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Saudi Arabian dissidents ‘being sexually assaulted and murdered’ in prison

Exclusive: ‘Women are subjected to sustained and brutal violations with no basic human rights,’ campaigner says

The Independent UK

Faki to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Don’t Want New Partnership with Military

Mohammed al-Faki Suliman, a former member of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council, expressed his optimism that the military would cede power to civilians in his country. In an interview to Asharq Al-Awsat, he hoped that a national government of non-partisan specialists would be formed. The Forces of Freedom and Change do…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Faezeh Rafsanjani: My Father Tried to Convince Khomeini to End War with Iraq

Faezeh Rafsanjani, the daughter of late Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, revealed that her father sought an end to the Iran-Iraq war. He proposed ending the war to then supreme leader Khomeini, but he refused, she revealed in an interview to Asharq television. Moreover, she revealed that her father sought…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Saudi Arabia Extends MASAM Demining Project in Yemen

Saudi Arabia has extended the contract of the Saudi Project for Landmines Clearance in Yemen (MASAM) for an additional year with a cost of more than $33 million. “Renewing the contract with the implementing partner stems from the sense of humanitarian responsibility the center has towards our brothers in Yemen,”…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How the US could lose the new cold war

The United States appears to have entered a new cold war with both China and Russia. And US leaders' portrayal of the confrontation as one between democracy and authoritarianism fails the smell test, especially at a time when the same leaders are actively courting a systematic human-rights abuser like Saudi…

Bangkok Post

Pakistan’s economic muddling and the IMF challenge

The falling rupee, depleting foreign exchange reserves, energy shortage, increasing fuel prices and a complicated external support highlight the contemporary economic crisis Pakistan is in. Will Islamabad find a way out?

The Hindu

US envoy to combat anti-Semitism to visit Saudi Arabia, Israel

Deborah Lipstadt will promote normalisation between Israel and Arab states during her trip, US State Department says.

Al Jazeera

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NEOM Appoints Founding President of its Flagship University

NEOM, the sustainable regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, has appointed Dr. Andreas Cangellaris as the Founding President of NEOM U – NEOM’s first university. Cangellaris is joining NEOM from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he is the M. E.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince embrace as years of rancor end

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday agreed to work toward closer relations in areas such as economy and defense to turn the page on years of rancor that had brought trade and diplomatic ties to a virtual standstill.

Tribune News Service

LIV Golf: Sportwashing vs. the commercial value of public attention

The LIV Golf Invitational Series held its first event recently at Centurion Club in St. Albans, England.

The Conversation

All is forgiven? Saudi leader on first Turkey visit since Khashoggi murder

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman is visiting Turkey, less than four years after dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered his consulate in Istanbul, never to reemerge. Does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan burying the hatchet with the Gulf oil giant have anything to do with Turkey's skyrocketing inflation and soaring energy…

France 24

Group of 9/11 family members thank PGA Tour players for not taking Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf’s ‘blood money’

"Some of your fellow PGA Tour members have traded their dreams of earned success for easy money—indeed, blood money."

USA Today Sports Media Group

U.S. working on normalization "road map" for Saudi Arabia and Israel

The White House thinks that any road map for normalization will take time and will be a long-term process, a source told Axios.

Axios

Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 odds for rematch in Saudi Arabia

The bookies have released the early odds for the massive world heavyweight rematch

Manchester Evening News

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The Guardian - UK

Saudi crown prince visits Turkey as relations thaw after Khashoggi murder

Mohammed bin Salman welcomed by President Erdoğan in state visit expected to yield significant trade deals

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia and Turkey resume path to partnership amid new Middle East realities

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seek new opportunities to bolster their power

Daily Mirror

Deontay Wilder backs Oleksandr Usyk to beat Anthony Joshua again in rematch

Joshua will rematch Usyk in Saudi Arabia on August 20 looking to avenge his defeat last September, and heavyweight rival Wilder believes the Ukrainian will have too much for the former two-time champion again

Al Jazeera

‘A new era’: Saudi Arabia’s MBS in Turkey as nations mend ties

Crown prince’s visit is a reminder Saudi-Turkish relations have progressed rapidly in the last two years.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain Launches Free Trade Talks with Gulf Countries

Britain will launch talks over a new free trade deal with six Gulf States in Riyadh on Wednesday. Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will visit Riyadh to begin discussions with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which is made up of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.…

France 24

Saudi Arabia, Turkey seek to mend ties as crown prince visits Ankara

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Turkey are turning the page on years of strained relations, exacerbated by the 2018 assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul. Face-to-face dialogue is the order of the day between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Recep Tayyip…

The Independent UK

Brexit: Ministers warned against trade deal with Gulf states over ‘appalling’ human rights record

Trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan kicking off talks in Saudi Arabia

Birmingham Post

UK-GCC trade deal could add £130m to Welsh economy says Government

Talks for a trade agreement between the UK and the Gulf Cooperation Council start in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Biden’s risky trip to the Mideast is also pointless

President Joe Biden has a politically risky itinerary for his scheduled trip to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia in mid-July. The question is, why he is doing this?

Daily Mirror

Anthony Joshua praises "immaculate" Saudi Arabia after being questioned on sportswashing

Anthony Joshua was questioned on sportswashing ahead of his rematch against Oleksandr Usyk in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - but the Brit insists he doesn't what the term means

Reuters

Britain launches free trade talks with Gulf countries

Britain will launch talks over a new free trade deal with six Gulf states including Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and charities warned it not to ignore human rights in its latest bid to grow non-EU ties after Brexit.

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