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News Saudi Arabia Government: An 'oasis' for women? Inside Saudi Arabia’s vast new female-only workspaces

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
An 'oasis' for women? Inside Saudi Arabia’s vast new female-only workspaces
News source: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/20/an-oasis-for-women-inside-saudi-arabias-vast-new-female-only-workspaces

Saudi Arabia’s own estimates put this figure higher ... By the time construction had begun near the more progressive city of Jeddah, the government rhetoric around women’s rights and “privacy” had ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: Saudi Guardianship Laws Could Be Set to Change. Here’s How Women Are Reacting.

Published on: Sunday 21 July 2019
Saudi Guardianship Laws Could Be Set to Change. Here’s How Women Are Reacting.
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/world/middleeast/saudi-guardianship-women-react.html

... renewed prospect that Saudi Arabia might lift its restrictive guardianship laws has been met with a mix of hope and cynicism by women in the conservative kingdom. Saudi news media reported ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: Saudi Arabia’s leader must reset his relationship with the U.S. as Iran tensions soar

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
Saudi Arabia’s leader must reset his relationship with the U.S. as Iran tensions soar
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/saudi-arabias-leader-must-reset-his-relationship-with-the-us-as-iran-tensions-soar/2019/07/19/10cd6c0c-aa46-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html

Saudi Arabia seems to take U.S. support in this crisis almost for ... Social media influencers are shaping modern tastes, but they’re also getting daily guidance from the government. John Abizaid, the ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: House votes to block Trump’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia, setting up a likely veto

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
House votes to block Trump’s arms sales to Saudi Arabia, setting up a likely veto
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/house-votes-to-block-trumps-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-setting-up-likely-veto/2019/07/17/7f329a9c-a8ce-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Trump has stymied most congressional efforts to punish Saudi Arabia — including a measure earlier this ... you have to have some type of give and take with the second branch of government, who has a ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: They were convicted of minor crimes as teens and now face beheading and 'crucifixion' in Saudi Arabia

Published on: Sunday 14 July 2019
They were convicted of minor crimes as teens and now face beheading and 'crucifixion' in Saudi Arabia
News source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/convicted-minor-crimes-teens-now-face-beheading-crucifixion/story?id=64191283

"We call on the Government of Saudi Arabia, and all governments, to ensure that no death penalty is imposed in any case involving a defendant who was a minor at the time of the arrest or alleged ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: Why The IMF Is Wrong About Saudi Arabia Needing $85 Oil

Published on: Monday 29 April 2019
News source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenrwald/2019/04/29/why-the-imf-is-wrong-about-saudi-arabia-needing-85-oil/

Once again, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made outlandish and inaccurate claims that Saudi Arabia needs—absolutely NEEDS—to push the price of oil higher to fund its government. This time, ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: Saudi Arabia to open up bond market to retail investors

Published on: Sunday 28 April 2019
News source: https://www.ft.com/content/ded9c6e6-676a-11e9-9adc-98bf1d35a056

Saudi Arabia is seeking to open up its government bond market to retail investors as part of sweeping reforms intended to develop a savings culture. Officials said last week that the country’s ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: The agonizing decision faced by the relatives of Saudi prisoners: Whether to speak out

Published on: Monday 29 April 2019
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the-agonizing-decision-faced-by-prisoners-relatives-in-saudi-arabia-whether-to-speak-out/2019/04/29/0bb8faa4-5d4a-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html

A Saudi government media office did not respond to questions about the status of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan and several other detainees. All the relatives interviewed said they hoped to retain their ties ...

News Saudi Arabia Government: Iranian Foreign Minister: John Bolton, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE Want to 'Lure President Trump Into Confrontation' With Iran

Published on: Sunday 28 April 2019
News source: https://www.newsweek.com/iran-bolton-saudi-arabia-uae-israel-trump-confrontation-1407813

Saudi Arabia, which is closely allied with the UAE, and Israel have long viewed Iran as an arch regional rival. Bolton has also long been critical of the Iranian government.