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Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5bn on ‘sportswashing’, report reveals
Saudi Arabia has spent at least $1.5bn on high-profile international sporting events in a bid to bolster its reputation, a…
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Top Saudi official issued death threat against UN’s Khashoggi investigator
A senior Saudi official issued what was perceived to be a death threat against the independent United Nations investigator, Agnès…
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Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
The prominent Saudi dissident and women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from prison after 1,001 days in custody.…
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Saudi Arabia unveils plans for ’zero-carbon’ city built in 100 MILE straight line
Saudi Arabia has announced its staggeringly-ambitious project will consist of a straight line stretching for more than a hundred miles. The…
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First Qatari vehicles cross into Saudi Arabia after borders reopen
Vehicles from Qatar have crossed a land border into Saudi Arabia for the first time since Arab states severed diplomatic and transport ties with…
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Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies ‘to lift years-long blockade on Qatar, reopen borders’
Saudi Arabia and its regional allies will end a four-year crippling blockade of Qatar and re-open borders in a breakthrough agreement due to…
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Saudi prosecutor seeks maximum jail sentence for women’s rights activist
The state prosecutor’s office in Saudi Arabia is seeking the maximum possible jail sentence for the women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul, raising the…
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‘He was nine’: The Saudi minors still on death row despite royal decree
Saudi security forces arrested Mohammed Al Faraj outside a bowling alley when he was 15 years old. The teenager from…
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