King Khaled

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  Saudi King's Air Force Pilot Son Named US Envoy

  Saudi Arabia on Saturday named an air force pilot son of King Salman as ambassador to its major ally Washington, with which ties are improving under President Donald Trump.

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  Scud Missile Fired at Saudi Arabia as 38 Yemenis Reported Killed

  Yemen's dominant Houthi group and its army allies fired a Scud missile at Saudi Arabia which the kingdom said it shot down on Saturday, in a major escalation of two months of war.

• US Pilots Hurt in Saudi Arabia Plane Crash

  The American pilot and co-pilot of a Cessna airplane were slightly hurt Wednesday evening when they crashed short of a runway in the Saudi capital, a civil aviation spokesman said.

• Saudi King Appoints New Spy Chief as Regional Crisis Spreads

  Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Prince Khaled bin Bandar as head of intelligence three months after his predecessor, who was in charge of efforts to support Syrian rebels against President Bashar al-Assad, was sacked.

• Saudi Arabia passes kingdom's first domestic abuse law

  Saudi Arabia has passed landmark legislation aimed at protecting women, children and domestic workers against domestic abuse, a human rights official said on Thursday, in a move aimed at reducing hidden violence against women in the kingdom.

• Saudi man, weighing 600 kilos, forklifted to hospital

  A Saudi man weighing 610 kgs was today forklifted to hospital for medical treatment at the expense of the monarch to reduce his weight.