16 Feb 2021; MEMO: A Saudi woman has been convicted of murdering her Bangladeshi maid by a criminal court in Saudi Arabia, in a ruling rights groups in the South Asian nation said was a rare example of an employer being found guilty of abusing a migrant worker, reports Reuters.
06 Feb 2021; MEMO: Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khalid Bin Salman announced on Friday that his country will continue its political and military support to the Yemeni government against Iranian-backed Houthi militias, news agencies reported.
His comments came in response to US President Joe Biden's decision to end US support for the kingdom's military campaign in Yemen.
05 Feb 2021; MEMO: The most widely read English-language newspaper in Saudi Arabia published an op-ed by Israeli writers for the first time yesterday. The Arab News carried an article by Dr Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak and Dr Jonathan Spyer.
RIYADH, Feb 5 (NNN-SPA) – The interior minister of Saudi Arabia, announced yesterday, additional steps to contain COVID-19, including closing cinemas and indoor entertainment centres.
Shopping malls, gyms and sports centres will also be shut down for 10 days, which could be extended.
The minister also announced the suspension of dining services in restaurants and cafes, for the same period.
All events and parties, including weddings and corporate meetings, in banquet halls, wedding halls or hotels, will be suspended for 30 days.
01 Feb 2021; MEMO: The net profits of Saudi Arabia's Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) fell by 99.2 per cent last year compared with 2019, the company's data on the local stock exchange website has revealed.
RIYADH, Jan 31 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Civil Defence announced yesterday that, a projectile landed near a hospital, in the border city of Jazan.
Mohammed AL Ghamidi, spokesman of the civil defence, said, the projectile was launched by the Houthi militia in Yemen, adding, no injury or damage was reported.
Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition announced the interception of a bomb-laden drone in Yemen, flying towards the kingdom.
28 Jan 2021; MEMO: A high-level Sudanese delegation headed by Sovereignty Council member Mohamed Al-Faki Suleiman on Wednesday began a one-day official visit to Saudi Arabia to discuss the border crisis with Ethiopia.
27 Jan 2021; MEMO: The US military is using a range of ports and air bases in Saudi Arabia's western desert and developing options for bases to use in the event of a conflict with Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
19 Jan 2021; MEMO: Snow fell in Saudi Arabia and Algeria at the weekend as temperatures plummeted to below freezing. Residents of the southern Aseer region in the Kingdom also saw an extremely rare snowfall on Thursday when temperatures dropped as low as minus 2o Celsius in the mountainous region, the lowest recorded level in half a century.
16 Jan 2021; MEMO: Saudi Arabia has stopped contact with Israel as punishment over leaking the news of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held two months ago, London-based Saudi online newspaper Elaph reported on Thursday.
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