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Sri Lanka to repatriate trapped expats from KSA

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The Foreign Employment Bureau said that five Sri Lankan expatriates who had gone to Saudi Arabia to work as domestic aides will be repatriated soon.The Spokesperson Deputy General Manager Gamini Senarath Yapa said that the group departed Sri Lanka via the same Foreign Employment agency, and were trapped in a province some 1,200 km away from the Capital Riyadh.He said that the Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi Arabia is coordinating the activities to repatriate them to Sri Lanka.Writer: Teena Marian

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Head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee calls for US to freeze cooperation with Saudi government

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez called Monday for freezing all U.S. cooperation with Saudi Arabia, delivering one of the strongest expressions yet of U.S.

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Airline body IATA now sees industry recovery in 2023

The head of the world's biggest airline trade body has said that the recovery in passenger traffic was accelerating and that on average, the industry could now return to pre-pandemic figures in 2023.

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US pulls missile system from Saudi Arabia amid attacks from Yemen rebels

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, even as the kingdom faced continued air attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show.The redeployment of the defenses from Prince Sultan Air Base outside of Riyadh came as America's Gulf Arab allies nervously watched the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.

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US general: As US scales back in Mideast, China may step in

RIYADH – As the United States scales back its military presence across the Middle East to focus on great power competition with China and Russia, it risks giving those two countries a chance to fill the gap and expand their influence around the Gulf, the top U.S. commander for the region said Sunday.

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Turkey seeks better Saudi ties despite Khashoggi slaying

ANKARA – Turkey's top envoy is traveling to Saudi Arabia as Turkey seeks to mend ties with the kingdom that hit an all-time low over the 2018 killing in Istanbul of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom's latest attempt to halt fighting that has sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest nation.

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Oil slips after hitting pandemic high above $70 after Saudi attack

LONDON : Oil prices slipped on Monday after earlier climbing above $70 a barrel for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began after attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.Yemen's Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of the Saudi oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports. Riyadh said there were no casualties or loss of property.Benchmark Brent climbed as high as $71.38 a barrel in early Asian trade, its highest since Jan.

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Saudi Arabia urges compliance with Covid-19 guidelines as cases rise again

Saudi Arabia's health minister said on Sunday that complacency around coronavirus restrictions had led to a notable increase in daily cases in the kingdom.Saudi Arabia recorded 270 new infections on Saturday, 105 of them in the capital Riyadh.The kingdom, the largest among the six Gulf Arab states, has recorded more than 367,800 cases and 6,370 deaths so far, the highest tally in the region. It saw daily infections fall from a peak above 4,000 in June to dip below the 100 mark in early January."We have unfortunately in recent days registered a noticeable increase and continued rise in infections.

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Saudi Arabia begins inoculating people with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines

RIYADH : Saudi Arabia began inoculating people in the kingdom with a Covid-19 vaccine on Thursday, becoming the first Arab country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.Saudi Arabia received two shipments of the vaccine on Wednesday.Earlier this week, health authorities asked citizens and residents to register to receive the vaccine, which they said would be given free to all in the country.Also Read | Finally, good news on white-collar jobsThe kingdom has reported around 360,000 cases coronavirus case with 6,080 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

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G20 leaders call for united response to coronavirus pandemic as summit opens

Group of 20 summit opened on Saturday with appeals by the world’s most powerful leaders to collectively chart a way forward as the coronavirus pandemic overshadows this year’s gathering, transforming it from in-person meetings to a virtual gathering of speeches and declarations.In a sign of the times, the traditional “family photo” of leaders in the summit was digitally designed and superimposed on a historical site just outside the Saudi capital, Riyadh, which would have hosted the gathering. The kingdom has presided over the G-20 this year.

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Covid pandemic biggest challenge world is facing since WW-II: PM Modi at G20

New Delhi/Riyadh: The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest challenge the world is facing since World War-II and is an important turning point in the history of humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the G20 summit on Saturday, as he offered India's IT prowess for efficient functioning of the grouping.Modi also said that "Work from Anywhere" is a new normal in the post-COVID world and suggested creation of a virtual G20 secretariat.The prime minister also suggested developing a new global index for the post-corona world that comprises four key elements -- creation of a vast talent pool, ensuring that technology reaches all segments of society, transparency in systems of governance and dealing with Mother Earth with a spirit of

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Morocco reopens some mosques, even as infections grow

RABAT – Moroccans across the country performed their first weekly prayers in more than seven months as authorities eased some restrictions aimed at containing the virus pandemic. Morocco announced the suspension of prayers in mosques back in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus, including the five daily prayers and the important Friday prayers.The restrictions were lifted for 10,000 mosques across the country Friday, but another 40,000 remain closed because of growing new infections.Scores of worshipers attended the Friday prayers in the Hay Riyadh mosque in the capital Rabat amid strict precautionary measures.

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Saudi's National Commercial Bank buys Samba in $14.8B deal

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank said Sunday it will purchase rival lender Samba Financial Group in a deal valued at $14.8 billion, creating what would become the kingdom's largest bank. The bank will control some $223 billion in assets and a market capitalization of $46 billion after the merger wins regulatory approvals and is completed, National Commercial Bank said in a filing on Riyadh's Tadawul stock market announcing the deal.The new bank will control a quarter of all banking in the kingdom, it said.

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Pilgrims return to Mecca as Saudi Arabia eases coronavirus restrictions

RIYADH : A very small, limited number of people donning the white terrycloth garment symbolic of the Muslim pilgrimage circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months.The kingdom had taken the rare step of suspending the smaller “umrah" pilgrimage that draws millions year-round from across the world in early March as the coronavirus morphed into a global pandemic and prompted countries to impose lockdowns and curfews to slow down transmission.But as nations begin to ease those restrictions, the Saudi government on Sunday started allowing a maximum of 6,000 pilgrims a day to enter the sprawling Grand Mosque in Mecca.

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Covid-19 impact: Saudi Arabia to hold virtual G20 summit on 21-22 Nov

Riyadh: The G20 leaders summit will be held virtually‮ ‬on Nov. 21-22, Saudi Arabia said on Monday, as the COVID-19 pandemic thwarted Riyadh's hopes of hosting the gathering in the kingdom to boost its international standing.Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter and a leading U.S.

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Saudi Arabia: G-20 gathering of world leaders to be virtual

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia, which is presiding over the Group of 20 countries this year, said Monday that the upcoming November gathering of world leaders will be held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic.The kingdom had originally planned to host world leaders for the G-20 summit in Riyadh before the pandemic, offering Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the chance to share handshakes and wide smiles with presidents and prime ministers, such as Donald Trump, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, India's Narendra Modi and China's Xi Jinping.

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Saudi Arabia to lift ban on Mecca pilgrimage amid virus

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said Muslims will be allowed to perform the smaller, year-round pilgrimage starting Oct. 4 as the kingdom gradually begins lifting restrictions that had been in place on Islam's holiest site for the past seven months due to the coronavirus.State media reported the government plans to allow up to 6,000 visitors a day at the sprawling Grand Mosque in Mecca, which will be open to Saudi citizens and residents only during this first phase.Before visitors can enter the mosque to pray or perform the “umrah” pilgrimage, they will have to apply and reserve a specific time and date through an online application that is launching Sept.

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Gethin Jones drops out of Celebrity MasterChef final after suddenly falling ill with coronavirus symptoms

GETHIN Jones has dropped out of the Celebrity MasterChef final after suddenly falling ill with coronavirus symptoms. The Welsh TV presenter, 42, admitted he was "gutted" to pull out of the show but would "never put anyone at risk".

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Saudi Arabia's King Salman admitted to hospital for tests

DUBAI – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdom’s Royal Court said Monday in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.The statement said the 84-year-old monarch is being tested at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital. The brief statement did not provide further details.

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The big oil turnaround: From negative prices to a bull market

LONDON : Every day, traders in London congregate at 4 pm to buy and sell North Sea oil for half an hour. The window, as it’s known in the industry, is where competition between the most powerful players in the market sets the price of Brent crude.Two months ago, every trader wanted to sell cargoes and none were keen to buy.

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Saudi Arabia to lift nationwide curfew, resume economic activities from Sunday

RIYADH : Saudi Arabia will end a nationwide curfew and lift restrictions on businesses from Sunday morning after three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, state news agency SPA quoted a source in the interior ministry as saying on Saturday.The curfew will be lifted as of 6 AM local time on Sunday.

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Saudi Arabia mulls cancelling Haj for first time: Report

Riyadh: Saudi Arabian authorities were considering cancelling the annual Haj pilgrimage season for the first time since the establishment of the Kingdom in 1932, after the number of coronavirus infections exceeded 100,000, a senior official said."The case has been carefully studied and various scenarios are being considered.

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Number of Covid-19 cases in Saudi Arabia tops 100,000, death toll at 712

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has confirmed 3,045 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, down from record 3,121 the day before, which brings the country's cumulative tally to 101,914, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.The number of those infected in the kingdom has been rising since late May as coronavirus-related restrictions have been gradually lifted.According to the ministry, the death toll in Saudi Arabia has so far reached 712. At the same time, 72,817 Covid-19 patients have fully recovered.In late May, officials in Saudi Arabia published proposals to begin a step-by-step easing of lockdown measures until June 21, when curfews put into place to curb the spread of Covid-19 will be lifted in almost all cities.

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I'm a Celeb's Myles Stephenson and TOWIE's Pete Wicks join Celeb MasterChef

Celebrity MasterChef 2020 line-up has been revealed and it includes stars from I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here and Death in Paradise.

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Air India flight with 80 passengers from India lands at San Francisco airport in USA

SAN FRANCISCO : Air India flight AI173 with 80 passengers from India landed at San Francisco airport, United States of America on Friday (local time).

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Saudi coalition urges Yemen separatists to honor Riyadh deal

DUBAI – A Saudi-led coalition mired in a yearslong war in Yemen on Monday urged Emirati-backed separatists to honor terms of a Riyadh peace deal and return control of Aden to the country's internationally recognized government.

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UAE warns on foreign worker repatriation, threatens to review work visa quotas

Saudi Arabia indefinitely extended a curfew due to the coronavirus on Sunday amid a surge of new infections, and the United Arab Emirates warned of possible action against countries refusing to allow migrant workers to be repatriated.

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Oil negotiators race against clock to clinch historic deal

In another sign a deal was some way off but Riyadh is giving itself more time to negotiate, Saudi Arabia delayed its monthly price-setting event as it awaited the outcome of talks

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Saudi Arabia halts parental visitation rulings to curb virus

DUBAI – The Saudi king suspended final rulings and judicial orders on visitation rights of children of separated parents in the latest effort to try and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus among households, according to state media reports Wednesday.

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OPEC+ meeting to be delayed on new Saudi, Russia rift

The OPEC+ alliance needs more time for negotiations, a delegate familiar with the matter said, noting the meeting may still happen a few days later

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Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia imposes 24-hour curfew in Mecca, Medina to contain COVID-19

RIYADH : Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina on Thursday, extending measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected more than 1,700 people in the kingdom and killed 16.

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Saudi nurse breaks down as he's forced to refuse son's hug after work

A video recorded in Saudi Arabia perfectly captures the emotional toll of the coronavirus.

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Iraq, Lebanon extend government restrictions to combat virus

BEIRUT – Iraq and Lebanon prepared Thursday to extend government-imposed restrictions on movement for two more weeks, the latest measures announced to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. In Iran, the death toll jumped by 157 new fatalities, prompting new steps to limit public gatherings and domestic travel.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0