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Saudi woman designs abayas for freer lifestyles

Women are now allowed to join the security forces and no longer requires them to have a male relative’s consent to open a business.

29 Jun 2018 1:05 PM

Saleswomen are also being hired at showrooms (Photo: AFP)

Saudi Arabia prepares to lift driving ban with 'pink' women-only parking spaces

While the move is expected to benefit the economy with more women becoming a part of the workforce, car companies also hope to higher sales.

23 Jun 2018 7:27 PM

Last September, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that Saudi Arabia would become the last remaining country to allow women to drive. (Photo: Pixabay)

Women all set to get behind the wheels in Saudi Arabia

Women in Saudi Arabia are gearing up to legally drive for the first time starting Sunday.

23 Jun 2018 8:48 AM

Susceptible people should avoid contact with suspected cases and with camels, and anyone who has contact with animals should wash their hands before and afterwards, the WHO said. (Photo: Pixabay)

Saudi Arabia MERS outbreaks killed 23 in four months, says WHO

According to WHO said the total number of deaths from the disease has risen to 790 since it was first diagnosed in humans in 2012.

19 Jun 2018 8:40 AM

Opec ministers from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Algeria along with their counterpart from non-Opec Oman met unofficially in Kuwait on Saturday.

Oil prices dip as Opec mulls higher output

US crude production climbed to 10.47mbpd in March.

05 Jun 2018 2:12 AM

The International Monetary Fund has called on Saudi Arabia to keep public spending under control. (Photo: AFP)

IMF urges Saudi Arabia to contain spending as deficit widens

Saudi Arabia has embarked on an ambitious reform drive, known as Vision 2030.

23 May 2018 6:41 PM

Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it would make sure the world is adequately supplied with oil to support global economic growth just as top consumer India expressed frustration with oil prices hitting USD 80 per barrel for the first time since 2014.

Saudi Arabia gives assurances on supply as oil hits USD 80 per barrel

Saudi Arabia said it would make sure the world is adequately supplied with oil to support global economic growth.

18 May 2018 12:33 PM

Flexible, honey-comb like material could mop up pollution

These have potential use for separations, such as virus filtration, and for biological scaffolds, such as those used for bone regeneration.

14 May 2018 1:21 PM

There are characters for whom I have to do a lot of work and development, but Zarin was surprisingly easy to write, even though she was different from me in personality.

Teenage ambition, angst and alienation

The debutant author talks about her book and more.

02 May 2018 12:29 AM

Women are required to wear body-shrouding abaya robes and also cover their hair in public in parts of the ultra-conservative kingdom, which has some of the world's toughest restrictions on women. (Photo: Representational)

Saudi Arabia's women fitness centre shut over 'indecent' workout video

The video, which was circulated on social media, showed a woman with uncovered hair in a gym and kicking a punching bag.

21 Apr 2018 4:46 PM

Two industry sources said a desired crude price of $80 or even $100 was circulated by senior Saudi officials in closed-door briefings in recent weeks.

Saudi Arabia wants oil at $100

“We have come full circle,” a separate high-level industry source said of the change in Saudi thinking.

19 Apr 2018 1:33 AM

Joharjy has defied a popular maxim in Saudi Arabia: "If it's not black, it's not an abaya" (Photo: AFP)

Saudi women embrace sports abayas to rebel against social boundaries

Akin to a zippered jumpsuit, sports abayas envelop a woman's body but offer greater mobility for sporting activities.

18 Apr 2018 4:00 PM

Fuel prices may rise as Saudi Arabia won’t allow glut

Oil cos say no government directive to defer price hike.

12 Apr 2018 1:43 AM

Saudi Arabia's first new cinema in decades to open April 18

Saudi Arabians are avid consumers of Western media and culture.

05 Apr 2018 11:50 AM

Businessman arrested for raping and cheating Zeenat Aman

In February, the Juhu police had arrested Khanna for allegedly harassing and stalking Ms Aman.

24 Mar 2018 1:08 AM

Saudi gas station supervisor Mervat Bukhari (right) talks to a worker at her workplace in Khobar, 400 km east of Riyadh. (Photo: AFP)

Saudi women will drive, but face bumpy road to empowerment

Government statistics also put more than one million Saudi women as currently looking to enter the workforce.

07 Mar 2018 1:43 AM

Last month, Air India announced the planned thrice-weekly flights to Tel Aviv over Saudi soil, but the General Authority of Civil Aviation in Riyadh said at the time it had not granted such permission to the carrier. (Photo: File)

Saudi gives Air India overflight rights for its Israel routes: Netanyahu

There was no immediate confirmation from either Saudi officials or Air India.

06 Mar 2018 11:31 AM

The site of an archaeological discovery north of the city of Sakaka in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern Al-Jouf province, with a carved sculpture of a camel’s legs seen in the foreground. (Photo: AFP)

Rock art and mystery: Ancient camel sculptures in Saudi desert

Camels — for centuries venerated as the “ship of the desert” — are a familiar motif in artworks from the kingdom.

28 Feb 2018 12:40 AM

While some showed up out of a love for jazz, many came to enjoy the chance to hear music at an outdoor event. (Photo: Pixabay)

All that jazz: Saudis attend country's first jazz festival

The entertainment plans are largely motivated by economics, part of a reform programme to diversify the economy away from oil.

24 Feb 2018 6:04 PM

She also said she wanted to be with her creator if she were to be alone on an island. (Photo: AP)

Humanoid Sophia picks Shah Rukh as her favourite actor

The Saudi Arabian citizen robot also said she wants to work for women's rights.

20 Feb 2018 5:11 PM

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