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Saudi Arabia to lift ban on WhatsApp, Skype calling
VoIP apps such as Skype, Viber and WhatsApp are banned in the Kingdom
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Embassy statement: Saudis rejects ‘poor Haj arrangements’ claim
Say onus is on Pakistani authorities to guarantee facilities to their pilgrims
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IUMS urges Saudi Arabia to free Muslim scholars
Says preachers and scholars allegedly arrested 'should not be used as pawns in political crisis'
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Saudi Arabia arrests four over alleged Islamic State bomb plot
They were allegedly preparing to attack two defence ministry headquarters in Riyadh
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Saudis ‘apologised for mismanagement’ during Hajj 2017
Religious affairs ministry says 2.98 million riyals refunded over unsatisfactory arrangements
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Blockade attempt to force Qatar into 'trusteeship': minister
Qatar has been hit by a land and air embargo imposed by Saudi Arabia and its allies
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Saudi govt may have funded ‘dry run’ for 9/11
Fresh evidence alleges Saudi embassy in Washington paid for two suspects who participated in conspiracy
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Saudi Arabia arrests prominent cleric: social media
Exiled Saudi opposition activists have called for protests on September 15
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Saudi suspends dialogue after Qatar outreach
Saudi Arabia claims Qatar has been distorting information and suspended dialogue
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Saudi King to visit White House in 2018
US is currently seeking to resolve a diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its neighbours
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Saudi Arabia denies warming relations with Iran
'If Iran wants to have good relations with Saudi Arabia, it has to change its policies'
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Saudi Arabia seeks Islamic tourism boost in test for heritage, tradition
Tourism is part of Crown Prince's economic reform plan
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Saudi Arabian 'honesty' app Sarahah takes internet by storm
Sarahah has so far drawn 85 million registered users
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Religious tourism: the white gold of Saudi Arabia
Saudi authorities have report 2.35 million Muslims participate in this year's hajj
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Tight security for hajj stoning ritual two years after stampede
Saudi Arabia says it has deployed more than 100,000 security personnel to keep pilgrims safe this year
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Iran pilgrims make return to hajj with bitter memories
Iranian pilgrims stayed away from the 2016 Hajj following stampede that killed 769
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Doha worried about potential 'harassment' of Qatari pilgrims
Qatar has said it would seek a total of billions of dollars in compensation
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New Saudi budget carrier to commence flights next month
Flyadeal will initially fly domestic routes before expanding in the Middle East
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Civilians killed in air raid on Yemen capital
More than 30 civilians killed in a raid by the Saudi-led military coalition
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0.2 million Pakistanis deported from Gulf States in 3 years
40% of the workers departed from Saudi Arabia alone, Senate panel told
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Saudi police release teenager detained for dancing in street
In the 45-second video, the teenager dances to the 90s hit song ‘Macarena’ at a street crossing in Jeddah
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Facilities provided to pilgrims under watch
Ministry establishes monitoring system; Ruet panel meets today in Karachi to sight Zilhaj’s crescent
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Saudi renews Iraq ties in bid to distance Iran
The border has been shut for most of the past three decades to all travellers except Iraqi Muslim pilgrims
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Saudi-led coalition responsible for 'worst cholera outbreak in the world' in Yemen - researchers
Each day there are more than 5,000 new cases of cholera
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Hajj fraud: Over a hundred stage protest against devious tour operator
Ministry assures action, says affectees will be refunded money
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Saudi Arabia to restart work on $26.6 bln Grand Mosque expansion
Work will resume after the annual hajj pilgrimage
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Saudi Arabia keen to invest in CPEC
According to Saudi ambassador, CPEC is a huge project which will create many investment opportunities
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Saudi king orders reopening of Qatar border to pilgrims
The border had been shut after regional kingpin Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar
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Shifting sands for expat labour
For decades, Pakistan has exported manpower to the region, but that flow has been suddenly interrupted
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Saudi authorities bust trio digging for treasure
Excavators may receive a prison sentence "no less than one month and no more than one year"
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Saudi Arabia, Iraq to re-open border crossing after 27 years
Arar border was closed after the two countries cut ties following Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990
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Solo Turk and Saudi Hawks to participate in PAF's Aug 14 air show
PAF has organised air shows in Islamabad and Karachi to celebrate Independence Day
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Saudi forces seal off eastern Shia town: HRW
'Saudi authorities should take immediate steps to allow people to safely return home'
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Pilgrims on govt-scheme Hajj tour facing problems in Saudi Arabia
Pilgrims complain of being housed far from Grand Mosque, cramped living spaces and transportation issues
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Saudi security forces flatten old quarter of Shia town
Around ten bulldozers worked to demolish more buildings and clear up the detritus of combat
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Saudi-led coalition agrees to allow fuel for UN aid planes in Yemen
More than 8,000 people have been killed in the ongoing war; nearly 2,000 died of cholera since April
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Saudi Arabia to open beach resort where women can wear bikinis
Construction of the resort is set to begin in 2019
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Saudi Arabia says that calls for internationalisation of holy sites 'a declaration of war'
Kingdom says it reserves the right to respond to anyone who is working on the internationalization of the holy sites
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Qatar files WTO complaint over Gulf trade siege
The Saudi-led bloc has demanded the termination of regional news giant Al-Jazeera
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Saudi imposes additional fee for Muslims who want to perform multiple pilgrimages
Saudi government took the decision to give chance to new people
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Arab FMs to meet in Bahrain to discuss Qatar boycott
On June 5, the Saudi-led bloc cut diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar over allegations of supporting terrorism
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Saudi, allies blacklist 'terrorist' Yemeni, Qatari groups
Kuwait has not joined the states boycotting Qatar and is leading mediation efforts to resolve the crisis
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Erdogan says prolonging Gulf crisis 'not in anyone's interest'
Qatar has been strongly backed by Ankara throughout standoff between Gulf states
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UAE says changes to Qatar anti-terror law 'positive'
The dispute erupted when Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and UAE broke ties, accusing Qatar of backing militancy
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Saudi Arabia curtails crude flow to United States: Kemp
Total crude imports to the United States have fallen in recent weeks
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US to deploy officials in Qatar in counter-terrorism accord: sources
Qatari official said that the country's general prosecutor would be working with US officials
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Saudi lets Qataris go on hajj, despite diplomatic row
Qatari pilgrims must use airlines which have agreement with Saudi authorities, says hajj ministry
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Saudi king’s son plotted to oust rival cousin: report
Mohammed bin Nayef, the former crown prince, was reportedly held in a room in a royal palace in Makkah
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Saudi police release Snapchat 'model in miniskirt' without charge
Footage had been uploaded without her knowledge, says ministry of information
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Saudi airline says US laptop ban lifted
Saudi Arabian Airlines was the last carrier to have its ban lifted