Saudi ministers meet UK's defense secretary to strengthen bilateral ties    Saudi-French Ministerial Committee holds second meeting to advance AlUla development    Abo Noghta Castles in Tabab joins UNESCO's Best Tourism Villages list    RSAF and Saudi Falcons captivate audiences at Bahrain airshow    Mike Tyson slaps Jake Paul during final face-off    South Africa's Mia le Roux pulls out of Miss Universe pageant    US hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions    Ten dead in fire at Spanish retirement home    UN climate talks 'no longer fit for purpose' say key experts    Questions raised over Portugal's capacity to host Europe's largest annual tech event    Delhi shuts all primary schools as hazardous smog worsens    Riyadh lights up as Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez dazzle at Elie Saab's 45th-anniversary celebration    Mohammed Al-Habib Real Estate Co. sets Guinness World Record with largest continuous concrete pour    Australia and Saudi Arabia settle for goalless draw in AFC Asian Qualifiers    PIF completes largest-ever accelerated bookbuild offering in MENA region    Saudi Arabia's inflation rate hits 1.9% in October, the highest in 14 months    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    South Korean actor Song Jae Lim found dead at 39    Don't sit on the toilet for more than 10 minutes, doctors warn    Saudi Champion Saeed Al-Mouri scores notable feat in Radical World Championship in Abu Dhabi with support from Bin-Shihon Group    France to deploy 4,000 police officers for UEFA Nations League match against Israel    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Arab League brands Hezbollah ‘terror' group
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Baathist named new Syria PM
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07 - 06 - 2012
Al-Tayyar IPO to raise SR1.4b
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17 - 05 - 2012
Bin Laden not ‘puppet master': US report on seized documents
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04 - 05 - 2012
Health Water Bottling eyes 30% IPO in Q1'13
Health Water Bottling Co. Ltd, a company owned by Saudi Arabian conglomerate Olayan Group, is planning to go public by issuing 30 percent of its shares in a flotation in the first quarter of 2013, three sources said. Health Water, which was formed (...)

24 - 04 - 2012
Aramco tests Karan gas units
Saudi Aramco has started commissioning the first train of an expanded gas processing facility for Karan, its first non-associated offshore gas field, three industry sources said this week. Aramco aimed to produce 400 mcfd of gas to meet peak summer (...)

21 - 04 - 2012
Bashir vows to topple S. Sudan's ruling party
Bashir Wednesday vowed to “liberate” South Sudan from its ruling party, a sharp escalation of rhetoric after fierce border clashes that edged the East African neighbors closer to all-out war. There has been growing alarm over the worst violence (...)

19 - 04 - 2012
Bahrain king dismisses opposition as disunited
Khalifa dismissed the country's opposition movement as disunited and said the threat of Iran had compelled him to call in foreign troops to crush last year's uprising. “In a sense there is no ‘opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one (...)

13 - 02 - 2012
KSA, Kuwait to go ahead with Dorra
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are pushing ahead with plans to develop the undisputed part of the offshore Dorra gas field with the front-end engineering and design (FEED) work expected to be completed by June, industry sources said. Iran said in January (...)

03 - 02 - 2012
Aramco to increase oil drilling rigs
Saudi Aramco plans to raise the number of drilling rigs it operates to pre-crisis levels of at least 130 by the second quarter of 2012 as it strives to maintain production capacity levels, industry sources said. Aramco had seen a sharp decline in (...)

22 - 12 - 2011
New Saudi central bank chief could hasten market opening
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15 - 12 - 2011
‘Arab states will not allow Syrian massacre'
Faisal, Chairman of King Faisal Center for Islamic Research and Studies, said Friday that Arab states would not allow “the continued massacre” of the Syrian people, while saying he believed Bashar Al-Assad was unlikely to step down (...)

10 - 12 - 2011
After Gaddafi's son, spymaster captured
Senussi, Libya's feared former intelligence chief, was cornered and captured at a remote desert homestead Sunday, a day after Muammar Gaddafi's son was seized by Libyan fighters in the same region. The arrest of the last survivor of the old regime (...)

21 - 11 - 2011
Aramco, Shell JV gets nod to appraise Kidan
A joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and Saudi Aramco has won approval from the Saudi government to study the possible development of Kidan area, in Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter, the South Rub Al-Khali Co (SRAK) venture said Wednesday. Kidan (...)

17 - 11 - 2011
Ample evidence against Iran: Turki
Faisal, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, said here Tuesday that there was “ample and heinous” evidence that Iran was behind an alleged plot to kill the current Saudi envoy to Washington. Prince Turki, Saudi (...)

17 - 11 - 2011
Kingdom, S. Korea sign nuclear cooperation deal
Saudi Arabia has signed a bilateral agreement with South Korea for cooperation on the development of nuclear energy. The agreement is part of the Kingdom's efforts to diversify its energy mix to meet rising power demand. Hashim Abdullah Yamani, (...)

16 - 11 - 2011
Zain Saudi names new CEO and MD
Barrak has resigned as telecoms operator Zain Saudi Arabia's chief executive, the company said Tuesday, two weeks after a consortium withdrew plans to buy a 25 percent stake. Khalid Al-Omar will take over as chief executive and managing director (...)

12 - 10 - 2011
UK court lifts $9.2 billion Saad asset freeze order
Sanea, the founder of Saad Group, has seen a UK court lift a freezing order on $9.2 billion worth of his assets in what his legal team called a “significant turning point” in a bitter legal battle with his in-laws. The move by London's High Court, (...)

07 - 10 - 2011
Unity eludes Assad's opponents
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20 - 09 - 2011
Saudi Electric to sign $2.85b facility deal
Saudi Electricity Co. (SEC) will sign a SR10.7 billion ($2.85 billion) power deal with a consortium that includes South Korea's Samsung for construction of the Qurayyah plant, it said Monday. Al-Qurayyah, south of the eastern city of Khobar, would (...)

20 - 09 - 2011
Aramco, Shell name CEO for Saudi gas JV
South Rub Al Khali Co. (Srak), a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell, has appointed Saleh Al-Dawas as its new chief executive officer, industry sources said. A company spokesman confirmed Al-Dawas took over as CEO on Aug. 1, (...)

11 - 09 - 2011
Kingdom's water needs eating into oil revenues
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09 - 09 - 2011
Robben inspires Bayern to rout Hamburg
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21 - 08 - 2011
Daelim leads in Aramco, Dow deals
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17 - 08 - 2011
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