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A week after Saudi Arabia welcomed tourists, the conservative Muslim kingdom has clarified that foreign men and women will be allowed to rent hotel rooms together, without needing to prove that they are related. The move comes as a surprise as Saudi Arabia is infamous for its rigid sex segregation.

Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai was Wednesday elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, a government panel that makes arrangements for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Hasan Ahmed and Aboo Bucker were elected vice chairmen at the meetin

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia reached America on Monday. In a nearly two-and-a-half-week tour, he will also meet President Donald Trump on Tuesday. In the interview given to an American TV channel on Sunday, Salman asked several sharp questions about Saudi. They put their views on the changes in women to Saudi.

जम्मू-कश्मीर का विशेष दर्जा खत्म करने के मुद्दे पर प्रतिक्रिया देते हुए इस्लामिक सहयोग संगठन (OIC) के 2 देशों, सऊदी अरब और मलेशिया, ने भारत और पाकिस्तान किसी का पक्ष नहीं लिया है। सऊदी अरब ने मामले के शांतपूर्ण समाधान पर जोर दिया, जबकि मलेशिया ने कहा है कि जम्मू-कश्मीर पर संयुक्त राष्ट्र सुरक्षा परिषद (UNSC) के संकल्पों का सम्मान होना चाहिए। वहीं, संयुक्त राष्ट्र (UN) ने मामले में दखल देने की पाकिस्तान की मांग को खारिज कर दिया है।

The children of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received multimillion-dollar homes and are being paid thousands of dollars per month by the kingdom's authorities, The Washington Post reported yesterday. Khashoggi was killed and dismembered in October in Istanbul by 15 Riyadh agents.