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United Nations human rights experts have urged Saudi Arabia to immediately halt the execution of six people sentenced to death for crimes allegedly committed when they were under the age of 18. The experts warned that carrying out the sentences Read more
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohamed bin Salman (MbS) Wednesday pledged to bring suspects connected to the killing of critical journalist Jamal Khashoggi to justice as Western powers continue to pressure the royal court to produce credible evidences on the Read more
Saudi Arabia Wednesday awarded three contracts worth $14 billion for the expansion and the modernization of its railway network after the inauguration last month of its first high speed train, Haramain. The first Land Bridge project, worth $10.6-billion, will link Read more
US President Donald Trump Tuesday said whoever planned the killing of Saudi and US resident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is in “big trouble”, adding that he was waiting for all facts from the CIA that he dispatched to Turkey for US-carried Read more
The Saudi Ma’aden (Arabian Mining Company) has picked South Korea’s Daelim Industrial Company to build the first plant of its phosphate complex (Phosphate 3) for a $892 million investment. The agreement signed between the two entities will tussle the kingdom Read more
Qatar has called on Saudi Arabia to provide details on the whereabouts of four Qataris who the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) believes went missing in the kingdom last year. “What the Saudi authorities are doing towards Qatari nationals is Read more
Manama-based Arcapita Group has pumped money into NuYu, a Saudi leading chain of women-only boutique gyms, amid rising of the sector following recent reforms in Saudi Arabia in favor of women. The investment, estimated at $67 million, will help multiply Read more
King Salman of Saudi Arabia and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday exchanged over the telephone views on the situation of missing Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, who has vanished since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. A Read more
Bahrain will receive before the end of this year, $2 billion from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Kuwait as part of the $10 billion pledged by the three regional allies to help the tiny kingdom avoid a debt crisis. Two unnamed Read more
A horde of leaders of multinational media and giant companies have expressed their intentions to stay away from a major investment conference to be held in Saudi Arabia later this month. The decision comes following the mysterious disappearance of Jamal Read more