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Abu Dhabi Crown Prince meets Saudi King, discusses Yemen

Sheikh Mohamed also met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed in Mina

Asia’s Richest Men Prep for Battle as Adani Enters Ambani’s Turf

Reliance to sell 20% stake to Saudi Aramco in one of India’s largest foreign investment deals

The partnership will cover all of Reliance’s refining and petrochemical assets

Saudi Aramco’s first-half net income falls 12%

The company said the drop in earnings was mainly due to a drop of 4 per cent in the average realised price of crude oil

Saudi King meets Yemen’s President Hadi in Mina

The two leaders discussed the latest developments in Yemen

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Saudi intercepts another Houthi drone fired towards kingdom

Last week, Saudi forces intercepted drones heading towards “civilian airports” in the kingdom

Saudia begins operating daily flights from new Jeddah airport to Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi was one of Saudia’s first international destinations from Jeddah’s new airport

Video: Nearly 2.5 million Muslims perform Hajj in Saudi

The five-day ritual is a religious duty to be performed once in a lifetime for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it

Iran meeting to decide fate of oil deal

Saudi Arabia plans to keep Aug-Sept oil exports below 7 million bpd

Saudi says it is committed to do whatever it takes to keep the market balanced next year

Saudi wealth fund PIF eyes investment in date producer Bateel

Bateel owns date groves in Al Ghat, about 250 km away from Riyadh, and has a chain of cafes and bakeries

First international flights set to take-off from Jeddah’s new airport

Saudia will start daily flights to Abu Dhabi and Bahrain from the new airport on Friday

Saudi Arabia to host world’s richest horse race in 2020

The Saudi Cup, which will be run over nine furlongs on dirt on Feb. 29, will award the winner $10m

Saudi, UAE send 540,000 tonnes of wheat to Sudan

The amount will cover basic food needs for three months

Saudi accuses 32 people of spying for Iran

Saudi ‘well positioned’ to face uncertainty in global economy – central bank

A potential rise in Saudi bank rates will also have limited impact on growth, the central bank said

Saudi, US energy ministers express concern over threats to maritime traffic in the GCC

Tensions have risen between Iran and the West since last year

Saudi could host Formula One race by 2021 – report

The Middle East already hosts two races, at Sakhir in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina

UAE, Saudi condemn attack in Cairo which killed 20 people

An explosives-laden car intended for a militant attack blew up outside a cancer hospital in the Egyptian capital

Global trade war rattles GCC stocks

Tumbling crude oil prices also affected the markets

Saudi intercepts drones fired at ‘civilian airports’

Saudi has seen a rise in Houthi drone attacks in the past few months

Temperatures in Saudi during Hajj expected to reach 50 degrees

Over 1.6 million pilgrims have already arrived in the kingdom to perform Hajj

Banque Saudi Fransi quarterly net profit down 4.4% on Islamic tax provision

The drop came despite a 2.5 per cent rise in operating income

Saudi to levy hefty fines on private firms that do not pay salaries on time

Fines will also be levied on companies that make their staff work for more than eight hours a day

Saudi Arabia announces sweeping new reforms for women

Women over the age of 21 no longer need permission from their male guardian to travel

Saudi energy minister says he discussed oil markets with Russian counterpart

Saudi Arabia would continue to comply with production cuts until the end of Q1 2020, he said

MENA fund managers to boost UAE investments, bearish on Saudi

Dubai was one of the worst-performing markets globally last year, but has rebounded with its benchmark index up almost 15 per cent so far

Saudi’s Taif season tourism festival creates 15,000 jobs, say organisers

The 30-day festival runs throughout August and features more than 70 events

Muslims in Saudi urged to report moon-sighting on Thursday

The crescent moon will mark the start of the Islamic month of Dhu Al Hijjah

Different Arab money

Saudi, UAE, Bahrain cut interest rates after Fed

The Federal Reserve lowered US interest rates for the first time in over a decade

Saudi Binladin group seeks adviser for jumbo debt restructuring – sources

The move is the latest in state efforts to restructure the construction giant

Saudi’s biggest bank NCB posts 24% rise in Q2 profit

The bank reported a net profit of SAR2.69bn in the quarter ended June 30

Saudi Arabia deposits $250m into Sudan’s central bank

The financial grant is part of a package with the UAE worth $500m announced in April