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As Saudi women hit the roads, Guterres welcomes lifting driving ban

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:05:18 +0000

Saudi Arabia women hit the roads on Sunday, ushering in last ban on female drivers, long seen as an emblem of women’s repression. “It’s a beautiful day,” businesswoman Samah al-Qusaibi said as she cruised around the eastern city of Khobar just after midnight, with police looking on. “Today, we are here,” she said from the […]

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Saudi-led coalition storms Yemen’s Hodeidah Airport

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:34:35 +0000

Troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition stormed the airport compound in Yemen’s main port city Hodeidah on Tuesday after fierce battles with Iran-aligned Houthis, residents and Yemeni military sources said. The capture of the airport from the Houthis would be an important gain for the coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, […]

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Saudi women drivers ready to steer their lives

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:40:57 +0000

Some Saudi Arabia women drivers on Tuesday said they are getting ready to steer their lives on June 24. In September 2017, King Salman decreed an end to the world’s only ban on women drivers, maintained for decades by Saudi Arabia’s deeply conservative Muslim establishment. But it is his son, 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin […]

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Saudi Arabia approves nuclear power programme policy

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 20:16:05 +0000

Saudi Arabia’s cabinet on Tuesday approved the kingdom’s policy on its atomic energy programme, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The national policy limits all atomic development activities to peaceful purposes within the frameworks set by international conventions and legislation, the report said. “The policy also commits to the principle of transparency in all […]

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Saudi to use $13.3bn corruption cash settlements to finance packages for citizens

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:20:28 +0000

Cash settlements obtained from people detained in Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on corruption will help to finance a 50 billion riyal (13.3 billion dollars) package for citizens to cope with the rising cost of living, Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said on Wednesday. The package was announced by King Salman early this month, said Jadaan, speaking to […]

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Trump declares war on terrorism ‘a battle between good, evil’; Saudi king accuses Iran of sponsoring global terrorism

Freedom Reporter — Sun, 21 May 2017 21:54:06 +0000

U.S. President Donald Trump said the war on terrorism is not a fight between faiths but “a battle between good and evil.” “This is not a battle between different faiths, different sects, or different civilizations,” Trump told leaders of Arab and Muslim-dominated countries during a high-stakes speech on Sunday at a summit in Riyadh. “This […]

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Saudis act against anti-Islamic footballer haircuts

Freedom Reporter — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:30:21 +0000

Saudi sports authorities are taking action against footballer hairstyles deemed to be anti-Islamic in the ultra-conservative kingdom, local media reported. The head of the kingdom’s youth organisation on Tuesday asked its sport federations and Olympic committee to “ban the qazaa phenomenon,” using an Arabic name for eccentric styles often sported by footballers. Such haircuts are […]

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