More than six weeks after Saudi Arabia reported its first case, the COVID-19 is striking terror into the heart of the kingdom’s sprawling ruling family. According to The NYT, As many as 150 royals inside [ More … ]
Twitter has removed thousands of accounts linked to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and several other countries for either taking directions from the governments or promoting pro-government content. Twitter said in a post on its platform on Thursday [ More … ]
The Houthi-allied Yemeni armed forces have retaken Al-Labnat military base in Al-Jawf province from the Saudi-backed mercenaries fighting to reinstate exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. This is the first time in five years that it [ More … ]
According to The Guardian: Whistleblower’s data suggests millions of phone tracking requests sent over a four-month period Saudi Arabia appears to be exploiting weaknesses in the global mobile telecoms network to track its citizens as they [ More … ]
Former deputy head of Saudi Arabia’s general intelligence and former royal court adviser also accused in indictment. The Istanbul prosecutor’s office said it had prepared an indictment against 20 suspects over the killing of Saudi [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia said the government will cut spending by 5%, or about $13.3 billion, to offset the impact of plunging oil prices and the effects of the new coronavirus on its economic outlook and deficit. [ More … ]
King’s brother Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz and his son arrested in latest power grab by Mohammed bin Salman, according to the London-based Middle East Eye. A purge of royal princes is under way in Saudi [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia has detained two senior members of the royal family – Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, and Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s nephew – according to reports citing sources with knowledge of [ More … ]
Iran has cancelled Friday prayers across all the country’s cities this week amid the country’s growing coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia extended suspension of Umrah to include Saudi citizens and residents over coronavirus concerns The [ More … ]
Israel has announced that it would allow Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions, according to Reuters. Israel today, Sunday, 26 January 2020, announced that it would permit [ More … ]
Bezos’ security team has concluded his phone probably had been hacked with a tainted video sent from bin Salman’s, pictured, WhatsApp account. Organization to recommend both Saudi Arabia and US investigate claims against Mohammed bin [ More … ]
The United Nations has condemned the attack on the al-Raqw market in northern Yemen, the third on the same location in just over a month An attack on the al-Raqw market in northern Yemen has [ More … ]
Justice was “trampled” on with the death sentence meted out on Monday to five Saudis for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Paris-based media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said. The group’s secretary general, Christophe [ More … ]
Kingdom reportedly said it would send ‘Pakistani workers back, will withdraw its $6bn deposited in SBP’! FO spokesperson says Pakistan did not participate in KL Summit to avoid possible division in Ummah!! By: Mian Abrar, [ More … ]
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will not attend the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit, due to open in Riyadh today. Instead, he assigned his Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al [ More … ]
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