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Saudi needs 1.2m jobs by 2022 to hit unemployment target

The labour ministry plans to restrict employment in 12 retail sub-sectors to Saudi nationals

Saudi demand for foreign drivers expected to decline 40%

The lifting of the kingdom’s female driving ban is expected to hit demand for expat drivers

Saudi says Qatar ‘regime’ would fall in a week without US support

The kingdom issued the statement following comments issued by US President Donald Trump

Saudi privatisation plans target $11bn in non-oil revenues by 2020

The delivery document released on Tuesday charts the way forward for the period ending in 2020

Saudi ministry outlines cinema licensing rules

The kingdom’s first new cinema in decades opened last week after the lifting of a ban

Houthi’s second in command killed in coalition airstrike

The rebel group’s number two Saleh Al Sammad was killed on Thursday, according to Houthi-affiliated media

Saudi intercepts missiles fired at Aramco facility

Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment

Saudi says Yemen missile started fire in Najran

Najran has been repeatedly targeted by Houthi missile attacks across the border

Saudi issues drone restrictions following palace incident

Amateur online videos of heavy gunfire in the capital’s Khozama district on Saturday sparked fears of possible political unrest

Thousands of foreign students apply to leave Saudi

Parents are opting to send their children home due to a dependents fee introduced last year

Saudi security shoots down drone near Riyadh palace

Saudi Arabia has witnessed a series of radical political changes over the past year

Saudi arrests foreign workers for tobacco tax evasion

The kingdom introduced a 100 per cent tax on tobacco products last June

Saudi announces death of two Al-Qaeda leaders in Yemen

The Saudi coalition in Yemen is supporting a sustained campaign by Yemeni forces against Al-Qaeda

Saudi cinema launch ends decades-old ban

The kingdom banned cinemas in the early 1980s under pressure from Islamists

Saudi’s Riyadh airport privatisation plans on hold

The kingdom is launching a privatisation drive as part of wider economic reforms as it diversifies away from dependancy on oil

Google to launch Innovation Hubs in Saudi Arabia

The tech giant will set up five hubs across the kingdom

First Saudi Arabian-linked banks join al-Gosaibi debt settlement plan

Ahmad Hamad al-Gosaibi and Brothers had defaulted on almost $6bn of debt in 2009

Saudi open to sending troops into Syria

Riyadh has suggested it could help counter-terrorism operations in some other theatres

Saudi Binladin receives $3bn loan from government

Binladin, which had over 100,000 employees at its height, is the biggest builder in the country

Philippines says working with Saudi on case of maid forced to drink bleach

Agnes Mancilla was rushed unconscious to King Fahad Central Hospital in Jizan earlier this month

Saudi air defences intercept missile fired at Najran

The missile was intercepted but some fragments landed on residential areas

Saudi schools shut due to sandstorms

Authorities in Riyadh and other major areas opted to close schools on Tuesday

Saudi intercepts missile over Jizan

Yemen’s Houthis have recently stepped up attacks on the kingdom

Arab leaders gather for summit in Saudi

The meeting takes place amid rising tensions in Syria after strikes by the US, UK and France

Saudi signs $2.2bn framework deal with Spain for warships

The two sides have been negotiating the warship deal since 2015

Average of 1,500 foreign workers leaving Saudi a day as reforms bite

Foreign workers in the kingdom are tackling new fees, cost of living increases and bans from working in some sectors

Saudi crown prince arrives in Spain for two-day visit

Spain is the final stop on a lengthy tour of the US and Europe by the heir to the throne

Trump demanded quick end to Qatar rift in call to Saudi king

Trump is said to have insisted that the rift be patched up within three weeks

Saudi intercepts missiles over Riyadh, Jizan and Najran

One man was killed in a similar attack on Riyadh last month

Saudi crown prince ends France visit with $18bn of draft deals

At a closing press conference on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said the two countries shared a “strategic vision” on Islam