Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Sunday to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral cooperation. The two leaders exchanged views on bilateral relations, especially aspects of cooperation in the economic, trade, investment and cultural fields, and ways to enhance cooperation in…
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Yemen’s national airline Yemenia Airways restarted direct flights from Houthi-held Sanaa to Saudi Arabia after a suspension that lasted seven years. The first two commercial flights took off from Sanaa’s international airport on June 17 and 19, and one more has been scheduled for June 21. According to the Yemeni airport, these flights are among the five that…
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Cristiano Ronaldo has said he is ready to continue his career in the Saudi Arabia Pro League as soon as possible. The 37-year-old was officially presented to excited Al Nassr fans on Tuesday. Ronaldo, who will earn a reported salary of over £160m per year, could make his debut on Thursday against Saudi Pro-League side…
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Al-Nassr’s new signing, Cristiano Ronaldo, has given two strong reasons why he joined the Saudi Arabia club. Ronaldo snubbed many clubs in Europe to join Al-Nassr last Friday. This comes after his contract with Manchester United was terminated by mutual consent in November. However, speaking in his first press conference on Tuesday evening, Ronaldo said…
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Saudi Arabia has an ambition to host the 2030 World Cup. The 2030 World Cup could be co-hosted in Saudi Arabia and Italy, with the Middle Eastern country eyeing a European co-host for its bid. The idea to host Euro 2020 across the whole of Europe wasn’t exactly a popular one, even before Covid-19 meant…
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The president of Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal has claimed a summer move for Cristiano Ronaldo fell through due to registration issues rather than his desire to stay in Europe. Ronaldo was keen on leaving Manchester United after failing to secure Champions League qualification at the end of last season. Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich and Chelsea…
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Cristiano Ronaldo won’t join a Saudi Arabian football club this summer after rejecting the team’s $277 million salary offer, according to ESPN. The unnamed club would have made Ronaldo, 37, the highest-paid player in the sport over the next two seasons while sending an approximately $30 million transfer fee to Manchester United. Ronaldo reportedly told United his…
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White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre announced that US President Joe Biden would meet the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a bilateral meeting during his visit to the Kingdom on July 15 and 16. Biden begins his official visit at the invitation of…
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What do China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have in common? The answer might not be as obvious as you think. But all three countries are accused of human rights violations, and all three are also playing host to some of the largest and most lucrative sporting events in the world. China is hosting the 2022…
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Families of the victims of the September 11 attacks who are suing the government of Saudi Arabia in a United States federal court in New York are expecting the US government to imminently release a key FBI report. The 16-page report is an FBI summary and analysis of the agency’s long-running investigation into the activities…
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The Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 4.19 million people worldwide since the end of December 2019, according to a report established by Agence France-Presse on Thursday, July 29. The United States is the country with the most deaths (over 612,000), ahead of Brazil (554,000) and India (422,000). In addition, more than 4 billion doses…
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Saudi Arabia has taken steps to ease coronavirus curfews but insists on 24-hour curfew in Mecca. Saudi Arabia eased curfews on Sunday across the country, while keeping 24-hour curfews in the city of Mecca and in neighbourhoods previously put in isolation, state news agency SPA said. Outside those exceptional areas, curfews will be eased between…
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Two members of the United States Congress said on Tuesday they will push for the public release of a new US intelligence report on the 2018 murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Tom Malinowski, both Democrats, joined by Khashoggi’s fiance Cengiz Hatice, held a news conference on Tuesday to announce plans to…
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“Everybody was so sweet and welcoming,” Paris Hilton, CEO of Paris Hilton Entertainment, told Al Arabiya English in an interview on Wednesday, following her first trip to Saudi Arabia. “I had a wonderful time. I thought it was beautiful and very lovely people,” she added. Hilton, who has over 11 million Instagram followers and 17…
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U.N. experts have demanded an immediate investigation by U.S. and other authorities into allegations that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon boss and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. The U.N. special rapporteurs, Agnes Callamard and David Kaye, said on Wednesday they had information pointing to the…
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Twitter says it has removed nearly 6,000 accounts it has deemed tied to a state-backed information operation in Saudi Arabia. Twitter says the accounts violated its “platform manipulation policies” and targeted discussions related to Saudi Arabia and advancing its geopolitical interests. The 5,929 accounts removed are part of a larger group of 88,000 accounts engaged…
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