DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said in a statement issued by state news agency SPA on Sunday that it had interpreted and fired a ballistic missile following the launch of civilian targets in southern Saudi Arabia. . Boundless attacks by Iran-affiliated Houthi troops …
Read More »CanSino to launch Phase III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia
FILE PHOTO: Chinese fax manufacturer CanSino Biologics’ sign is pictured at its building in Tianjin, China November 20, 2018. REUTERS / Stringer / File Photo DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will soon begin Phase III clinical trials on about 5,000 people for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s CanSino Biologics …
Read More »United States Expands Charges Against Former Twitter Employees Accused Of Spying For Saudi Arabia
This story originally appeared on CBSNews.com’s sister site ZDNet.com. Newly dropped Tuesday on espionage charges against two former Twitter employees and one other person, the US government has dropped a new replacement indictment charging the three people with even more crimes. The two former Twitter employees, Ahmad Abouammo and Ali …
Read More »Saudi Arabia posts $ 29 billion deficit in Q2 due to falling oil revenues
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia registered a deficit of 109.2 billion riyals ($ 29.12 billion) in the second quarter of this year as low oil prices hurt revenue, a report by the Ministry of Finance released Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A Saudi flag flies over the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, …
Read More »Saudi King Salman, 84, admitted to hospital
RIAD (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, was admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gallbladder, the state-run SPA news agency said on Monday. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and a close ally of the US …
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