New Saudi airline plan takes aim at Emirates, Qatar Airways
Saudi Arabia plans to target international transit passenger traffic with its new national airline, going head-to-head with Gulf giants Emirates and Qatar Airways and opening...
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Saudi Arabia executes man for offences he committed as a minor
Saudi Arabia has executed a man for offences rights groups say he allegedly committed while under the age of 18, despite the kingdom’s insistence that it...
Saudi Arabia and Dubai ease Covid restrictions to allow tourism to flourish
Saudi Arabia plans to soon reopen to foreign tourists, a senior tourism official said on Monday after the kingdom announced the lifting of quarantine restrictions...
Saudi crown prince softens Iran rhetoric in balancing act
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has taken a more conciliatory public stance towards Iran, trying to balance long-held animosity with economic considerations and bridge differences with...
Saudi crown prince approved operation to capture or kill Khashoggi, US intelligence says
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered in 2018, according to...
Cyprus and Saudi Arabia agree to launch political dialogue
Cyprus and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday agreed to launch a political dialogue between foreign ministries, with a first meeting and political consultation to be held...
Christodoulides to pay working visits to UAE and Saudi Arabia
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will pay consecutive working visits to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, it was announced on Sunday. According to a ...
Saudi Arabia pulls out of hosting Spanish Super Cup
This season’s Spanish Super Cup will be played in the region of Andalusia and not in Saudi Arabia in January due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
Saudi Arabia says resolution of Gulf dispute seems within reach
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Friday a resolution to a bitter dispute with Qatar seemed “within reach” after Kuwait announced progress towards ending a...
What does ‘oil-rich’ mean, Daddy?
“The only officials present were American and Saudi,” tweeted the Saudi Arabian foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, but he was lying. Israeli...
Saudi pledges support for Cyprus’ sovereign rights
Saudi Arabia fully supports Cyprus’ sovereign rights and believes that regional disputes can only be resolved through dialogue, the kingdom’s foreign minister said Thursday. Faisal...
Saudi king in stable condition after being admitted to hospital
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman is in stable condition, three Saudi sources said, after the 84-year-old monarch was admitted to hospital in the capital Riyadh on Monday with what...
Saudi ambassador praises Cyprus for handling of pandemic
The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Cyprus Khaled bin Mohammed Al-Sharif has praised the government’s handling of the pandemic and congratulated the health workers in...
Six killed in Saudi Arabia in shooting incident
Saudi Arabian police in Assir, a region close to the Yemeni border, are investigating after a shooting incident in which six citizens died on Tuesday,...
Cyprus-Saudi Arabia relations on good track says Christodoulides
The steady improvement of relations between Cyprus and Saudi Arabia was underlined during a meeting on Sunday in Riyadh between Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides and...
Akel presses president over Saudi link
The government was again caught on the back foot on Monday over its citizenship-by-investment scheme amid reports that a Saudi sheikh, whose company owns a...
Oil soars after Saudi facility attacks
Oil surged to four-month highs on Monday after weekend attacks on crude facilities in Saudi Arabia sparked supply fears, while shares in Asia extended losses...
‘Untapped potential’ in new Saudi-Cyprus relations
There is “immense untapped potential” in the political, economic, energy, security, military and defence fields in Cyprus and Saudi Arabia that needs to be explored,...
First-ever official visit by a Saudi foreign minister on Wednesday
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides will meet Wednesday in Nicosia, with his Saudi counterpart, Ibrahim BinAbdulaziz Al–Assaf, who will be on the first-ever official visit to Cyprus by...
First-ever resident ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Cyprus presents credentials
The first resident Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Cyprus Khaled Mohammed presented his credentials to President Nicos Anastasiades on Thursday during an official ceremony at the...