi says won’t bow to political pressure, threatens response to any sanctions

The kingdom is facing international scrutiny over its alleged involvement in Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance

Saudi stocks see biggest drop since 2014 on Khashoggi fallout

Regional traders said speculation the case might deter some inflows of foreign investment had triggered panic selling

Saudi warns of five-year jail sentence for spreading rumours, fake news

The kingdom’s cybercrime laws are among the strictest in the world

Trump says US would be ‘punishing’ itself if it halts Saudi arms sales

Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike have demanded firm action over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi team in Turkey investigating Khashoggi disappearance

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been heard from since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2

Saudi citizen accused of creating 100 ‘pro-Qatari cartoons’

The man is accused of producing sympathetic caricatures in exchange for money

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed’s fortune at six-year low

Alwaleed was detained under the kingdom’s corruption crackdown for three months

Ex-US energy head Moniz suspends role in Saudi’s NEOM board

Ernest Moniz said he was seeking more details about Saudi journalist Khashoggi’s disappearance

Saudi air defences intercept missile fired towards Najran

Last month, a missile damaged a mosque and the home of a Saudi citizen in Asir region

Bangladesh Supreme Court upholds death penalty for Saudi diplomat’s killer

Saiful Islam Mamun shot dead Khalaf Al Ali in Dhaka in 2012