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Saudi Binladin receives $3bn loan from government

Binladin, which had over 100,000 employees at its height, is the biggest builder in the country

Philippines says working with Saudi on case of maid forced to drink bleach

Agnes Mancilla was rushed unconscious to King Fahad Central Hospital in Jizan earlier this month

Saudi air defences intercept missile fired at Najran

The missile was intercepted but some fragments landed on residential areas

Saudi schools shut due to sandstorms

Authorities in Riyadh and other major areas opted to close schools on Tuesday

Saudi intercepts missile over Jizan

Yemen’s Houthis have recently stepped up attacks on the kingdom

Arab leaders gather for summit in Saudi

The meeting takes place amid rising tensions in Syria after strikes by the US, UK and France

Saudi signs $2.2bn framework deal with Spain for warships

The two sides have been negotiating the warship deal since 2015

Average of 1,500 foreign workers leaving Saudi a day as reforms bite

Foreign workers in the kingdom are tackling new fees, cost of living increases and bans from working in some sectors

Saudi crown prince arrives in Spain for two-day visit

Spain is the final stop on a lengthy tour of the US and Europe by the heir to the throne

Trump demanded quick end to Qatar rift in call to Saudi king

Trump is said to have insisted that the rift be patched up within three weeks

Saudi intercepts missiles over Riyadh, Jizan and Najran

One man was killed in a similar attack on Riyadh last month

Saudi crown prince ends France visit with $18bn of draft deals

At a closing press conference on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said the two countries shared a “strategic vision” on Islam

Saudi-led coalition says it does not seek permanent Yemen presence

The kingdom and its mostly Gulf Arab allies intervened in a civil war in Yemen in 2015

Yemeni rights group sues Saudi crown prince

The case was filed in a Paris court as pressure grows on President Emmanuel Macron to curb arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Saudi to establish national opera, orchestra, participate in Cannes

The kingdom signed a number of cultural deals with France on Monday

Saudi plans nuclear waste site, canal on Qatar border

The proposed canal project would separate Qatar from the mainland

Saudi crown prince lands in France for two-day visit

On the agenda for the two-day visit are the crises in Yemen, Syria and Qatar and the Iran nuclear deal

Saudi begins investigating corruption detainees who did not settle

Hamad said some of those under investigation had failed to respect confidential agreements

Saudi crown prince meets former US presidents, signs off on Aramco, Sabic projects

Houston was the final stop on the royal’s US tour

Saudi soldier killed in Qatif province

Violence in the restive area had appeared to become more rare since security forces largely flushed out Shi’ite Muslim gunmen last summer

Allies of Saudi crown prince appointed to board of new culture authority

The 13 members of the General Authority for Culture’s (GCA) board include artists, filmmakers, executives and government officials

As Saudi prince arrives, ties with France more complex than before

A warm relationship between Riyadh and Macron’s predecessor Francois Hollande did not result in the sharp expansion of business Paris had sought

Saudi crown prince says focus on “end not means” of reforms, hints at Israel cooperation

Mohammed bin Salman was speaking to Time magazine for an April cover story

Saudi city plans to use concerts to attract one million tourists

KAEC currently has 6,500 residents of a planned two million

Saudi’s PIF signs theme park deal with Six Flags

Six Flags will develop and design the facility located south of Riyadh

Saudi intercepts missile fired towards Aramco facility

The Houthis have launched a series of missile attacks in recent days

Saudi anti-corruption sweep to target low-level offences

The purge has largely targeted high-level businessman, royals and government officials to date

Saudi oil tanker hit in Houthi attack off Yemen

The Houthis said they had been targeting a battleship of the coalition

Saudi king reiterates Palestine support after crown prince’s Israel comments

Mohammed bin Salman told US magazine The Atlantic that the Israelis had the right to their own land

Saudi law punishes spying on spouse’s phone with jail

The punishment will apply to both men and women but it could tend to protect husbands from their wives