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Abdullah Al-Shihri
In this photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency, King Salman attends a swearing in ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 6, 2017. (Saudi Press Agency, via AP)
November 9, 2017, 6:37 pm
Saudi Arabia: 201 detained in $100 billion corruption probe
Saudi attorney general says 7 people released after questioning, bank accounts of others frozen in crackdown seen by analysts as power play by crown prince
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
Saudi King Salman, right, and Defense Minister and then Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wave as they leave the hall after talks with the British prime minister, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 5, 2017 (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
November 6, 2017, 5:40 pm
Saudi king swears in new ministers, replacing those detained
11 princes and 38 officials thought to be held in 5-star hotels in Riyadh, in purported anti-corruption probe
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
In this file photo from Feb. 4, 2014, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal waves as he arrives at the headquarters of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)
November 5, 2017, 12:46 pm
Billionaire prince among dozens arrested in Saudi sweep
Authorities don't say why Alwaleed bin Talal, whose company holds stakes in large Western firms, was scooped up in anti-corruption probe
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
Saudi King Salman reviews an honor guard upon arriving at Moscow's Government Vnukovo airport, Russia, Wednesday, October 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
November 5, 2017, 12:48 am
Senior Saudi royal ousted, princes reportedly arrested
King Salman removes National Guard head, replaces economy minister and announces new anti-corruption committee
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir speaks in New Delhi, India, October 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
May 16, 2017, 11:59 pm
Sudan’s president invited by Saudi Arabia to Trump meeting
Wanted for war crimes by the ICC, Omar al-Bashir could be joining dignitaries from across the Muslim world for summit with US president
By Abdullah Al-Shihri
Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends a banquet hosted by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, March 13, 2017. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Pool Photo via AP)
May 15, 2017, 10:06 pm
Saudi king touts Trump’s Islamic summit as ‘new partnership’
Following frosty relations under Obama, desert kingdom hopes to shore up US support against regional rival Iran
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is received by Saudi King Salman on her arrival to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, April 30, 2017. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
April 30, 2017, 11:14 pm
Merkel to press Saudi Arabia on refugees, rights
Like other high-profile Western women, German chancellor forgoes the traditional hair covering in Riyadh
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
In this Tuesday, March 24, 2009 file photo, Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh, the Saudi grand mufti listens to a speech of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the Consultative Council in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
September 6, 2016, 9:46 pm
Top Saudi cleric says Iranian leaders ‘not Muslims’
Comments mark sharp escalation in rhetoric, tensions between between Sunni -Shiite rivals over 2015 hajj disaster
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, on November 16, 2015. (Adem Altan/AFP)
December 29, 2015, 8:14 pm
Erdogan says Assad ‘mercilessly’ killing hundreds of thousands
Turkish leader appears to criticize Russian intervention in region, says Kurds adding 'fuel to fire' of civil war
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Suzan Fraser
Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends a ceremony at the Diwan royal palace in Riyadh, January 24, 2015. (AP/Yoan Valat, File)
August 26, 2015, 2:29 am
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman to visit US next month
First visit of key US ally's new leader may focus on Saudi concerns over Iran nuclear deal
By Abdullah Al-Shihri
A Pakistani Muslim man recites the Quran at a mosque ahead of Ramadan in Peshawar on June 18, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ A MAJEED
June 18, 2015, 5:39 pm
Muslims mark beginning of Ramadan
This year's summer timing means long, hot days of dawn-to-dusk fasting in month-long festival
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
File: In this still image taken from video provided by Saudi TV, burnt out cars are seen as investigators collect evidence, in the aftermath of a suicide bomb outside the the Imam Hussein mosque in the port city of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 29, 2015. (Saudi Television via AP)
May 29, 2015, 7:30 pm
Suicide bomber strikes Shiite mosque in Saudi, killing 4
Second attack in 2 weeks targeting religious minority in port city of Dammam; Islamic State claims last week's bombing
By Abdullah Al-Shihri
A Saudi medic reacts following a blast inside a mosque, in the mainly Shiite Saudi Gulf coastal town of Qatif, 400 kms east of Riyadh, on May 22, 2015. A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite mosque during Friday prayers in Kudeih in Shiite-majority Qatif district, the interior ministry said, with activists saying at least four worshippers were killed. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
May 22, 2015, 5:18 pm
Suicide bomber targets Saudi Shiite mosque
Unclear how many casualties in second blast against minority community in past six months
By Aya Batrawy and Abdullah Al-Shihri
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)
March 1, 2015, 7:04 pm
Sissi in Saudi Arabia for talks with new king
Egyptian president seeks to advance proposal for joint Arab anti-terror force to tackle extremism
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
An illustrative photo of three Saudi women (screen capture, YouTube)
December 16, 2014, 5:53 am
Saudi woman held for watching soccer
Young woman says she did not know only males are allowed at sports matches
By Abdullah Al-Shihri and Aya Batrawy
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