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Saudi Arabia oil gamble threatens modernisation drive

Decision to drive down crude price after Russia row will hit revenue




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Saudi Arabia’s PIF takes 8.2% stake in cruise operator Carnival 

Rare sign of investor confidence in industry battered by coronavirus pandemic




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Saudi Arabia repatriating thousands of migrants back to Ethiopia

UN official warns mass deportations risk spread of coronavirus to the region




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Saudi Arabia shows Asia focus with renewed oil price discounts

Kingdom offers crude to US at a premium but shows reluctance to lose Asian market share




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Liam Payne is urged to 'choose morals over money' and pull out of a concert in Saudi Arabia

Payne's scheduled appearance at the Jeddah World Fest has sparked fury among activists angry at Saudi Arabia's criminalisation of gays, and jailing of women's rights activists.




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Boxing news: Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao finally 'agree to blockbuster fight in Saudi Arabia'

Khan, who has just come off a £7million payday after beating Billy Dib last week, revealed at a press conference at his gym that the blockbuster fight will take place in Saudi Arabia, according to talkSPORT.




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Boxing news: Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao finally 'agree to blockbuster fight in Saudi Arabia'

Khan, who has just come off a £7million payday after beating Billy Dib last week, revealed at a press conference at his gym that the blockbuster fight will take place in Saudi Arabia, according to talkSPORT.




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Amir Khan set to face MMA star in Saudi Arabia for £7m payout

EXCLUSIVE: Amir Khan’s next fight will be against an Indian Mixed Martial Arts fighter in Saudi Arabia – and it could net him up to £7million.




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World Cup 2018 Draw RECAP: Russia open with Saudi Arabia

Spain are paired in the same group as Portugal for the World Cup next summer, while Russia host Saudi Arabia in the tournament's opening game as England are handed favourable draw.




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Sofia Richie jets off to the snow ahead of NYE... after Saudi Arabia music festival backlash

Sofia Richie shared a very sultry photo of herself onboard a plane on Monday. The beauty appeared to be heading on a snow adventure ahead of New Year's Eve.




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Eden Hazard to miss Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia as he continues recovery from injury

Eden Hazard has not featured for Real Madrid since suffering an ankle injury in November against Paris Saint-Germain. Los Blancos are set to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Super Cup.




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Real Madrid and Barcelona face a furious backlash over Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia 

Barca and Real Madrid are facing a huge backlash over their £102m jaunt to Saudi Arabia as they ignore criticism over taking money from a nation long-condemned for its terrible human rights record.




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Trump says Saudi Arabia 'deposited $1billion in the bank' to have U.S. soldiers in kingdom

President Trump claimed on Friday that Saudi Arabia has 'already deposited $1billion in the bank' so that the United States would continue to station troops in the desert kingdom.




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Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, watchdog says

Saudi Arabia executed 184 people in 2019, human rights watchdog Reprieve said, up 35 from the previous year and including several who were minors when they were arrested.




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Jeff Bezos had his phone 'hacked' in 2018 after receiving WhatsApp from Saudi Arabian crown prince

Jeff Bezos's cell phone was hacked in May 2018 after he was sent a malicious video filed from the personal phone number of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, it is claimed.




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FBI found circumstantial evidence that Saudi Arabia was linked to 9/11

The details regarding the FBI investigation - dubbed Operation Encore - has mostly been shrouded in secrecy since the terror attacks occurred in 2001.




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Saudi Arabia brands claims that Jeff Bezos' Whatsapp was hacked by Crown Prince 'total nonsense'

'Total nonsense - this story was out almost a year ago, it was debunked, we rejected it completely,' minister of foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir said in Davos on Thursday.




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Saudi Arabia planned to spy on murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee when she was in Britain

Hatice Cengiz visited London in May last year just months after her husband's brutal murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. Concerns were raised by the US over spying.




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Cyber security experts say there is not conclusive proof Saudi Arabia hacked Jeff Bezos

Forensics specialists Bill Marczak and Alex Stamos told The Wall Street Journal that the team at FTI should have been able to identify the malicious software that was used in the apparent hack.




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£5billion jet deal shot down over Saudi Arabia murder

It is a huge blow for the UK's biggest defence company, BAE Systems, as the deal was expected to help save thousands of jobs in the north of England.




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Saudi Arabia's £340m takeover of Newcastle could be threatened by PL TV rights row

The proposed Saudi Arabian-backed takeover of Newcastle United could be blocked by the Premier League amid allegations that their government are facilitating theft of television rights. 




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Saudi Arabia becomes the 16th nation to BAN travellers from China entering the country

The kingdom's immigration department claimed 'regulatory provisions on travel documents would be applied' to citizens who travel to the Asian nation.




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Lesbian couple from Saudi Arabia declare their after moving in London

The London-based Saudi women announced their relationship during a Valentine's Day special on the TV show 'Jaafar Talk' which airs on the Arabic-language DW channel.




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Huge swarm of locusts brings traffic to a standstill in Bahrain after from Saudi Arabia

The swarm is thought to have spread from Saudi Arabia, where they had been seen in regions including Riyadh, Mecca and Qassim, to Bahrain due to strong winds.




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Saudi Arabia temporarily BANS religious pilgrims from visiting Mecca to prevent the coronavirus

Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned religious pilgrims from visiting Mecca or Medina to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the Kingdom




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Saudi Arabia suspends year-round umrah pilgrimage

The umrah - which, unlike the hajj, can be undertaken at any time of year - draws millions of Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia every year (some of whom are pictured in Mecca today).




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Saudi Arabia reopens Mecca's Grand Mosque

Saudi Arabia has reopened the central courtyard of the Grand Mosque in Mecca but banned people from touching the Kaaba shrine at its centre due to fears over coronavirus.




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Prince Andrew's new PR expert helped to Saudi Arabia's image following global outrage

The Duke of York's new PR expert Mark Gallagher helped to massage Saudi Arabia's image following global outrage over air strikes that killed thousands of Yemeni civilians.




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Saudi Arabia 'is using mobile phone data to track its citizens' movements in the US'

Saudi Arabia's three biggest mobile phone providers sent millions of requests for location data to a major US carrier starting in November last year, which can be used to track the phones' users.




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Saudi Arabia imposes full lockdown on holy cities of Mecca and Medina to combat coronavirus

Saudi Arabia, which has recorded 1,885 infections and 21 deaths, imposed a 24-hour curfew today in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina, an extension of measures to combat coronavirus.




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Saudi Arabia has doubled its use of the death penalty since King Salman came to the throne

800 people have been executed in the Kingdom since King Salman bin Abdulaziz ascended to the throne in January 23, 2015.




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Saudi Arabia kills protester who refused to make way for megacity

Abdul-Rahim al-Howeiti (pictured) was shot dead by security forces in Al-Khuraybah, near the Saudi border with Jordan, the government confirmed.




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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley to bank £17m even if sale of the club to Saudi Arabian consortium fails

EXCLUSIVE BY MARTIN SAMUEL: The deposit paid by the Saudi Arabian consortium is non-refundable, meaning Newcastle owner Ashley gets richer even if the takeover is not ratified.




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Premier League lawyers 'investigating illegal broadcasting of top-flight matches by Saudi Arabia'

beIN Sports shone a light on Saudi Arabia's involvement in the piracy of matches, highlighting the Premier League's unsuccessful attempts to take legal action against satellite provider Arabsat.




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Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for crimes committed by minors after abolishing flogging 

Minors will now receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a 'juvenile detention facility'. Pictured: Abdulkareem al-Hawaj was one of the minors executed in 2019.




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Saudi Arabia will look to secure Premier League TV rights if £300m Newcastle deal is approved

EXCLUSIVE: BeIN Sports have written to the Premier League urging chief executive Richard Masters to block the £300million deal for Newcastle, citing illegal streaming of matches in Saudi Arabia.




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Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund looks 'to buy $12.5 billion Warner Music'

A source said more deals with entertainment businesses in America are to be expected as the country tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices.




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McIlroy snubs $2.5m appearance fee by joining Woods in turning down offer to play in Saudi Arabia

Rory McIlroy has ruled out playing in Saudi Arabia next month, saying he has no interest in contesting the tournament that has offered lavish appearance fees to attract many of the world's top players.




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Phil Mickelson holds talks with Saudi Arabian backers of Premier Golf League

The mystery backers behind proposals for a new Premier Golf League broke cover yesterday in a bid to convince Phil Mickelson to join their golfing revolution with the new competition.




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How were low-tech drones able to pierce Saudi Arabian security?

Saudi Arabia saw half of its oil production blown up Saturday when a suspected drone attack damaged its largest oil refinery and an oil field, despite its state-of-the-art air defence systems.




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Holes in Iranian oil tanker hit by two missiles revealed for first time as Putin visits Saudi Arabia

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Saudi Arabia today, where he is set to seal oil agreements as well as use his influence to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf following a tanker attack.




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Rights group says Saudi Arabia is holding a senior...

DUBAI, May 9 (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday that Saudi Arabian authorities recently detained and are holding incommunicado Prince...




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How Saudi Arabia is trying to CRIPPLE Russian oil industry by flooding world market

Saudi Arabia slashed its oil export prices over the weekend and declared a price war with Russia that sent global markets reeling and marked the sharpest decline in oil futures since 1991.




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Petrol could soon reach $1 a litre as Saudi Arabia launches a price war with Russia

Petrol could plummet to $1 per litre after a price war erupted between Saudi Arabia and Russia.




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Khabib Nurmagomedov 'offered huge $100m' to face Floyd Mayweather in Saudi Arabia

Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed that he has been offered a lucrative amount of money to fight Floyd Mayweather in Saudi Arabia.




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US is removing Patriot anti-missile systems from Saudi Arabia

The move comes after the country determined the threat from Iran that sparked an arms buildup in the region last year had waned, a Defense Department official said Thursday.




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Jeffrey Epstein had official passport with his photo but not his name listing Saudi Arabia as home

That passport also listed Epstein's residence as being in Saudi Arabia said Rossmiller, who revealed it was found in a locked safe during the search of he pedophile's home earlier this month.




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'It's commercial theft': TV chief hits out at £50m deal to stage a grand prix in Saudi Arabia

Formula One bosses have been accused of getting into bed with the Saudis who 'stole' their own TV rights deal.




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Passenger tries to open the door on British Airways jet from Heathrow to Saudi Arabia

A man suffering a panic attack tried to open the rear door of British Airway flight 263 from Heathrow to Riyadh on Monday night, before 6ft 7ins Dean Whyte (right) rushed to subdue him.




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BT and Sky TV piracy row with Saudi Arabia could threaten Newcastle takeover bid

The BBC, another key Premier League partner, has also complained to the European Commission about Saudi Arabia regarding TV piracy, which could scupper state's bid to buy Newcastle.