Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday to provide 50 million U.S. dollars to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

According to Saudi Press Agency, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, supervisor general of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), and Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner general of the UNRWA, co-signed in Riyadh a memorandum for the grant.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent Saudi royal said Saturday that whether or not heads of state gathered in Argentina next week for the Group of 20 summit warmly engage with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he is someone “that they have to deal with.”

Prince Turki al-Faisal told The Associated Press the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul last month is “an unacceptable incident that tars and mars the long record of Saudi Arabia’s own standing in the world.”

London, Nov 22 (AFP) Saudi Arabia has warned criticism of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a "red line", after Donald Trump heaped praise on the kingdom in defiance of warnings he was giving Riyadh a pass on a journalist's grisly murder.

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday that calls for the crown prince to be held accountable for the grisly killing of Jamal Khashoggi would not be tolerated.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received Iraq’s president in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after the Iraqi official visited the kingdom’s rival, Iran.

Barham Salih’s back-to-back visits to Iran and Saudi Arabia reflect the delicate balance Iraq seeks to maintain in a region where its two powerful neighbors are battling for supremacy.

Salih was received at the airport in Riyadh by the province’s governor and other Saudi officials. King Salman held a lunch in honor of the Iraqi president with ministers and high-level princes in attendance.

RIYADH, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia expects tourism revenues to exceed 56.2 billion U.S dollars by year end, Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday.

According to a report by Tourism Information and Research Center of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, the tourism has grown at a much faster rate than the wider economy in recent years, after a series of government measures to boost the sector.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor said Thursday he’s seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.

The disclosures by the prosecution appear aimed at distancing the killers and their operation from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose decision-making powers have thrust him into the center of a global outcry over the killing.

Washington, Nov 5 (AFP) The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi have asked Saudi authorities to return the body of their father so the family can properly grieve, they told CNN in an interview aired Sunday.

Khashoggi was killed inside the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul by a team sent from Riyadh on October 2, a murder Turkey's president said was ordered from "the highest levels" of Saudi Arabia's government.

25 Oct 2018; DW: The finding contradicts earlier assertions that Khashoggi's death at Riyadh's Turkish consulate was accidental. Saudi Arabia is attempting to distance the royal family from the journalist's killing.

Saudi prosecutors said the alleged killers of Jamal Khashoggi acted intentionally, in comments published by Saudi news agency SPA.

RIYADH, October 25. /TASS/. Saudi Arabia will soon invest in the Russian-Chinese investment fund (RCIF, a joint venture of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and China Investment Corporation), and the fund will be renamed, head of RDIF Kirill Dmitriev told reporters during the Future Investment Initiative forum.

RIYADH, October 25. /TASS/. Russian Railways will soon submit an application for the construction of railways in Saudi Arabia, head of the Russian Direct Investments Fund (RDIF), a member of the board of directors of Russian Railways, Kirill Dmitriev, told reporters on the sidelines of the Future Investment Initiative forum.