Saudi arabia News
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Uneasy about its oil dependence and lack of domestic manufacturing capabilities, Saudi Arabia is courting China for help with the next stage of its energy policy, amid predictions that renewable energy generation will change modern geopolitics.
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The Saudi Public Prosecutor has issued a rare press release that summarized the new official version of events in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. As in the older version, the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), is absolved of any responsibility.
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By AFP
Aden -
The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen has sent more than 10,000 new troops towards a vital rebel-held port city ahead of a new assault, Yemeni government officials said Tuesday.
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Istanbul -
Many of the world’s top tech companies and governments claim to have high ideals. Their problem now is that Saudi Arabia, one of the top global investors in tech, is now under a bloodstained shadow. What are they going to do about it?
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I turned off the news tonight — to regain some semblance of sanity. In the past few weeks, we have been through two destructive hurricanes and journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been murdered in the Saudi Embassy in Turkey. Yet, what has Trump been doing?
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Richard Branson founder and chairman of the space tourism venture, Virgin Galactic has temporarily suspended a partnership with Saudi Arabia until the issue of missing Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi is cleared up.
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Saudi human rights activists are warning against the possible beheading of Israa al-Ghomgham by the government. Israa has been provisionally sentenced to death by a Ryadh court.
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Riyadh -
As the diplomatic crisis between Saudi Arabia and Canada escalates, the United States — Canada’s most important ally and largest trade partner — declined to come to the defense of the Canadian government.
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Saudi Arabian state media tweeted a disturbing infographic of an Air Canada airliner heading toward the Toronto skyline with the warning: "Sticking one's nose where it doesn't belong!" The message was clearly a reference to the 9/11 attacks.
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Riyad -
Saudi Arabia residents have long enjoyed a tax-free existence supplemented by heavy subsidies on some products. With the steep decline in oil prices and revenues this is all changing.
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Microsoft has been forced to apologise after its Bing search engine began automatically translating "Daesh" into "Saudi Arabia." The company blamed crowdsourced translations for the error and is investigating the issue. Saudi users called for a boycott.
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Mecca -
There appear to be a number of efforts to bring about a reconciliation between the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR).
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The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly defeated a measure to ban the transfer of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. The vote was 204 for and 216 against. The vote against the measure was made up of 200 Republicans but only 16 Democrats.
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Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company will soon not be able to grow alfalfa to feed its 170,000 cattle in its own parched country, so it is buying up more of California's drought-stricken land to grow alfalfa.
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In an effort to nudge a slumping marketing back into a more respectable selling price, Russia and Saudi Arabia have coordinated an oil output freeze. Whether it will work or not is for OPEC — and millions of consumers — to see.
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After Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh compared chess to alcohol and gambling and said it was the work of Satan, the Saudi Chess Association sent a letter to the World Chess Federation to clear the air.
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The Syrian civil war rages on after five years of intense fighting and has absorbed a wide variety of factions into the conflict, including the Kurds, Islamic State, the Syrian army, the United States and its allies, and Russia.
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Ottawa -
In 2014 the Conservative government of Stephen Harper inked a huge $15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. The deal was controversial because of the wretched human rights record of the Saudis.
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Mecca -
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh responded to a question on a Saudi television show saying that chess was "the work of Satan," as were alcohol and gambling.
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In what looks to be a prelude to the "water wars," Saudi Arabia has been buying up farmland in the southwestern part of the U.S. to grow alfalfa hay that is then shipped back to Saudi Arabia to feed its dairy cattle because it doesn't have enough water.
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Cheap oil has already affected global markets and economies in countless ways, from disrupting Venezuelan politics to sinking the Russian ruble and introducing the world to “low-flation.”
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Jeddah -
The world's tallest tower is Burj Khalifa (2,716-feet), located in Dubai, but in the future it may be stripped of its Guinness title if Saudi Arabia builds its Jeddah Tower.
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Riyadh -
A Saudi court sentenced Asharaf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet, to death for abandoning his Muslim faith, a form of apostasy punishable by death in Saudi Arabia and a number of other countries who implement Sharia law.
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Lebanese authorities have reported that an attempt to smuggle major quantities of amphetamine has been foiled by officials.
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Mecca -
Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense Authority is reporting that at least 87 people have died and another 201 or more people were injured when a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in the Holy city of Mecca today.
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Mecca -
Part of a huge construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque, killing more than 100 Hajj pilgrims and injuring dozens of others.
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The lion's share of refugees from Syria are in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. The Gulf States such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE have taken in few if any refugees while at the same time their citizens help finance groups fighting the Syrian civil war.
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Sanaa -
As long as the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthi rebels in Yemen engaged solely in a bombing campaign, they were free of casualties except for a few losses at the southern Saudi border.
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Washington -
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz booked the entire Four Seasons Hotel, Georgetown, during his visit to Washington DC. Reports highlighted the profligacy citing Saudi Arabia’s apathy to the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Cairo -
Expansion to oil refining capacities hit an unforeseen snag, halting an already expensive importing chain responsible for gasoline production. Partially responsible for these snags is an increase in domestic energy needs amidst excruciating heat.
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Battered woman wearing a niqab, her bruised eye visible King Khalid Foundation
Two of the princesses with their pets earlier this month. Princess Sahar
Saudi Arabia cannot grow alfalfa in its own country because of its need to conserve its water resources. Marlin E. Rice/Iowa State University
One of the images being circulated under the #FreeThe4 banner to garner support for the Princesses. Princess Sahar
Sahar's profile picture from Twitter. Princess Sahar
Jeddah skyline from the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Meshal Obeidallah
A Blackberry's layout at close-range. www.en.wikipedia.org
Saudi Arabia's Minister for Education Khalid al-Faisal Ahmed Zayer
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Photo shows Saudi Arabia's Swedish embassy in Stockholm. 199Pema/Wikimedia Commons
Circles of green irrigated vegetation, Saudi Arabia - April 1997 NASA Images
Saudi Foreign Minister, His Royal Highness Prince Saud al Faisal bin Abdul Aziz at the London Conference on Somalia Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Saudi Arabia: Modern city of Medina Adiput
Kingdom 5KR is a 281 foot, 85.65 metre superyacht owned by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company FrummerThanThou
Man Kissing Camel near Sphinx in Cairo. David Dennis from Scotts Valley, CA, USA
The Foreign Minister of Bahrain meets Saudi Arabia's aging monarch HM Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (L) Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia Screen grab
The number of the dead are at 31 now, with 107 injured. Directorate General of Saudi civil defense/Twitter
A screen capture of an image retweeted by Princess Sahar. Princess Sahar
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