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At 84, Bangladesh’s Prof Yunus is older than Biden. Who are other aged world leaders?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

At 84, Bangladesh’s Prof Yunus is older than Biden. Who are other aged world leaders?

Firstpost  

There was so much hullabaloo around Joe Biden’s age that the 81-year-old withdrew from the US presidential race. And the world’s oldest head of state is 91 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus smiles as he arrives to appear before a labour court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. AP Muhammad Yunus took oath as chief advisor of Bangladesh’s caretaker government on Thursday, …

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Saudi Arabia's King Salman diagnosed with lung inflammation, being treated in Jeddah: Report
7 months ago

Saudi Arabia's King Salman diagnosed with lung inflammation, being treated in Jeddah: Report

Hindustan Times  

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia is undergoing treatment for inflammation, which has caused the Crown Prince of the nation to reschedule a planned trip to Japan, CNN reported citing the Saudi news agency SPA. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Following tests, King Salman, 88, was found to have inflammation for which he is currently receiving antibiotic treatment …

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Saudi Arabia eyes aviation expansion to get in on crucial tourism market
1 year, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia eyes aviation expansion to get in on crucial tourism market

Al Jazeera  

Making up for lost time, the kingdom is moving to challenge regional players, attract travellers and boost its income. “The government is highly committed to the sector’s development – and it knows that with Saudi Arabia’s incredible and diverse landscapes, tourism could be big,” Phillips told Al Jazeera. But Saudi Arabia’s plans to build over King Khalid International, which has …

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Palestine’s Abbas in Saudi Arabia for King Salman, MBS meetings
1 year, 8 months ago

Palestine’s Abbas in Saudi Arabia for King Salman, MBS meetings

Al Jazeera  

Abbas’s visit coincides with the arrival of a delegation from his rival Hamas to Saudi Arabia. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in Riyadh for meetings with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with reports that a delegation from the rival Palestinian force Hamas is also in the country. Abbas’s visit to Saudi Arabia coincides with a …

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Saudi partners with China-led security bloc as ties grow
1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi partners with China-led security bloc as ties grow

Al Jazeera  

Saudi cabinet approves decision at a meeting chaired by King Salman in a move that could grant Riyadh dialogue partner status in the bloc. Saudi Arabia has agreed to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation as a “dialogue partner”, state media reported on Wednesday, the latest indication of closer political ties with China. The move would grant Riyadh “the status of …

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China, Saudi Arabia cement ties with deals including Huawei
2 years ago

China, Saudi Arabia cement ties with deals including Huawei

Al Jazeera  

Chinese President Xi Jinping hails ‘new era’ in relationship with Gulf as he meets Saudi crown prince, king. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Saudi King Salman have signed a series of strategic deals, including one involving Chinese tech giant Huawei, as part of a visit expected to bolster political and economic ties. After Xi’s arrival on Wednesday, with formation jets …

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Saudi prince’s new title key to dodging lawsuit over killing
2 years, 1 month ago

Saudi prince’s new title key to dodging lawsuit over killing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It raised eyebrows six weeks ago when Saudi Arabia’s aged king, Salman, named his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as prime minister. But that move reaped dividends Thursday, when the Biden administration declared that Prince Mohammed’s standing as prime minister shielded him from a U.S. lawsuit over what the U.S. intelligence community says was his role in …

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Algeria: Doctors tell Saudi crown prince don't go to summit
2 years, 2 months ago

Algeria: Doctors tell Saudi crown prince don't go to summit

The Independent  

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Joe Biden’s meeting with Saudi officials will ‘include’ Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, White House says
2 years, 6 months ago

Joe Biden’s meeting with Saudi officials will ‘include’ Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, White House says

CNN  

CNN — The White House said Sunday that President Joe Biden’s upcoming meeting with Saudi officials will “include” the kingdom’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, hours after Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm suggested there would be a one-on-one meeting. Granholm said Sunday on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ that it was her “understanding” that Biden would meet one-on-one with the crown …

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Biden to visit Israel and ‘pariah’ Saudi Arabia next month
2 years, 6 months ago

Biden to visit Israel and ‘pariah’ Saudi Arabia next month

India TV News  

Highlights Biden plans to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Biden’s first stop during the Middle East swing will be in Israel to meet PM Naftali Bennett Biden is expected to meet the athletes taking part in the Maccabiah Games. President Joe Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East next month with visits to Israel, the …

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Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after week-long stay
2 years, 7 months ago

Saudi King Salman leaves hospital after week-long stay

The Independent  

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Saudi king admitted to hospital for medical tests
2 years, 7 months ago

Saudi king admitted to hospital for medical tests

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia’s octogenarian monarch underwent medical tests on Sunday, state-run media reported, just weeks after he had the battery of his pacemaker changed. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz during his annual speech at the Shura Council, a top advisory body, in the capital Riyadh. The report in the official Saudi Press Agency did not provide further details about King Salman's …

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Saudi King Salman admitted to hospital for medical exam
2 years, 7 months ago

Saudi King Salman admitted to hospital for medical exam

Al Jazeera  

Eighty-six year-old monarch was taken to a hospital for unspecified tests in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, state media report. Saudi Arabia’s aging king has been admitted to hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah to undergo medical tests weeks after he had the battery of his pacemaker changed. Earlier this year, state media reported King Salman was …

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Saudi Arabia: 12 hurt in attack targeting airport near Yemen
2 years, 10 months ago

Saudi Arabia: 12 hurt in attack targeting airport near Yemen

Associated Press  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said 12 people were injured by falling debris from an attempted drone attack Thursday on an airport in the southern Saudi region of Abha, near the kingdom’s border with Yemen. Saudi Arabia has been involved in Yemen’s civil war since 2015, fighting against the rebel Houthis who overran the capital, …

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Biden pledges US support against Houthi attacks to Saudi king
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden pledges US support against Houthi attacks to Saudi king

Al Jazeera  

US president speaks by phone to Saudi King Salman amid intensifying Yemeni rebel attacks on the Gulf kingdom. Joe Biden has reaffirmed the United States’ “commitment to support” Saudi Arabia against attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the White House said, as the US president spoke by phone with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia’s official …

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Sister of man imprisoned in Saudi Arabia writes to Hamilton
3 years ago

Sister of man imprisoned in Saudi Arabia writes to Hamilton

Associated Press  

PARIS — The sister of a man who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia is asking seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton to help save her brother’s life. “Dear Lewis, I’m writing to you in the hope that can save my brother’s life,” Abu Al-Kheir wrote last week to Hamilton from her home in Canada, in a letter shared …

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GUY ADAMS: Why did David Cameron risk ignominy to lobby government?
3 years, 8 months ago

GUY ADAMS: Why did David Cameron risk ignominy to lobby government?

Daily Mail  

There has always been an ugly whiff around David Cameron’s decision to be a headline act at ‘Davos in the Desert’, an investment summit in Saudi Arabia in 2019. So it goes that, a mere 18 months down the line, David Cameron’s previously life-changing financial stake in Greensill Capital is now worth the square root of nothing. At the heart …

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Saudi King Salman sacks hajj and umrah minister in royal decrees
3 years, 9 months ago

Saudi King Salman sacks hajj and umrah minister in royal decrees

Hindustan Times  

Saudi Arabia's King Salman dismissed Mohamed Benten as minister for the hajj and umrah, a position with a leading role in organising Islam's annual pilgrimage, a royal decree carried by state news agency said on Friday. King Salman approved a range of initiatives aimed at assisting firms and individuals operating in the sector to mitigate Covid-related financial and economic effects. …

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Ties with Saudis at stake as U.S. set to release findings on Jamal Khashoggi killing
3 years, 9 months ago

Ties with Saudis at stake as U.S. set to release findings on Jamal Khashoggi killing

The Hindu  

The United States has pledged to tell the world its conclusions on what role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince played in the brutal killing and dismembering of a U.S.-based journalist, but as important is what comes next — what the Biden administration plans to do about it. The conversation was overshadowed by the expected imminent release of findings on whether the …

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Biden to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about Khashoggi report
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about Khashoggi report

Al Jazeera  

Report warns the imminent release of ‘explosive’ US intelligence document could entangle one of the king’s sons. President Joe Biden is expected to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled release of a US intelligence report detailing the disappearance and murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Citing a source, the news website Axios …

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Trump will do anything for Saudi crown prince, but won't call U.S. victims of Saudi terrorism
4 years ago

Trump will do anything for Saudi crown prince, but won't call U.S. victims of Saudi terrorism

Salon  

One year ago, three U.S. servicemen were killed in a terrorist attack at Pensacola Naval Air Station by an officer in the Royal Saudi Air Force, who had been coordinating with al-Qaida operatives for years while completing a pilot training program at the base. Their families, however, are still waiting for President Trump to make good on what he had …

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Saudi king points to Iran as top threat in policy speech
4 years, 1 month ago

Saudi king points to Iran as top threat in policy speech

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slammed rival Iran and hailed his country’s efforts at combating the coronavirus and stabilizing oil supplies in an annual speech delivered early Thursday. The speech, which outlined the country’s policy priorities and achievements, was delivered virtually by the 82-year-old monarch to the advisory Shura Council in the presence of Crown Prince …

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Road to Saudi ties with Israel being paved, cautiously
4 years, 3 months ago

Road to Saudi ties with Israel being paved, cautiously

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia, the most powerful Arab nation and home to Islam’s holiest sites, has made its official position on the region’s longest-running conflict clear: Full ties between the kingdom and Israel can only happen when peace is reached with the Palestinians. “It’s no secret there’s a generational conflict,” said New York-based Rabbi Marc Schneier, who …

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Is it too soon for Donald Trump to herald the 'dawn of a new Middle East'? It all depends what the Saudis do next
4 years, 3 months ago

Is it too soon for Donald Trump to herald the 'dawn of a new Middle East'? It all depends what the Saudis do next

ABC  

US President Donald Trump heralded nothing short of "the dawn of a new Middle East" as the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements normalising ties with Israel during a ceremony at the White House this week. The enemy of my enemy Since the ascendance of the aggressively reformist Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in 2015, Saudi Arabia …

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