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[2] [3] [4] Priya was arrested near Yemen's border with Saudi Arabia in August 2017. [4] At the time, news media reported falsely that the two had been married. [2] Her accomplice was also arrested and sentenced to life in prison. [3] [4] In 2018, Priya was tried and convicted for the murder of Mahdi and sentenced to death. [5]
Most of the early newspapers in the Persian Gulf region were established in Saudi Arabia. [1] The first newspaper founded in the country and in the Persian Gulf area is Al Fallah, which was launched in Mecca in 1920. [1] All of the newspapers published in Saudi Arabia are privately owned. [2]
On 8 March 2020, Saudi Arabia initiated a price war on oil with Russia, which facilitated a 65% quarterly fall in the price of oil. [1] The price war was triggered by a break-up in dialogue between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia over proposed oil-production cuts in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
The Biden administration is close to finalizing a treaty with Saudi Arabia that would commit the U.S. to help defend the Gulf nation as part of a deal aimed at encouraging diplomatic ties between ...
The Al ash-Sheikh are the descendants of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the 18th century founder of the Wahhabi form of Sunni Islam which is today dominant in Saudi Arabia. [55] The family is second in prestige only to the Al Saud (the royal family) [56] with whom they formed a "mutual support pact" [57] and power-sharing arrangement nearly 300 ...
Television in Saudi Arabia was introduced in 1965, but is now dominated by just five major companies: Middle East Broadcasting Center, SM Enterprise TV, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, Rotana and Saudi TV. Together, they control 80% of the pan-Arab broadcasting market. [1] Saudi Arabia is a major market for pan-Arab satellite and pay-TV.
Saudi oil giant Aramco reported half-year profits Tuesday of $56.3 billion, down from the year before amid worries about a slowing global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil ...
WWE, an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut, has been promoting events in Saudi Arabia since 2014. After initially holding non-televised house shows, WWE announced a 10-year strategic partnership with the Ministry of Sport in 2018, which would see the hosting of pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming events in Saudi Arabia.