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Jordan Crown Prince Weds Saudi Architect In Lavish Ceremony
The bride was born and raised in conservative Saudi Arabia but is also Western-educated, having studied architecture at Syracuse University in New York.
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Ex Saudi Officer Claims Crown Prince Wants To Kill Him Because...
A former Saudi intelligence official who says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is out to kill him alleged in a U.S. television interview that he knows of a video in which the prince boasted he could kill then King Abdullah in 2014.
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Jordan's Prince Hamzah Sought Saudi Help For Coup: Court Charge
Jordan's Prince Hamzah hoped to overthrow King Abdullah II with the backing of Saudi Arabia, according to court indictments against two alleged accomplices released Sunday.
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Researchers Claim to Have Developed Cost-Effective Method to Extract High-Purity Lithium from Seawater
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia claim to have developed a cost-effective method of extracting pure lithium - a component of batteries that power electric vehicles - from seawater. Lithium land reserves are expected to run out by 2080.
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Jordan Bans Media Coverage Of Royal Rift, Saudi Reaffirms Support
Jordan banned all news outlets and social media users on Tuesday from publishing any content related to King Abdullah's half-brother Prince Hamza after the latter was accused of plotting to destabilise the country.
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Swiss Probe If Late Saudi King's $100 Million "Thank You" Gift Broke Law
A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008.
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Saudi Succession In Focus As Crown Prince Ruthlessly Consolidates Power
When Saudi Arabia was ruled by an aged King Abdullah, half-brother of the current monarch, there was uncertainty about who would emerge as next in line to the throne of the world's largest oil exporter. That's no longer an issue.
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In A Bid To Crush Rivals, Saudi Prince Jailed Rivals At Ritz-Carlton
Somewhere in this kingdom, Prince Turki bin Abdullah is locked away. Turki, 47, was once a golden scion of Saudi Arabia's gilded royal family, a prominent son of former King Abdullah and a fighter pilot with advanced degrees who trained in the United States and Britain. He was the powerful governor of Riyadh province, then chief executive of the mu...
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Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic To Play Exhibition Match In Saudi Arabia
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have played 52 times against each other with the Serb leading their head-to-head 27-25.
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Saudi Arabia Is Suddenly Allowing A Lot More Fun
Justin Bieber's "Let me love you!" blared from giant speakers to greet the arriving audience. Once settled, there were gasps and laughter at the antics of two American magicians before people sat back to savor some opera, mime and dance.
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Saudi King Salman Marks Tumultuous First Year
When Saudi Arabia's king Abdullah died a year ago on Saturday, his subjects expected their country to keep a steady course under new King Salman.
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3 Activists Barred as Saudi Women Launch First Vote Bid
Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office Sunday, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom's slow reform process, even as three activists were disqualified.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman Shuffles Government Again
Saudi Arabia's King Salman today named a new housing minister and replaced the head of the royal court in his latest government shuffle.
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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.
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World's Longest Serving Foreign Minister Steps Down in Saudi Arabia
The world's longest-serving foreign minister, Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud al-Faisal steered the oil giant's diplomacy for four decades before stepping down.
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Jordan Crown Prince Weds Saudi Architect In Lavish Ceremony
The bride was born and raised in conservative Saudi Arabia but is also Western-educated, having studied architecture at Syracuse University in New York.
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Ex Saudi Officer Claims Crown Prince Wants To Kill Him Because...
A former Saudi intelligence official who says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is out to kill him alleged in a U.S. television interview that he knows of a video in which the prince boasted he could kill then King Abdullah in 2014.
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Jordan's Prince Hamzah Sought Saudi Help For Coup: Court Charge
Jordan's Prince Hamzah hoped to overthrow King Abdullah II with the backing of Saudi Arabia, according to court indictments against two alleged accomplices released Sunday.
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Researchers Claim to Have Developed Cost-Effective Method to Extract High-Purity Lithium from Seawater
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia claim to have developed a cost-effective method of extracting pure lithium - a component of batteries that power electric vehicles - from seawater. Lithium land reserves are expected to run out by 2080.
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Jordan Bans Media Coverage Of Royal Rift, Saudi Reaffirms Support
Jordan banned all news outlets and social media users on Tuesday from publishing any content related to King Abdullah's half-brother Prince Hamza after the latter was accused of plotting to destabilise the country.
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Swiss Probe If Late Saudi King's $100 Million "Thank You" Gift Broke Law
A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008.
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Saudi Succession In Focus As Crown Prince Ruthlessly Consolidates Power
When Saudi Arabia was ruled by an aged King Abdullah, half-brother of the current monarch, there was uncertainty about who would emerge as next in line to the throne of the world's largest oil exporter. That's no longer an issue.
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In A Bid To Crush Rivals, Saudi Prince Jailed Rivals At Ritz-Carlton
Somewhere in this kingdom, Prince Turki bin Abdullah is locked away. Turki, 47, was once a golden scion of Saudi Arabia's gilded royal family, a prominent son of former King Abdullah and a fighter pilot with advanced degrees who trained in the United States and Britain. He was the powerful governor of Riyadh province, then chief executive of the mu...
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Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic To Play Exhibition Match In Saudi Arabia
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have played 52 times against each other with the Serb leading their head-to-head 27-25.
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Saudi Arabia Is Suddenly Allowing A Lot More Fun
Justin Bieber's "Let me love you!" blared from giant speakers to greet the arriving audience. Once settled, there were gasps and laughter at the antics of two American magicians before people sat back to savor some opera, mime and dance.
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Saudi King Salman Marks Tumultuous First Year
When Saudi Arabia's king Abdullah died a year ago on Saturday, his subjects expected their country to keep a steady course under new King Salman.
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3 Activists Barred as Saudi Women Launch First Vote Bid
Hundreds of Saudi women began campaigning for public office Sunday, in a first for women in the conservative Muslim kingdom's slow reform process, even as three activists were disqualified.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman Shuffles Government Again
Saudi Arabia's King Salman today named a new housing minister and replaced the head of the royal court in his latest government shuffle.
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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.
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World's Longest Serving Foreign Minister Steps Down in Saudi Arabia
The world's longest-serving foreign minister, Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud al-Faisal steered the oil giant's diplomacy for four decades before stepping down.
