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Saudi girl Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun granted asylum in Australia, claims Thai official

Bangkok: The Australian government has granted asylum to Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand to escape her allegedly abusive family, media reports said. more

Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun seeks asylum in Canada

Bangkok: Saudi teenager Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who has claimed that she has escaped from her family the Middle-east nation, on Tuesday sought asylum in Canada.

Saudi teenager Rahaf al-Qunun ends Thai airport hotel standoff

Bangkok: A Saudi teenaged woman who had barricaded herself in a Thailand airport hotel room after she claimed she fled her abusive family, left the Bangkok airport 'under the care of& ...

Saudi Arabia, China, among 14 nations under UN human rights spotlight: what you need to know

New York, The United Nation’s highest human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC), will start reviewing on Monday the track records of 14 countries, including Saudi Arabia and ...

Halt death sentences on children, UN rights expert urge Saudi authorities

New York, Saudi Arabia has been urged by United Nations human rights experts to immediately halt the execution of six people sentenced to death for crimes allegedly committed when they we ...

Saudi Arabia appoints woman to run bank

Riyadh: In a first for Saudi Arabia, the country has appointed a woman to run a bank.

UN calls on Saudi Arabia to release jailed human rights defenders, including women activists

New York: Concerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an end to the ban ...

As Saudi women take the wheel, UN chief hopes end of driving ban creates more opportunities for kingdom’s women and girls

New York: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the lifting on Sunday of the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia and expressed his hope that ending the p ...

Saudi Arabia's driving ban lifted, women drive on streets

Jeddah: Saudi Arabia witnessed a history on Sunday when women in the nation were allowed to drive, ending an age-old driving ban on the eves.

Saudi Arabia allows women to join army as critics credit its feud with Iran behind female empowerment

Riyadh: Are the dark days of being a woman in Saudi Arabia slowly becoming a thing of the past? If the recent activities are taken into account, one can say that the country is taking gia ...