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The first cinema in Saudi Arabia opens in Riyadh with the screening of the film 'Black Panther' following the lifting of a three-decades-long cinema ban. IMAGES
Saudi Arabia launched a military operation on Thursday night to counter the encroachment of Houthi rebel forces on Aden, the city in southern Yemen where U.S.-backed Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has taken refuge since February.
Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is welcomed by Saudia Arabia's Prince Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Governor of Riyadh Region, in Riyadh for a diplomatic visit in the country. IMAGES
Saudi non-resident ambassador to the Palestinian territories, Nayef al-Sudairi arrives for a meeting in Ramallah after Saudi Arabia, which has engaged in US-brokered talks with Israel to potentially normalise relations, sent a delegation to the occupied West Bank for the first time in three decades. IMAGES
An Israeli delegation is in Riyadh for a UNESCO meeting, marking the country's first publicly announced visit to Saudi Arabia. The visit, for UNESCO's World Heritage Committee session, coincides with speculation about a potential normalisation of ties between the two countries in future. IMAGES
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol and the Saudi Arabian delegation arrive at the Palais des Congrès in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, to defend their bids to host the 2030 World's Fair. IMAGES