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January 19, 2022

Saudi warns of jail for spreading ‘rumours’ online

Saudi Arabia has warned that spreading “rumours” is a crime punishable by up to five years in jail, after sexual harassment claims circulated widely on social media. “Publishing or contributing in any way to rumours and lies via social media…

January 18, 2022

14 dead as Saudi coalition bombs Yemen after UAE attack

The Saudi-led coalition killed 14 people in air strikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital, a medical source said Tuesday, after an attack by Huthi insurgents on the United Arab Emirates sent regional tensions soaring. Sanaa residents were combing the rubble for…

January 17, 2022

Suspected drone strike kills 3 in UAE, Huthis announce ‘military operation’

A suspected drone attack killed three people in a fuel tank blast in Abu Dhabi on Monday, officials said, as Yemen’s Huthi rebels announced a “military operation” in the United Arab Emirates. Two Indians and a Pakistani died as three…

January 17, 2022

Iran says diplomats back in Saudi for OIC posts

Iranian envoys have returned to the Saudi-based Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, in the first such diplomatic move since the two countries cut ties in 2016, the foreign ministry announced Monday. “The delegation is now in Jeddah (western Saudi Arabia) to…

January 17, 2022

Iran says diplomats in Saudi for Islamic bloc posts

Iranian diplomats are in Saudi Arabia to start work at a global organisation representing Muslims, a first since the two rivals cut ties in 2016, Iran’s foreign ministry announced on Monday. “The delegation is now in Jeddah to start its…

January 15, 2022

US Africa envoy to visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia

The US special envoy for the Horn of Africa will visit Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Ethiopia next week amid ongoing crises in the two African nations, the State Department announced Friday. David Satterfield and Assistant Secretary of State Molly Phee…

January 12, 2022

Hungarian, Saudi oil firms to buy Polish assets

Poland’s state-owned refiner PKN Orlen announced Wednesday plans to sell oil assets to Saudi Aramco and Hungary’s MOL in order to meet EU conditions for its merger with domestic rival Grupa Lotos. Saudi Aramco will buy a stake in Lotos’s…

January 12, 2022

Saudi sex harasser named and shamed under new law

A Saudi has been named in a newspaper after his conviction for sexual harassment, in an apparent first under new laws tackling a subject that is often seen as taboo. A court in the Muslim holy city of Medina ordered…

January 9, 2022

Samba show shakes Saudi Arabia

Authorities in Saudi Arabia were investigating on Sunday after a samba performance by dancers some considered too scantily clad for the conservative kingdom, which has been diversifying its entertainment options. Over the past week videos on social media have shown…