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US-Saudi defence pact tied to normalization with Israel, Palestinian demands put aside: Report

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Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring Washington to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even if Tel Aviv does not offer major concessions to Palestinians in their bid for statehood, three regional sources familiar with the talks say.
Americas

Over half of American oppose defence pact with Saudi Arabia: Poll

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More than half of American voters oppose a defence pact with Saudi Arabia that would commit Washington to send forces to defend the kingdom in the event it is attacked, a survey shows.
Middle East

Saudi delegation visits West Bank for first time in three decades

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Saudi Arabia, which has engaged in US-brokered talks with Israel to potentially normalise relations, Tuesday sent a delegation to the occupied West Bank for the first time in 30 years.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia says planning tougher IAEA oversight of its nuclear activities

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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday it has decided to end light-touch checks of its nuclear activities by the United Nations atomic watchdog and switch to full-blown safeguards, a change the nuclear agency has been demanding for years.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia won’t be tempted to seek nuclear bombs since Iran does not have them: Russia

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No one wants more nuclear powers to emerge in the world and Moscow believes that since Tehran will not have nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia won’t be tempted to obtain them, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia sentences schoolgirl to 18 years in prison over tweets

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Saudi Arabia has sentenced a secondary schoolgirl to 18 years in jail and travel ban for posting tweets in support of political prisoners, a rights group has announced. It comes after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman blamed 'bad laws' for death sentence against a Saudi man over social media posts.
Middle East

Yemen’s Huthis voice optimism about peace negotiations with Saudis, Riyadh hails talks

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Yemen's Ansarullah, aka Huthis, has expressed optimism about the quality of earlier talks in Saudi Arabia on the potential of putting an end to a war that Riyadh and its allies have been waging against the Arab country since 2015. The Kingdom has also welcomed the “positive results” of talks with the Yemeni delegation.
Middle East

US, Saudi Arabia discuss security pact: Report

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The US and Saudi Arabian officials are reportedly discussing the terms of a security pact resembling those with Washington’s East Asian allies, in what is viewed as an incentive for the kingdom to normalize relations with Israel.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia says two-state solution in Palestine must return to forefront

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Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud has said that there will be no solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict without an independent Palestinian state.
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis arrive in Saudi Arabia for peace talks

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A delegation of Yemen's Houthi has arrived in Saudi Arabia for negotiations aimed at potentially ending the war in the Arab world's poorest nation.
Middle East

Number of executions by Saudi Arabia in 2023 topped 100: Report

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The number of executions conducted by Saudi Arabia this year has surpassed 100, according to the rights group Amnesty International, which raised concerns that the death penalty is being used in the kingdom in violation of international law.
Middle East

X accused of assisting Saudi Arabia in cracking down on critics: Report

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A revised civil US lawsuit has accused X, formerly known as Twitter, of assisting Saudi Arabia in perpetrating human rights abuses against its users.
Asia

China’s Huawei opens cloud data center in Saudi Arabia to grow MENA footprint

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Huawei Technologies has opened a cloud data centre in the Saudi capital Riyadh in a bid to grow its online service offerings in the Middle East and North Africa, the Chinese tech giant has announced.
Middle East

US, Germany trained Saudi border forces accused of killing migrants: Report

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Saudi border forces accused of killing hundreds of people trying to cross the border from neighbouring Yemen, received training from the United States and Germany, according to the Guardian.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia mulling nuclear power bids from China, Russia, France to sway US

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Saudi Arabia is considering bids to build a nuclear power station from countries including China, France and Russia as Riyadh seeks to sway Washington over a sensitive security pact, according to a report run by the Financial Times.
Middle East

UN experts raise climate change concerns with Aramco oil company

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UN rights experts have sent a letter of concern to Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco, saying its expansion of fossil fuel production and ongoing exploration threaten human rights, a document shows.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia refutes allegations over assault on Ethiopian citizens

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Saudi Arabia has categorically rejected Human Rights Watch's recent report claiming an assault on the Ethiopian citizens while attempting to cross the Saudi-Yemeni border.
Middle East

HRW says Saudi guards kill, abuse refugees at border with Yemen

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Saudi Arabia has engaged in a large-scale and brutal killing of African refugees and migrants at its southern borders with Yemen that could constitute crimes against humanity, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). The prominent rights group has documented targeting refugees by firearms, explosive weapons when trying to cross into Saudi Arabia.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia says executed US citizen convicted of killing his father

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Saudi Arabia has executed an American citizen who had been convicted of killing his father.
Middle East

Palestinian officials welcome first Saudi Arabia envoy

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Palestinian officials have welcomed the first Saudi Arabian ambassador, even as Riyadh mulls over establishing formal diplomatic relations with Israel.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia seeking to join UK, Italy and Japan’s joint air combat programme

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Saudi Arabia is lobbying the UK, Italy and Japan to join a partnership that would give it access to their next-generation fighter jet project by offering a “significant financial contribution” to the programme amid concerns with Russian weaponry's performance in Ukraine and frayed US ties.
Middle East

Biden’s security adviser in UAE after Saudi visit

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US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has traveled to the United Arab Emirates after a visit to Saudi Arabia. The trip came amid Washington’s efforts to mend ties with the two Arab states and a recent American military buildup in West Asia.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco to ramp up oil investments in China as it competes with Russia

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Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, says it will plough ahead with new investments in China. This as the company has announced a 38 percent drop in profit as lower oil prices and production cuts bite.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia inks deal with Turkey’s defense firm to localise drone manufacturing

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Saudi Arabia has signed a strategic agreement with Turkish defense firm Baykar Tech to localise the manufacturing of drones in the kingdom, state-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) posted on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait urge their citizens to leave Lebanon

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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have advised their citizens to leave Lebanese territory and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes.
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