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Saudi Arabia could seize $800bn in assets in corruption crackdown

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The Saudi anti-corruption push involving the arrest of princes and government ministers may lead to the confiscation of cash and other assets worth of at least $800 billion, according to people close to the issue, writes the Wall Street Journal. “They reckon they could get around two to three trillion riyals from these people. That’s the number they are talking about,” a person close to the... 

Saudi King Arrests Billionaire Prince Bin Talal, Dozens of Others in Cabinet Crackdown

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In a shocking development, late on Saturday the Saudi press reported that prominent billionaire, member of the royal Saudi family, and one of the biggest shareholders of Citi, News Corp. and Twitter – not to mention frequent CNBC guest – Al-Waleed bin Talal, along with ten senior princes, and some 38 ministers, has been arrested for corruption and money laundering charges on orders from... 

Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to humanoid robot

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Saudi Arabia has become the first country to grant citizenship to a robot. The lucky machine is Sophia the Humanoid, who was designed to look like Audrey Hepburn. News of Sophia’s citizenship was announced at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. This comes shortly after Sophia’s UN speech which we written about yesterday. “I am very honored and proud for... 

Trump and Iran: “Israel-First”, “Saudi-Second” and “America-Last”

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US President Donald Trump’s total subservience to the right wing Jewish lobby has been demonstrated once again with his latest announcement on the “Iran deal”—a program put in place by the left wing Jewish lobby-controlled Obama regime over Iran’s non-existent “atom bomb” program. According to an article in the American Herald Tribune by former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military... 

Russia is arming the Islamic world with State of the Art Weapons

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While we have been quite defensive of Russia for being a sovereign state minding their own business what they are doing now is totally unacceptable and scandalous! After arming Syria with state of the art S-300 missile defense systems, they then went on and armed Iran with the same weapons despite a UN ban prohibiting Russia from selling such powerful weapons to Iran. Now guess what Putin is doing!... 

Saudi King issues decree allowing women to drive

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King Salman of Saudi Arabia has issued a decree ordering that women be allowed to drive, Saudi state media has reported. Under the conservative kingdom’s previous laws, women were banned from driving. The decree orders the Saudi interior minister to draft and adopt necessary amendments to the traffic regulations and to form a special commission consisting of the ministers of interior, finance, labor... 

'Women have quarter of a brain’, Saudi cleric claims

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A Saudi cleric has been slated for saying that women don’t deserve to drive because they only have a quarter of a brain. Sheikh Saad Al-Hijri was also banned from performing his religious duties because of his outrageous comments. Al-Hijri made his brain-numbing remarks at a lecture aptly titled, “The evils of women driving.” Women are banned from driving altogether in the notoriously conservative... 

At Least 39 Muslims Die During Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca

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At least 39 Muslims have died since the beginning of this year’s Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, local media reported Saturday. Most of the victims, a total of 16, came to Mecca from Egypt and Algeria, the Okaz newspaper reported, citing the Saudi General Authority for Statistics. All of the deceased pilgrims were elderly people, who died of “natural causes,... 

Man sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for being atheist

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First and foremost, sorry for reporting about this only now, this actually happened all the way in April but we just recently found out about it and we considered this to be a major story so we couldn’t let it go unnoticed among our readers. Among many things described in this article, what I find fascinating is that most Muslim Arabs were cheering this on Twitter and saying that this is what... 

Theresa May rejects 9/11 survivors’ appeal to release Saudi Arabia terrorism report

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What are they hiding? Why are they protecting the Saudis?? After 16 years? It must be serious stuff in there if after all this time and with so many victims, they just don’t care and flat-out side with the terrorists and deny to release the info to the victims… shocking! Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected an appeal by survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to publish a report into... 

Saudi police arrest woman who wore ‘indecent clothing’ in viral video

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Remember yesterday’s story with all those Saudis enraged by a beautiful woman known only as “Model Khulood” wearing a miniskirt through the desert? Well unfortunately, according to RT they caught her and arrested her, knowing how the Saudi police operates, she will probably end up dead, killed in jail, such a sad fate for no reason whatsoever. She didn’t do anything wrong and... 

Saudis angry because woman in miniskirt filmed through desert

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Footage of a young Arab woman in a miniskirt and crop top, wandering in a village in ultra-conservative rural Saudi Arabia, has sparked heated debate on social media. Some are calling for the model to be punished, while others are demanding new rules for women’s dress. The video, initially posted on Snapchat, shows a the woman posing at a deserted historic fort in the village of Ushaiger, 200km... 

Thousands of Iranians shout "Death to Saudi Arabia, America & Israel" after Tehran terror

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Thousands have turned out to mourn the victims of the Tehran attacks, shouting “Death to Saudi Arabia” and “Death to America.” It comes after Iranian leaders accused Washington and Riyadh of supporting the attacks which killed 17 people earlier this week. Crowds gathered on the streets of the Iranian capital to shout slogans against the US, Saudi Arabia, and Israel on Friday,... 

FIFA refuses to punish Saudi players over London attacks snub

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FIFA has refused to punish the Saudi Arabia men’s national football team after they snubbed a minute’s silence in memory of the London terrorist attack victims before a World Cup qualifier against Australia. Eight people – including two Australian nationals – were killed and more than 50 injured when a group of three terrorists drove a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then... 

Saudi football team under fire for failing to line up to honor London attack victims

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The Saudi Arabia men’s national football team triggered controversy when they failed to line up for a minute’s silence in memory of the London terror attack victims before their World Cup qualifying match against Australia in Adelaide. While an announcement resonated across the stadium, making clear what was about to happen, the Australian players lined up and put their arms around each... 
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