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U.S. economy would have to shift sharply for Fed to adjust stimulus taper: Lockhart

August 24, 2021 at 11:54 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Economic conditions in the United States would have to shift dramatically for the Federal Reserve to change the rate at which it is winding down its money-printing...

Persistent Saudi-U.S. differences hurt Syria strategy

August 24, 2021 at 11:38 p.m.

DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Differences between the United States and Saudi Arabia over Middle East policy persist, despite attempts to shore up their old alliance, and may prove calamitous for Syrian...

Concerned for stability, Saudi Arabia tightens curbs on dissent

August 24, 2021 at 11:00 p.m.

DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, rattled by regional turmoil that has destabilized the Middle East, is intensifying a crackdown on domestic dissent, raising fears that a more open space for...

Saudi spy chief, architect of Syria policy, replaced

August 24, 2021 at 11:00 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the architect of Riyadh's attempts to bring down Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has been removed from his post, state...

Saudi authorities asked to allow school sport for girls: agency

August 24, 2021 at 10:51 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities have been asked to consider lifting a state school ban on sports for girls, according to the official SPA news agency, in a religiously conservative...

Saudi authorities asked to allow school sport for girls: agency

May 14, 2019 at 12:52 a.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities have been asked to consider lifting a state school ban on sports for girls, according to the official SPA news agency, in a religiously conservative...

Saudi Prince Muqrin named second-in-line to succeed king

November 3, 2021 at 8:33 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, a former intelligence chief in the conservative Islamic kingdom, has been appointed deputy crown prince, making it likely he will one...

Saudi Prince Muqrin named second-in-line to succeed king

December 23, 2018 at 5:10 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, a former intelligence chief in the conservative Islamic kingdom, has been appointed deputy crown prince, making it likely he will one...

With eye on investors, Saudi Arabia plans training for judges

August 24, 2021 at 9:02 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would set up training centers for its judges, overriding resistance from religious conservatives in a move that should accelerate judicial reforms...

Saudi Internet monitors turn focus on Syria-fuelled radicalism

August 24, 2021 at 8:32 p.m.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Syria's civil war has led to a new, greater threat of Islamist radicalism in Saudi Arabia that requires a more aggressive "war of ideology" on the Internet,...

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