Tag: Saudi Arabia
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Barcelona shirts banned in Saudi Arabia with possible prison sentence
The Saudi authorities have banned football fans from wearing Barcelona shirt which is being sponsored by Qatar Airways, with a possible 15-year prison sentence and £120,000 fine if anyone is caught. The ban comes after Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Yemen and the Maldives cut off all ties with its neighbor,…
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Wearing Barcelona shirt in Saudi Arabia now attracts 15 years jail term, see why
Wearing a Barcelona shirt in Saudi Arabia now carries a risk of €135,000 fine and up to 15 years in prison. The change in law follows the cutting of diplomatic relations and borders with Qatar, who the Saudi Kingdom this week accused of supporting ISIS. According to Sky Italy, Saudi authorities have said those caught…
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Ramadan fasting starts Saturday in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, has announced that the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan will begin on Saturday, a state media said on Thursday. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (Sawm) to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to…
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Saudi Arabia to sign trade, political deals with U.S. during Trump’s visit
Saudi Arabia confirmed on Thursday that it would sign commercial and political deals with the U.S. during President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh next week, Al Arabiya local news reported. Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel Jubeir, told a news conference in Riyadh that an Arab-Islamic-American Summit, to be attended by 37 world leaders, would focus on…
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‘You are a servant of merit,’ Saudi Arabia eulogises Oluwo of Iwo
An official of the Ministry of Justice, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Sheik Abdul-Azeez Alhajlaan, has said that the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Akanbi, is a blessing to humanity. He said this following the Oba’s outright condemnation of idolatry. Alhajlaan described Oluwo a “servant of merit, appointed to lead the populace right in all…
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Bomb scare causes panic on Saudi airliner
Airport officials say an apparently mentally unstable man caused panic among passengers on a airliner heading for Cairo from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia when he threatened to blow up the aircraft. Airport sources said that the 61-year-old man, a retired textile worker from Egypt, was subdued by security staff on the plane, operated by Saudi…
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Russia beats Saudi Arabia as China’s top crude oil supplier
Russia overtook Saudi Arabia in 2016 to become China’s biggest crude oil supplier for the first year ever, boosted by robust demand from independent Chinese “teapot” refineries. Customs data showed on Monday that Russian shipments surged nearly a quarter over 2015 to about 1.05 million barrels per day (bpd), with Saudi Arabia coming in a…
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Oil steady after gains on Saudi output cuts
Oil prices were little changed on Friday after gaining nearly 1 percent the day before on news that Saudi Arabia had cut production to meet OPEC’s agreement to reduce output. Saudi Arabia has been curbing oil output in January by at least 486,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 10.058 million bpd, fully implementing OPEC’s agreement…