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  Four of Saudi hit squad that killed Khashoggi were trained in US: report

  Agence France-Presse . Washington, United States | Updated at 08:41pm on June 23, 2021

  Four members of the Saudi hit squad that killed US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 had received paramilitary training in the United States that had...

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  Saudi talks up strength after US cuts military assets

  Agence France-Presse . Abha | Updated at 10:48am on June 21, 2021

  A downsizing of US military assets in Saudi Arabia will not affect its defence capabilities, the Riyadh-led coalition said on Sunday, after it intercepted the...

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  Saudi seeks religious reset as clerical power wanes

  Agence France-Presse. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Updated at 06:34am on June 21, 2021

  Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on mosque loudspeakers is among contentious reforms seeking to...

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  Roborts serve Zamzam water in Makkah ahead of hajj amid pandemic

  Agence France-Presse. Makkah, Saudi Arabia | Updated at 03:33am on June 17, 2021

  Robots began handing out bottles of sacred water in Makkah this week in preparation for a socially distanced hajj pilgrimage in Islam's holiest city, due...

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  Saudi executes Shiite man in ‘flawed’ trial, allege campaigners

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Updated at 08:56pm on June 16, 2021

  Saudi Arabia executed a man from the minority Shiite community on Tuesday who was convicted on charges related to an anti-government protest when he was...

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  Jordan prince sought Saudi help for coup

  Agence France-Presse . Amman | Updated at 10:36pm on June 14, 2021

  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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  Yemen’s Huthi drone crashes into Saudi school

  Agence France-Presse. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Updated at 07:01am on June 14, 2021

  A bomb-laden drone launched by Yemen's Huthi rebels crashed into a Saudi school on Sunday, state media said, despite growing diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire...

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  Saudi to allow 60,000 vaccinated residents to perform Hajj

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 04:38pm on June 12, 2021

  Pilgrims from Bangladesh and other countries will not be able to perform the annual Hajj for the second conservative year as the Saudi Arabian authorities...

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  Yemen raids halted to push peace efforts: Saudi-led coalition

  Agence France-Presse . Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Updated at 07:40pm on June 11, 2021

  The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-linked Huthi rebels in Yemen said Thursday it had stopped carrying out attacks there in order to pave the way for...

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  Another female migrant abused in KSA returns with baby

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:54pm on June 09, 2021

  Yet another Bangladeshi female migrant returned home with a 6-month-old baby boy after she was sexually, physically and mentally abused in the Kingdom of Saudi...