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Saudi army cadets travel to India for training

The three year training will take place at the National Defense Academy

Saudi doctors start all-women ambulance service after lifting of driving ban

The team will respond to emergency calls from women in the Eastern Province

Saudi announces one-year arms amnesty

Holders of unlicensed arms and ammunition have a year to correct their status

Saudi sees steady rise in women lawyers

The number of licences granted to women lawyers in Saudi has reached 280

Saudi receives 120,000 applications for female driving licences

The kingdom lifted its historic ban on women driving on Sunday

Snow park opens in Saudi’s Jeddah

Snow Land includes areas to build snowmen and have snowball fights

Some Saudi men still disapprove women driving

Nearly a quarter of Saudis polled in a recent survey opposed lifting the ban

Saudi air defences intercept two missiles over Riyadh

The missile attack was at least the sixth on the capital since December

JPMorgan subsidiary to sell Saudi Investment Bank stake for $203m

JPMorgan International Finance will divest its holding by selling its shares back to Saudi Investment Bank

Saudi women expect new job opportunities after lifting of driving ban

GulfTalent said its survey showed 82 per cent of women plan to get behind the wheel

Saudi denies UEFA charge of hosting pirated sports channel beoutQ

The European soccer federation has threatened action over beoutQ’s airing on Arabsat

Saudi women take to the roads at midnight as driving ban ends

The lifting of the ban was ordered last September by King Salman

Saudi’s women drivers get ready to steer their lives

The kingdom’s ban on women drivers will be lifted on June 24

Saudi energy minister says Aramco IPO in 2019 would be ‘nice’

Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul bourse will be Aramco’s primary listing, confirms Al Falih

Saudi added to MSCI emerging markets index, huge inflows expected

MSCI said 32 major Saudi stocks will gain emerging market status

Saudi Crown Prince meets with White House adviser Kushner

The two leaders discussed the US administration’s Middle East peace plan

Work set to begin on Saudi’s Salwa Canal project

The planned canal, expected to cost SAR2.8bn, will add 60 kilometres to the Saudi coastline when completed

Saudi receives apology for World Cup plane fire

The Saudi team’s plane caught fire on Monday evening during a flight to Rostov-on-Don

UAE presents ‘evidence’ of Iran’s support for Houthis in Yemen

Weapons captured by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen bear “distinctive links to Iran”, say officials

Saudi Aramco says its facilities are ‘safe’ after reports of missile attack

Yemen’s Houthi movement claimed that it had launched a missile on an Aramco facility in Asir

Saudia restarts flights to Vienna after eight years

The airline will fly to the Austrian city four times a week

More than 1.25 million arrested in Saudi for labour law violations

The kingdom began its crackdown on illegal residents in November last year

Saudi files complaint with FIFA accusing Qatar’s beIN Sports of ‘political bias’

In the complaint, Saudi claimed beIN Sport politicised its coverage of the World Cup opening match

Saudi dismisses entertainment chief, no replacement named

Ahmed al-Khatib was appointed in 2016 as chairman of the General Entertainment Authority

Saudi football team land safely in Rostov after plane catches fire

The team were travelling on a Rossiya Airbus A319 from St Petersburg to Rostov-on-Don in Russia

Saudi-led coalition taking ‘gradual’ approach to Hodeidah fight – UAE

The alliance was taking into consideration a “fragile humanitarian situation”, says UAE minister

Saudi MERS outbreaks killed 23 over four months – WHO

A total of 1,844 MERS cases have been reported from Saudi Arabia since September 2012

Missile attack injures Pakistani expat in Saudi’s Jazan

The attack took place on Sunday afternoon even as the Saudi-led coalition continues its offensive in Yemen’s Hodeidah

Saudi mulls legal action against Qatar’s beIN Sports

Senior Saudi official accuses the Qatari broadcaster of “exploiting sports to achieve political goals”

Asian workers take a break at Friday Market in Kuwait City

Saudi midday ban comes into effect

Companies are not allowed to let employees work under direct sunlight from 12pm to 3pm