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Vue International has signed deals with Saudi partners to lift the curtain on cinemas after a 35-year ban amid a liberalization drive ushered by Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman. Vue International signed an exclusive preliminary agreement with the Abdulmohsin Al Read more
Dubai-based international carrier, Emirates, Sunday finalized with Airbus the order for 20 wide body jets plus optional 16 others agreed mid-January by the two longstanding partners. The Sunday signing, which took place on the sideline of the World Summit in Read more
Amid a liberalization drive spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, a top Saudi cleric said that Saudi women should not have to wear the loose-fitting abaya robe to shroud their bodies in public. Speaking on his TV show, Sheikh Read more
A Saudi special criminal court has handed a five-year prison sentence to a prominent journalist arrested in January for accusing the royal court of reinforcing corruption in the kingdom. Saleh Al-Shehi, a columnist for Arabic-language daily Al-Watan, received five years Read more
Saudi officials have strongly denied opening air-space to airlines flying to Israel after reports emerged last week claiming that Air India was allowed to cross Saudi skies on a fly to Tel Aviv. A spokesman for the General Authority for Read more
As the war continues in Yemen leaving a massive human toll estimated at more than 10,000 deaths and 2 million people displaced, the UNESCO has rang the alarm bell regarding Yemen’s ancient monuments and historical sites at risk as hostilities Read more
Riyadh has begun awarding contracts for the building of five flashy palaces in the future $500-billion megacity in the country’s northwest desert. Unnamed sources told Reuters that instructions have been given to start construction of five palaces for the King, Read more
The ministry of Emiratization and Human Resources has urged 2,000 companies to give first chance to Emirati talents before seeking a foreign competence in their job hiring schemes, as authorities embark on a plan to give at least 5 per Read more
The project to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in the Saudi city of Jeddah will continue as planned despite seizure by the government of some investors’ assets amid anti-corruption campaign, head of the consortium behind the project has said. Mounib Read more
British and Saudi authorities have reportedly postponed to early March the visit by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) to London as fears for unfriendly reception from rights groups opposed to Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen look serious, Middle East Read more