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Saudi women face web of barriers even as driving ban lifts 27 Sep 2017 - 12:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman drives a car in Saudi Arabia October 22, 2013. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo
Saudi king issues decree allowing women to drive 26 Sep 2017 - 10:29 pm
The royal decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice within 30 days and then implement the order by June 2018, according to state news agency SPA.
Saudi Arabia to unblock internet calling apps 20 Sep 2017 - 12:10 pm
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Rights groups slam Saudi arrests as crackdown on dissent 16 Sep 2017 - 03:19 pm
The detentions come amid widespread speculation, denied by officials, that King Salman, 81, intends to abdicate in favour of his son, Crown Prince Mohammed
International Union of Muslim Scholars slams arrest of Muslim scholars by Saudi 13 Sep 2017 - 01:00 pm
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Saudi coalition investigates own air strikes, clears itself 12 Sep 2017 - 10:03 pm
Yemenis inspect the site of a Saudi-led airstrike on a bridge two people were killed and three injured, Sanaa, Yemen, March 23, 2016.  (EPA Yahya Arhab)
Saudi arrests prominent cleric Al Ouda for his tweet supporting end of Gulf crisis 11 Sep 2017 - 03:52 pm
Sheikh Salman Al Ouda. (Video still) Credit: Youtube/WsmAl3odah
Russia urges dialogue to solve Gulf crisis 10 Sep 2017 - 06:05 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Jeddah on September 10, 2017. / AFP / STRINGER
Saudi says Iranian talk of rapprochement is laughable 05 Sep 2017 - 07:47 pm
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in Ankara, October 15, 2015 (AFP / Adem Altan)
Hajj comes to an end 03 Sep 2017 - 11:58 pm
Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah  on September 3, 2017, during  Hajj pilgrimage. AFP / Karim Sahib
Foreign and futureless, Saudi-born women live in near poverty as they struggle to find work 03 Sep 2017 - 11:37 pm
Saudi women walk past an empty coffee shop in Riyadh, July 12, 2007. (Reuters / Ali Jarekji)
Pilgrims throng Mount Arafat for peak of hajj 31 Aug 2017 - 08:13 pm
Over two millions of Muslim prospective pilgrims head to Muzdalifah after they performed Waqfa prayer in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on August 31, 2017. (Ramazan Turgut/Anadolu Agency)
UAE rights activist moved to unknown location 25 Aug 2017 - 11:05 am
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UAE imprisons Singaporean, friend for their look 24 Aug 2017 - 03:16 pm
Yas Mall in Abu Dhabi
Yousef al-Otaiba berates Saudi in leaked emails 20 Aug 2017 - 08:32 pm
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Kuwait reports second oil spill 15 Aug 2017 - 08:25 pm
A handout photo provided by the Kuwaiti news paper al-Anbaa on August 13, 2017, shows a dead fish covered in oil on the shore of Kuwait's southern Ras Al-Zour area. AFP photo / Al-Anbaa
Kuwait uses new system for oil extraction 14 Aug 2017 - 01:38 am
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Saudi top prosecutor summons Twitter users for harming public order 13 Aug 2017 - 10:06 pm
Saudi men explore social media on their mobile devices as they sit at a cafe in Riyadh, May 24, 2016. (Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser)