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How do Sunni and Shia Islam differ?
Saudi Arabia and Iran, the dominant Sunni and Shia powers, often take opposing sides in regional conflicts
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Iran says Saudi Arabia looking for an excuse to fuel tensions
Statement came after the kingdom gave Iranian diplomats 24 hours to leave the country
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Civilian shot dead in attack on police in Saudi cleric's village
Authorities say they were hunting what it called the perpetrators of a "terrorist" act
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'Enough is enough,' source familiar with Saudi thinking says
Saudi govt upset with Iran and US for failure to respond to what Riyadh sees as Tehran's interference in the region
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Saudi diplomats evacuated from Iran land in Dubai: Al Arabiya TV
The evacuation took place after the Saudi embassy was stormed by protesters in Tehran
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Hezbollah chief denounces 'criminal' Saudi Arabia
Head of Lebanon's Shia movement accuses Al-Saud family of seeking to spark "a conflict between Sunni and Shia" Muslims
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Khamenei’s website posts 'controversial' image comparing Saudi Arabia to Islamic State
Image has been posted after the Kingdom executed top Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr
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Saudi Arabia to face 'divine revenge' over cleric's execution: Khamenei
Iran president says Saudi embassy attack 'totally unjustifiable'
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Saudi foreign minister's Pakistan visit postponed: FO
Adil bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir was due to arrive in Islamabad today
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Shia anger after Saudi Arabia executes top cleric
Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said the executed men had been convicted of adopting the radical "takfiri" ideology
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Saudi embassy attacked in Tehran: news agency
"Saudi government supports terrorist movements but confronts domestic critics with oppression and execution" Iran
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'Serious concerns' over Saudi's execution of Shia cleric: EU
EU foreign policy chief says this case has also the potential of enflaming further the sectarian tensions
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Saudi Arabia says 47 executed on terror charges, including top Shia cleric
"The Islamic world is expected to cry out and denounce this infamous regime as much as it can" Ayatollah Ahmad...
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Imprisoned Saudi blogger's health deteriorating, wife says
Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for breaking Saudi's technology laws and insulting Islam
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Syria releases opposition figures held on way to Riyadh meeting: party
Asrawi, Bitar were headed to Saudi Arabia to join fellow members of opposition's supreme committee for negotiations
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Pakistan accepts 120 deportees from Saudi Arabia
Entry of migrants delayed to verify their credentials
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Saudi posts record deficit, cuts fuel subsidies
Riyadh projected a shortfall of $87 billion in next year's budget, the first since King Salman took over in January
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Saudi to boost petrol prices by more than 50%
Petrol prices in the kingdom have been the cheapest in the Gulf and some of the lowest in the world
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IS militants are Israeli soldiers: Saudi grand mufti
Says Saudi-led 34-nation military alliance of Islamic countries will defeat it
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Saudi posts record $98 billion deficit in 2015: ministry
The International Monetary Fund had projected the 2015 deficit to be around $130 billion
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Islamic State leader urges uprising in Saudi, attacks in Israel
Baghdadi calls on Saudi citizens to rise up against "apostate tyrants and avenge your people in Syria, Iraq, Yemen"
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Accusations fly over Saudi hospital fire that killed 24
Some Twitter users accused the hospital of having lax safety standards
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Saudi prince invests in US ridesharing service Lyft
Kingdom Holding Co invested around $248 million in the US ridesharing service company
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25 dead in Saudi hospital fire
The blaze broke out at the intensive care unit and the maternity department of the Jazan General Hospital
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Saudi to diversify economy away from oil: King Salman
Oil income accounts for more than 90 per cent of public revenues in Saudi Arabia
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Saudis commute maid's stoning death sentence: Sri Lanka
We have succeeded in getting the death sentence overturned, says Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva
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Saudi bookstore pulls Trump books from shelves
On December 9, Dubai-based retailer Landmark halted sales of Trump merchandise at its Lifestyle stores
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Saudi intercepts missile from Yemen
These attacks came despite a seven-day ceasefire in conjunction with peace talks in Switzerland
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Islamic State threatens to attack Saudi Arabia for forming anti-terror coalition
Militant group denounces the coalition to coordinate mutual anti-terrorism assistance across the Islamic world
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How a blonde American kid rose to stardom in Saudi Arabia
Recognising Joshua Van Alstine's popularity in Saudi Arabia, Saudi rulers invited him to move to Riyadh
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Rights groups criticise Britain over arms sales to Saudis
Human rights groups criticised Britain for weapon transfers to KSA, claiming that trade regulations would be violated
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Saudi put to death in kingdom's 151st execution of year
Rights experts have raised concerns about the fairness of trials in the Kingdom
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Pakistan included in Saudi Arabia's 34-state Islamic military alliance against terrorism
The list includes several Arab countries along with other Islamic countries Turkey, Malaysia and African states
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Saudi female voter turnout nearly 80% in places
Overall turnout in municipal polls throughout the Gulf kingdom was 47.4 percent, with a total of 702,542 voters
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Saudis elect 17 women in landmark local council polls
Election was the first in which women could vote and run as candidates
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Trump hits back at 'dopey' Saudi billionaire
Comments come after the prince branded him a disgrace and said he should pull out of the race for the White House
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Nine things Saudi women still can't do
Saudi women cannot travel without the consent of a male family member known as a guardian
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Saudi Prince Alwaleed calls Trump a disgrace to US, asks him to quit presidential race
Within hours, Trump's response came back, also on Twitter
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Saudi holds first ever election open to women
More than 900 women are running for seats on municipal councils, the kingdom's sole elected public chambers
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Imprisoned Saudi blogger on hunger strike, wife says
Badawi received 50 lashes prompting strong criticism in Western countries of the kingdom's human rights record
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Discrepancies emerge over where Tashfeen Malik grew up
Saudi officials deny California shooter spent much time in the kingdom
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Saudi executes Pakistani heroin smuggler
Khan Iqbal was put to death in the holy city of Mecca for smuggling a large amount of heroin in his intestine
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Sri Lankan maid wins reprieve from death by stoning in Saudi
The woman, a 45-year-old married mother of two who has not been named, was convicted of adultery in August
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Saudi executes man convicted of killing wife
Number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year is has reached 192
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Perils Overseas
Poverty-stricken, he found work in Saudi Arabia as a driver for a family. He was put up in a tiny airless room
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Hundreds rally in Saudi for death row Shias: witness
It was the second Friday in a row that a mass gathering was held in solidarity with Shia a cleric and other detainees
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Divorced and widowed Saudi women to get greater legal powers
The step will lift some of the legal powers men hold over female relatives in Saudi Arabia
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Saudi invites 65 Syrian opposition figures to Riyadh ahead of peace talks
Saudi Arabia is a main supporter of opposition groups seeking to topple President Bashar al Assad
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#SueMeSaudi goes viral after Saudi govt threatens to sue anyone comparing them to ISIS
Kingdom threatens legal action against Twitter users who compared its decision to execute a poet to punishments by IS
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Dozens of Houthis killed in major offensive across border from Yemen
On the other hand, Houthi-run Saba news agency said that fighters had seized three Saudi military outposts