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Revealed: World’s best and worst passports for travel

The UAE ranks 16th on the 2021 Henley Passport Index

Oil steady near $50 after surging on Saudi output cut

The kingdom’s pledge comes amid more stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions to rein in a surge of infections

Umrah pilgrims advised to take Covid-19 vaccine

The kingdom’s minister of Hajj and Umrah received the Covid-19 vaccine in Jeddah

Gulf Arab states agree to restore Qatar ties, end three-year rift

Qatar’s ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani landed in the kingdom to a warm embrace from the Saudi Crown Prince

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Saudi Arabia reopens airspace, land and sea borders to Qatar

It ends a blockade of Qatar by Saudi Arabia that began in 2017

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Flydubai resumes flights between Dubai and Riyadh, Dammam

Saudi Arabia had permitted international flights to resume operations to the kingdom starting 11am on Sunday, January 3

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Saudi Arabia reopens borders, resumes international flights from January 3

Saudi Arabia enforced the entry ban on December 20, 2020

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC Distribution to acquire 15 fuel stations in Saudi for $10m

The stations, located in the eastern region, with sites on both the highway and within communities, will be refurbished

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power to build wind park in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan plans to increase the share of clean energy in electricity generation to 30 per cent over the next decade

Saudi wealth fund PIF starts private security firm

The National Security Services Company, also known as SAFE, will focus on providing a range of specialised services

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Saudi extends ban on international flights, permits foreigners to leave kingdom

The kingdom had closed its air, land and sea borders a week ago over concerns about the spread of the new strain of the coronavirus

Saudi Arabia announces discovery of four new oil and gas fields

Saudi Aramco is continuing to work on determining the size and volume of discovered fields

Saudi Railway taps Oracle Cloud to support expansion, automate services

SAR will also implement Oracle Analytics Cloud and Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse

Saudi receives five million pilgrims since resuming Umrah, no Covid-19 cases detected

The kingdom resumed Umrah in a phased manner in October

Saudi firms replace CEOs at rapid pace in fourth quarter

Key leadership positions have been reshuffled

Saudi’s $360bn sovereign wealth fund PIF rejigs top leadership

The reshuffle comes as the PIF and its subsidiaries prepare to significantly increase domestic spending

MBC Group reappoints Sam Barnett as CEO

Marc Antoine d’Halluin, who spent a year as group CEO at MBC, has now been appointed as a board advisor

Google teams up with Aramco to bring its cloud business to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia joins global network of Google Cloud Platform regions

UAE carriers Emirates, Etihad suspend flights to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman

Emirates has suspended flights to the kingdom until December 27, while flights to Kuwait and Oman have been halted from December 22-28

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Saudi suspends all international flights, closes land and sea ports over new virus strain

New urgent measures have been put in place for one week, with the possibility of an extension

OPEC+ will react faster, be more hands-on with oil market, Saudi, Russian officials say

Saudi Energy Minister met in Riyadh on Saturday with Russian Deputy Prime Minister

Saudi health minister gets Covid vaccine as kingdom offers free shots

Saudi Arabia earlier this week asked citizens and residents to sign up for its vaccination programme

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Covid-19 vaccine: Saudi receives first consignment, over 150,000 register in 24 hours

The vaccine is free for citizens and residents, and the first batch will be distributed over the next three days

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Bahrain, UAE and Saudi ranked among world’s top five Islamic finance economies

Islamic Development Bank report places Bahrain in third place globally

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Saudi begins registrations for free Covid-19 vaccination for citizens, residents

The vaccination process in the kingdom will be in three stages

Saudi Arabia plans spending cuts in 2021 as economy recovers

The kingdom will stick to its plan to cut spending by 7.3 per cent in 2021

Blast at Saudi Port hits oil tanker as Red Sea attacks mount

No group or country claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack

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Saudi approves registration of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

The authority will analyse samples from each incoming vaccine shipment before using it to ensure its quality

Tawuniya selects SAS analytics platform to combat fraud

SAS Insurance Fraud Management to improve speed of claims settlement and fraud identification

Saudi forces destroy armed drone targeting ‘civilians’ in the kingdom

Saudi has seen a string of attacks launched by the Houthis in recent months