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US secretary of state Tillerson lands in Saudi as he starts GCC tour

The six-day trip will also take him to Qatar, Pakistan, India and Switzerland

Saudi accuses 32 people of spying for Iran

Saudi needs Aramco billions as recession slows austerity drive

The slump is a threat to Saudi’s ambitious economic reforms

Saudi’s PIF establishes $20bn mortgage company

The Saudi Mortgage Refinancing Company will acquire portfolios, issue sukuk and provide access to financing

Saudi to host two major sporting events in 2018

The kingdom is seeking to boost its domestic entertainment offering

Saudi’s PIF establishes $507m energy efficiency unit

Super Esco will work to retrofit government buildings

Saudi sets up authority to monitor use of the ‘hadith’

The body’s aim will be to “eliminate fake and extremist texts”

Pakistani national executed for smuggling drugs into Saudi

The man was found guilty of smuggling heroin into the kingdom inside his bowels

Total, Saudi Aramco discussing JV refinery expansion

Capacity at their Saudi Arabia Total Refining and Petrochemical (SATORP) complex in Jubail can be raised

Saudi’s Haramain railway makes first trial journey to Makkah

The train started from the main station in Jeddah and reached Rusaifa Station at the entrance of the holy city

Earthquake strikes west of Jeddah in Saudi

The quake measured 3 on the Richter scale

Saudi detains 66 people for alleged links with terror groups

Those arrested include 61 Saudi nationals

China offers to buy 5% of Saudi Aramco directly

Allowing China to buy 5 per cent of Aramco would effectively mean cancelling the planned IPO

Saudi sovereign fund PIF hires senior officer

Greg Bankhurst has been appointed chief development officer

Riyadh workshop fire kills 10, Saudi launches investigation

The blaze broke out early on Sunday morning

Saudi national executed for drug smuggling

The man was executed for smuggling a “large quantity ” of drugs into the kingdom

Battle begins for Saudi’s budding e-commerce market

Noon.com – set to launch in the kingdom, will be competing with Souq.com

Saudi officially launches commercial courts to improve judicial system

The new courts are hoped to boost investment into the kingdom

Saudi may raise loan-deposit ratio for banks

The central bank last raised the ratio in February 2016, to 90 per cent from 85 per cent

Saudi Aramco considers delay to international listing, eyes private sale – reports

Aramco dismissed the report as “entirely speculative” on Twitter

Nearly 8 in 10 Saudis back decree allowing women to drive

The royal decree received less support among men than women, according to a new survey

UAE, Saudi welcome new US strategy towards Iran

US President Donald Trump has threatened to end the 2015 Iran nuclear deal

Saudi preparing tougher rules for insurance firms – sources

The Saudi insurance sector has come under pressure as the economy has slipped into recession this year

Saudi executes two for drug smuggling

The two were executed for their “participation in receiving a large quantity of amphetamine pills”

World Bank lowers GCC growth forecast

Saudi Arabia and Oman will see barely any growth this year and Kuwait’s economy will contract, according to the forecast

Saudi traffic police reduce punishments for women caught driving

Women were previously detained if caught behind the wheel

Saudi regulator monitors Banque Saudi Fransi over governance issues

SAMA did not elaborate on the nature of the bank’s “deficiencies”

Flynas set to become first Saudi airline to fly to Iraq in 27 years

The airline said it would start flights to several Iraqi cities in a few weeks

Saudi livestock firm SALIC in $1.3bn JV with UAE’s Al Dahra

The joint venture will invest across 10 countries in the Black Sea

Saudi, Bahrain begin joint naval exercise

The exercise, called ‘Bridge 18’, began on Tuesday

Houthi missile hits Saudi school

Saudi Arabia’s southern regions have repeatedly been the target of missile attacks from Yemen