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Saudi private sector sees worst month in nine years

Emirates NBD’s purchasing managers’ index recorded record lows in a number of categories for April

Saudi Arabia issues tender to buy 540,000 tonnes of wheat

Saudi Arabia has become a major importer of hard and soft wheat

Saudi receives prisoner from Guantanamo Bay

Ahmed al Darbi will serve out the rest of his 13-year sentence in the kingdom

Saudi moves to tempt more foreign insurers

Saudi Arabia is seeking to tempt foreign entrants across industries as it embarks on a massive overhaul of its economy

Saudi sees 277,000 foreign workers leave jobs in Q4

The departures came ahead of the introduction of a new levy on companies employing foreigners

IMF says Saudi needs oil at $85-$87 to balance budget

Some analysts fear the recent recovery in oil prices could slow the pace of the kingdom’s economic and fiscal reforms

South Africa’s Paramount in talks to establish Saudi arms factory

Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s largest arms buyers

Saudi intercepts five missiles following air strike on Houthi leaders

State TV reported two Houthi leaders were killed in an air strike on Saturday morning

Saudi launches multi-billion dollar entertainment resort

Qiddiya is about two-and-a-half times the size of Disney World.

Saudi Aramco, SABIC award initial contract for $20bn crude-to-chemicals project

The project is claimed to be the largest crude-to-chemicals facility in the world

Saudi women to pay six times more than men for driving lessons

The cost of lessons has led some women to offer to teach their peers for free

Saudi makes schools, water priorities in privatisation plan

Authorities hope to offer a draft law on PPP frameworks for public consultation and feedback within a week or so

Saudi needs 1.2m jobs by 2022 to hit unemployment target

The labour ministry plans to restrict employment in 12 retail sub-sectors to Saudi nationals

Saudi demand for foreign drivers expected to decline 40%

The lifting of the kingdom’s female driving ban is expected to hit demand for expat drivers

Saudi says Qatar ‘regime’ would fall in a week without US support

The kingdom issued the statement following comments issued by US President Donald Trump

Saudi privatisation plans target $11bn in non-oil revenues by 2020

The delivery document released on Tuesday charts the way forward for the period ending in 2020

Saudi ministry outlines cinema licensing rules

The kingdom’s first new cinema in decades opened last week after the lifting of a ban

Houthi’s second in command killed in coalition airstrike

The rebel group’s number two Saleh Al Sammad was killed on Thursday, according to Houthi-affiliated media

Saudi intercepts missiles fired at Aramco facility

Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment

Saudi says Yemen missile started fire in Najran

Najran has been repeatedly targeted by Houthi missile attacks across the border

Saudi issues drone restrictions following palace incident

Amateur online videos of heavy gunfire in the capital’s Khozama district on Saturday sparked fears of possible political unrest

Thousands of foreign students apply to leave Saudi

Parents are opting to send their children home due to a dependents fee introduced last year

Saudi security shoots down drone near Riyadh palace

Saudi Arabia has witnessed a series of radical political changes over the past year

Saudi arrests foreign workers for tobacco tax evasion

The kingdom introduced a 100 per cent tax on tobacco products last June

Saudi announces death of two Al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen

The Saudi coalition in Yemen is supporting a sustained campaign by Yemeni forces against Al-Qaeda

Saudi cinema launch ends decades-old ban

The kingdom banned cinemas in the early 1980s under pressure from Islamists

Saudi’s Riyadh airport privatisation plans on hold

The kingdom is launching a privatisation drive as part of wider economic reforms as it diversifies away from dependancy on oil

Google to launch Innovation Hubs in Saudi Arabia

The tech giant will set up five hubs across the kingdom

First Saudi Arabian-linked banks join al-Gosaibi debt settlement plan

Ahmad Hamad al-Gosaibi and Brothers had defaulted on almost $6bn of debt in 2009

Saudi open to sending troops into Syria

Riyadh has suggested it could help counter-terrorism operations in some other theatres