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Saudi Arabia

Crime

Bihar: Over 100 girls reported missing trafficked to Saudi Arabia, China, other countries for illegal work, alleges human rights advocate; NHRC notified

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2025

Transnational human traffickers reportedly trap girls from border areas of Bihar and transport them to foreign countries via Nepal.

News Reports

Trump defends Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman over murder of Jamal Khashoggi, says he “knew nothing” about it despite US intel report blaming Saudi

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2025

Mohammed bin Salman stayed firm on his earlier stand and denied any wrongdoing.

Bodies of 45 Indian pilgrims likely be buried in Saudi Arabia, country’s laws make repatriation difficult, no compensation for families from kingdom

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2025

According to the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah's form, pilgrims who pass away within the nation will have their bodies buried there.

News Reports

Saudi Arabia: 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims killed on their way to Medina after their bus collided with a diesel tanker

Aditi - 17 November, 2025

Many of the Umrah pilgrims were from the Bazarghat area of Mallepalli in Hyderabad.

News Reports

‘He’ll kill me, he has my passport’: Viral video shows a man pleading for rescue in Saudi Arabia, Indian Embassy launches probe

OpIndia Staff - 25 October, 2025

An emotional video of an Indian man weeping for help from a desert area in Saudi Arabia is going viral on social media.

OpIndia Explains

Saudi Arabia ends Kafala system: What it was, why it was dubbed ‘modern slavery,’ and how it will benefit millions of foreign workers? Explained

Divya Bharti - 22 October, 2025

Saudi Arabia has abolished its 50-year-old Kafala sponsorship system, often called "modern-day slavery," granting 13 million migrant workers the freedom to change jobs and travel without employer consent.

News Reports

As Pakistan boasts about signing ‘defence agreement’ with Saudi Arabia, read how the bankrupt nation will end up as a ‘mercenary state’ of the...

Shraddha Pandey - 18 September, 2025

For optics, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia may call each other ‘brothers’ and Islamic allies. Their relation, in reality, is that of a patron and client.

News Reports

Donald Trump poses with Syrian President al-Sharaa who just months back had a $10 million bounty on his head by US govt, displaying the...

Rukma Rathore - 15 May, 2025

President Erdogan also participated in the meeting via phone alongside Trump, Mohammed bin Salman and al-Sharaa.

Opinions

No, Mr Trump, India won’t have dinner with Pakistan just because you want it to, global powers no longer take orders from Washington DC

Sanghamitra - 14 May, 2025

Trade is a bilateral exercise. India is an economic superpower with a 1.4 billion population. Trade with India is not a benevolence that USA shows to India; USA trades with India because it brings benefits. For Trump to pretend he used 'trade' as leverage to make India agree to compromise on its national security and stop its military operation against Pakistan is profoundly stupid.

News Reports