Saudi Arabia appoints 10 women in senior roles in holy mosques in a rare move to boost female employment in the Islamic kingdom Saudi Arabia is seeking to boost female employment and has appointed 10 women in senior roles at Islam’s holiest sites, according to authorities Appointment of women in senior positions at religious institutions … Read more
Newcastle’s proposed huge £300million takeover from a Saudi Arabian-led consortium is off, it has been officially announced. The news comes amid four months of scrutiny from the Premier League following concerns over piracy and human rights complaints in Saudi Arabia, leaving much-maligned owner Mike Ashley now without a buyer for the club. And on Thursday, Saudi … Read more
RUSSIA: Dmitry Borisovich Kratov, Chief medical officer at Butyrka Prison, mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky RUSSIA Oleg Silchenko, Investigator in the Investigative Committee, mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky RUSSIA: Gennady Vyacheslavovich Karlov, Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry, failed to investigate mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky RUSSIA: Natalya Vinogradova, Deputy Head of Department of Ownership and Financial … Read more
A Saudi embassy worker has told the Khashoggi murder trial that he saw many ‘skewers of meat’ and was told by ‘panicked’ staff to light the oven on the day the journalist was killed. Zeki Demir, a local technician who worked for the consulate, told the court today he had been called to the consul’s … Read more
Is it a mirage? No, it’s a new international airport. Renderings have been released for a stunning new ‘luxury’ airport in Saudi Arabia that has been designed to look like an optical illusion – a mirage in the desert. The stunning design has been created by UK-based Foster + Partners, which says the building will … Read more
Saudi Arabia sets 1,000-person limit on Hajj pilgrims – down from 2.5million in a normal year – and bans foreigners from Mecca as country battles coronavirus The Hajj pilgrimage is the largest gathering of Muslims in the world It lasts for five or six days as pilgrims travel to the ‘House of Allah’ in Mecca … Read more
Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund snaps up shares in BT as it searches for stockmarket bargains By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has snapped up shares in BT as it searches for stockmarket bargains. The kingdom’s … Read more
Donald Trump defended Saudi’s Mohammed bin Salman over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to keep the spotlight off revelation Ivanka was using private email account, John Bolton claims President Trump backed Saudi’s Crown Prince in the aftermath of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder to distract reporters from covering Ivanka Trump Former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s … Read more
Sheikh Salah Hamdan Al Balawi is accused of failing to settle what the Les Ambassadeurs Club, off Park Lane, has claimed is a £2 million debt A Saudi Sheikh estimated to have assets of more than £100 million is locked in a alleged gambling debt dispute with an exclusive London casino which featured in the … Read more
Boston Children’s Hospital is suing a Saudi Arabian prince for $3.5 million in medical bills for a child whose care he offered to pay for. Prince Abdelilah bin Abdelaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Faisal Al Saud is being sued for allegedly dodging charges related to a two-year-old Saudi girl. The little girl suffers from type 1 spinal … Read more