88: Number of executions carried out in Saudi Arabia so far this year, already surpassing the total number in 2014; Amnesty International called the increase under Saudi’s new King Salman a “macabre spike”. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on...
It is thus worrying that Saudi Arabia faces such daunting problems.Volatile oil revenues make up more than 80% of government income, the IMF reckons.Even with rising crude prices, the country is grappling with a large budget deficit.Forall the gains in health and education, GDP per person ha...
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But actions taken during the four years since then appear to indicate Saudi Arabia remains committed to capital punishment. Between January and Oct. 4, Riyadh executed 206 people per the state-run Saudi Press Agency, surpassing the high of 196 set in 2022. Of this...
Saudi Arabia is the giant of the Middle East, with both the vast majority of land and wealth of the Arabian Peninsula falling within its borders. Millions of devout Muslims from around the world participate in a pilgrimage to Mecca each year, believed to be the birthplace of the Muslim proph...
Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively with its investments in more gaming companies, the Canadian industry veteran steering the kingdom's push to become a global hub for the sector told AFP Friday.
The beheadings raised to 22 the number of executions so far this year in the state, according to an AFP count based on official reports. Last year, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights denounced a “sharp increase in the use of capital punishment” in Saudi Arabia. ...
To boot, Saudi Arabia’s petrol prices are some of the lowest in the world at around $0.48 (£0.30) per gallon.The country’s sea transportation network is similarly prominent with much of Saudi Arabia’s population concentrated along the coast, ports primarily act to transport petroleum and...
President Donald Trump has vowed to preserve a close relationship with Saudi Arabia, pointing to its major purchases of U.S. weapons, its giant oil exports and its hostility toward U.S. rival Iran. Trump has not commented on the executions, although the State Department said it urged “Saudi...
Visitors intending to benefit from the new regulation must have previously used the visa to travel to any one of the listed Schengen countries, the UK or the US before entering Saudi Arabia. As per the announcement: “Recipients of tourist or commercial visas to these countries can now ent...