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Saudi central bank tells lenders not to trade with Qatar banks in Qatari riyals

Some UAE commercial banks are also holding off on doing business with Qatari banks

Saudi shuts down Al-Jazeera office, withdraws licence

Saudi accused the channel of promoting ‘plots of terrorist groups’

US State Dept approves $1.4bn in military sales to Saudi

The proposed sales include a radar system made by Lockheed Martin Corp

US seen trying to calm the waters between Qatar and Saudi Arabia

US officials were blindsided by Saudi Arabia’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Qatar

Saudi, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt sever ties with Qatar over ‘terrorism’

The coordinated move dramatically escalates a simmering dispute over Qatar’s support of the Muslim Brotherhood

Qatar Airways suspends all flights to Saudi, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt

UAE and Saudi airlines have also suspended flights to Qatar

Saudi bans all Qatari planes from its airports, airspace

Qatar Airways has already suspended flights to Saudi Arabia

Saudi construction firm abandons nearly 100 workers in the desert

The men said they had been left in their remote desert camp for the last two months with no food, water and other basic necessities

Saudi Oger forced to pay owed worker wages by court – report

The court is in the process of forcing the company to pay the dues through sequestration of its properties and assets, according to reports

Saudi Aramco warned by lawyers on New York IPO litigation risks

A New York Stock Exchange listing and one on Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul exchange has been the favoured option for Saudi Aramco

Saudi’s Dar Al Arkan appoints former Damac MD as CEO

Damac announced El Chaar’s resignation last month following 12 years at the company

Saudi allows undocumented Filipino children to leave the country without DNA test

Now only a birth registration certificate from the Philippine consulate is needed to allow parents to leave with undocumented children

Saudi’s Falih says more oil output cuts possible

OPEC members and other nations led by Russia agreed last week to extend a deal to limit global oil output

Saudi utility Marafiq may consider IPO

The IPO, which could be in 2019, could raise around SAR1bn

Bahrain wealth fund Mumtalakat hopes to invest in Aramco IPO – CEO

Reforms in Saudi Arabia will have “positive impact” on Bahrain, says Mahmood Alkooheji

British firm wins Aramco oilfield expansion deal

Amec Foster Wheeler won a contract to provide design and project management for the Marjan oilfield

Two killed as gunman opens fire inside Saudi school

The shootout took place at the Kingdom school in Riyadh

Saudi British Bank picks Goldman for Alawwal merger

SABB and Alawwal are mulling a merger that could create the kingdom’s third biggest bank with assets of nearly $80bn

Saudi Aramco signs deals to build the GCC’s biggest shipyard

The 4.3 square kilometre shipyard will be located at Ras Al Khair

Path cleared for Congress to consider US arms sale to Riyadh

US lawmakers introduced legislation last week seeking to block about $500m of a $110bn arms sale to Saudi

Russia’s Putin meets Saudi prince, hails partnership on oil, Syria

It was the second meeting between the two men over the past year

Two Saudi policemen hurt in bomb blast

Monday’s attack was the second in two weeks targeting security forces in Awamiya

Saudi deputy crown prince to meet Putin in Russia

The two leaders will hold talks on issues of mutual interest

Saudi foreign assets reach their lowest level since 2011

The kingdom’s foreign assets kept falling in April amid heavy overseas borrowing

Video: Saudi’s entertainment authority uses 300 drones for Ramadan message

The drones created a Ramadan greeting in Arabic in Jeddah

Saudi’s Alawwal Bank picks JPMorgan to advise on merger with SABB

SABB and Alawwal said on April 25 they had agreed to start talks on a merger

Saudi to begin imposing tobacco, soft drinks tax in June

Entities who withhold information or violate regulations will face fines of up to SAR50,000

Six killed, over 80 injured in major accident in Saudi

The accident took place when five buses collided on the Madinah-Qassim highway

Saudi cleaning firm forced to pay delayed salaries to hundreds of workers

Saudi’s labour ministry followed up on worker unrest at the company’s premises

UN slams erasing of “cultural heritage” in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has said that the redevelopment of old Awamiya was part of a plan to modernise the area