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72,000 Saudi female graduates apply for just 5,000 education posts

Application deadlines extended after e-recruiter site inundated with applications

Saudi offers oil cut if Iran freezes output

The offer, which has yet to be accepted or rejected by Tehran, was made this month

Saudi Arabia needs 8,000 tourist guides by 2030

Prehistoric Hail rock art and Madain Saleh heritage site pose promising attractions to non-Muslims

Obama vetoes 9/11 Saudi bill, sets up showdown with Congress

President Obama said the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act would hurt US national security and harm important alliances

India wants to add UAE, Saudi oil for strategic reserve

India is exploring two to three other models for sourcing oil

Saudi builder Binladin says government started to pay dues

The firm was hard hit last year as low oil prices forced the government to delay payments

US Congress lacks votes to override Obama veto on 9/11 bill – US-Arab Relations CEO

John Duke Anthony said the “better argument will prevail”, according to reports

Dubai ruler renames street after Saudi’s King Salman

One of the emirate’s most important roads will now bear the name of the Saudi ruler

Saudi Shoura Council approves recruitment of male domestic workers from Bangladesh

The kingdom began recruiting female domestic workers from the country last year

White House presses Congress on bill allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia

The Senate sent the bill to Obama last week, giving him a 10-day window to veto the measure

Fire at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura terminal injures eight

The company said the fire had not affected operations

Saudia aircraft from Jeddah isolated in Manila airport after ‘false’ hijacking threat

According to reports, there were around 300 passengers onboard the plane

US Senate to vote on a $1.15bn Saudi arms sale deal this week

A joint resolution seeks to block the deal over concerns about the conflict in Yemen

Saudi medical workers protest over unpaid wages

Employees at the Saad Specialist Hospital in Al-Khobar have reportedly not been paid for four months

Saudi forces intercept missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis

The Qaher-1 missile was aimed at Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid Air Base

First smartphone-based MBA launched for students in Dubai

95% of Saudi mobile shops comply with Saudisation drive

Shops are now required to employ only Saudis

Oil up on Saudi, Russia meeting

Saudi crude exports rise to 7.622m bpd in July

The kingdom produced a record high 10.673 million bpd in July

Aramco awards major gas pipeline work to Saudi KAD

The contract was worth in the region of SAR5bn, according to sources

Saudi arrests 17 ISIL supporters plotting attacks across kingdom

Fourteen of those arrested are Saudi nationals, including one woman

Riyad Bank CEO to retire, deputy to take over role

The bank is Saudi Arabia’s fourth-largest lender by assets

Saudi Aramco to shut two refineries for maintenance later this year

Each shutdown could add four million to eight million barrels of crude into global markets

Saudi shares drop on Sunday as activity falls to 12-month low

Oil-related companies and banking shares faced declines

Nesma Airlines to start Saudi domestic operations in November

The Saudi-owned airline received its air operator’s certificate in August

Saudi to increase fees for seven services

The Saudi government is looking to reduce subsidies to increase its non-oil revenue

US removes defunct Saudi-linked American charity from blacklist

The US’ decision in 2004 to blacklist Al Haramain Islamic Foundation sparked a legal battle

Saudi accuses 32 people of spying for Iran

Two policemen shot dead in Saudi’s Dammam

The assailants remain unknown, according to reports

Saudi teenager proposes addition of headscarf emoji

Berlin-based Rayouf Alhumedhi has sent her proposal to the Unicode Consortium

OIC and Saudi Shoura Council say US 9/11 bill could fuel extremism

The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act bill passed on Friday would remove sovereign immunity from governments involved in terrorist attacks in the US

Saudi King hits out against ‘politicising’ haj

Saudi and Iran have been involved in a war of words over the haj pilgrimage

Electronic sheep sacrifice offered at this year’s Haj

Pilgrims in Makkah were able to undertake their Eid Al-Adha sacrifice via a computerised system