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Saudi ban on Boeing MAX flights to continue for near future - minister

01 Apr 2019

RIYADH Saudi Arabia has no immediate plans to allow Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to operate in the kingdom, its transport minister said on Monday, as state airline flyadeal potentially reconsiders an order for the jets. | Video

Saudi ban on Boeing MAX flights to continue for near future: minister

01 Apr 2019

RIYADH Saudi Arabia has no immediate plans to allow Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to operate in the kingdom, its transport minister said on Monday, as state airline flyadeal potentially reconsiders an order for the jets. | Video

Saudi's Kingdom Holding to invest Careem proceeds in Europe, Saudi: CEO

29 Mar 2019

DUBAI Saudi Arabian investment firm Kingdom Holding will put the proceeds from the sale of its stake in ride-hailing startup Careem toward $600 million in investments in the kingdom and Europe, its chief executive told Reuters on Friday.

Saudi Arabia temporarily frees three women activists

28 Mar 2019

RIYADH/ISTANBUL Three out of nearly a dozen prominent Saudi women activists arrested over nine months ago were temporarily released on Thursday, state news agency SPA said, and sources told Reuters the rest were set to be freed on Sunday.

Saudi women activists detail torture allegations in court

27 Mar 2019

RIYADH Prominent women activists on trial in Saudi Arabia told a court on Wednesday they had been subjected to torture during more than nine months of detention, sources familiar with the matter said, in a case that has sharpened Western criticism of the kingdom.

Saudis to seek $20 billion investments for planned tourism landmark

20 Mar 2019

RIYADH Saudi Arabia is targeting up to $20 billion of investments through 2035 for a planned landmark tourism destination and will hold a global investor roadshow before the end of the year, the head of the project told Reuters.

Saudi Arabia invests $23 billion to improve living in Riyadh

19 Mar 2019

RIYADH Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would spend 86 billion riyals ($23 billion) to boost the quality of life in the capital Riyadh, increasing green space and recreational areas and installing 1,000 works of art across the city.

Saudi Binladin Group finance chief resigns following restructuring: sources

19 Mar 2019

DUBAI/RIYADH Saudi Binladin Group's chief financial officer, Klaus Froelich, has resigned, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday, following a restructuring of the construction giant under Riyadh's anti-corruption campaign.

Exclusive: Saudi Arabia curbs family influence in Binladin group shake-up

19 Mar 2019

RIYADH The influence of Saudi Arabia's Bin Laden family on its eponymous construction business has been curtailed in a restructuring that follows an anti-corruption crackdown by Riyadh, a document seen by Reuters shows.

Saudi Binladin Group finance chief resigns following restructuring - sources

18 Mar 2019

DUBAI/RIYADH Saudi Binladin Group's chief financial officer, Klaus Froelich, has resigned, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday, following a restructuring of the construction giant under Riyadh's anti-corruption campaign.

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