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Saudi official says two extremists killed inside car in Shiite town Qatif
• 8 years agoA spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says security forces have fired at a car, setting it on fire, and killing two extremists inside in a restive town in the country's eastern province.
Saudi Arabia blast: Car bomb explodes in Shia-dominated area
• 8 years agoAn explosion took place in a Saudi Arabian community dominated by minority Shiites on Thursday and emergency vehicles converged on the scene, a witness told AFP.
Blasts reported in various parts of Saudi Arabia, at least two people killed
Fp Staff • 9 years agoA suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia, while another blast occurred outside one of Islam's holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, a Saudi-owned television channel reported.
On the brink of history: Saudi women to contest and vote in elections for the first time
Fp Archives • 9 years agoSegregated from male voters and unable to drive themselves to hustings, Saudi women begin their first-ever election campaign on Sunday, a tentative step towards better representation in the male-dominated kingdom.