A lot has changed in Saudi Arabia since Haifaa Al-Mansour last made a film in her home country. Wadjda, Al-Mansour’s 2012 debut, was the first feature shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, and since then she’s worked in the US (Nappily Ever After) and...
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Saudi Arabia has released construction magnate Bakr bin Laden, more than three years after his detention in a purge of the kingdom's elite that upended his vast business empire, sources told AFP.
The former chairman of the Bin Laden Group, Saudi...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States Air Forces Central Command (USAFCENT) announced on Thursday that F-18 fighter jets were deployed to Saudi Arabia to promote security and stability amid the escalating violence in the Middle East.
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The latest round of jihad aggression against Israel was instigated on the Temple Mount by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Thousands of Palestinians gathered at the Temple Mount ahead of Jerusalem Day, armed with rocks and other makeshift...
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Turkey’s foreign minister is visiting Saudi Arabia in a bid to repair deeply strained relations. The visit is part of broader regional efforts by Ankara to stem its growing isolation in the region. Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu's...
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Islamabad has actively been encouraging third party mediation in resolving the decades-old Kashmir dispute with New Delhi, having raised the issue with Gulf States such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia. The UAE’s envoy to the US...
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Only time will tell if he is sincere, and how much the nation’s Wahhabi clerics will allow him to do. But one statement from this article is flatly false: MBS says “there should be no punishment related to a religious matter except when...
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The two countries cut bilateral ties in 2016 over scandals around the execution of a Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia and Riyadh's claims of Iran's meddling in the domestic affairs of regional powers, including the kingdom's.
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As India battles the second wave of the deadly coronavirus, several countries including Russia, the UK, the US, Australia, Saudi Arabia and others have come forward to help and have been sending oxygen cylinders, concentrators, Covid-related...
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Does this mean that non-Muslims will now be allowed in Medina? Probably not, as “Haram” means “forbidden” as well as “sacred,” but the new signs play better for foreigners. Also, there is no word on the...
Around 40 countries, including Russia, the US, the UK, Singapore, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have rushed in emergency COVID supplies to help India fight the second wave. Several media reports claim that emergency aid from foreign countries had been...
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After President Joe Biden's first 100 days, his record on Saudi Arabia is a mixed one.
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Saudi Arabia Poised To Mend Relations With Assad In Major First Since War Began
Multiple international reports on Tuesday revealed that Saudi Arabia's powerful intelligence chief traveled to Damascus Monday to meet with his Syrian...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A delegation from Saudi Arabia visited the Syrian capital of Damascus and met with President Bashar Assad, the UK-based Arab newspaper Rai Al-Youm reported on Tuesday, citing senior diplomatic sources in Damascus.
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Dalian Atkinson played 200 games in the English Premier League and won the League Cup with Aston Villa. But after spells in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and South Korea the striker retired from football in 2001.
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The Uncensored Library—a winner of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards—provides a backdoor to forbidden articles in countries such as Saudi Arabia and Belarus, to educate people about censorship.
In countries where...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco on Tuesday announced gaining $21.7 billion in net income in the first quarter of 2021, a 30 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
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Lebanese authrities have arrested two brothers suspected of smuggling drugs in pomegranate shipments to Saudi Arabia, leading the kingdom to
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Saudi Arabia declared last August that Hizballah has destroyed Lebanon — including its “constitutional and state institutions.” Saudi King Salman stated that the only way for Lebanon to break free is to disarm Hizballah. Salman...
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Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – ( Hugh Thomas and a team of Australian researchers have just published a groundbreaking article in the journaly Antiquity describing their research into the mysterious “Rectangles” (mustatīl)...
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