The Governor of Asir, Prince Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has intervened to save the life of a man sentenced to death for murder.
Prince Turki bin Tallal was able to mediate between the convicted man and the victim’s family. In doing so, he convinced the victim’s family to forgive the man who killed their son. In turn, he was relieved of the death penalty.
Prince Bin Talal spoke of…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has approved hosting the United States military in his country to bolster both stability and security, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The SPA quoted a Ministry of Defence official who said US troops would enter the kingdom “to…
Saudi Arabian Princess Reema bint Bandar has been sworn in as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States in Washington.
She took the oath in the country’s capital of Riyadh in front of King Salman on Tuesday. She is Saudi Arabia’s…
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will spearhead a $23 billion scheme to beautify the Saudi Arabian capital, the Saudi Press Agency has announced this week. They added it is intended that the project transform Riyadh into “one of the world’s most liveable cities”. The plans will include the possibility for an additional $15 billion of private sector financing, and the opportunity for the…
All eyes in the UK seem to be viewing the EU Arab League summit as an opportunity for the Prime Minister Rt Hon Theresa May to discuss Brexit with some of her EU partners. However, that is very much a side-show, and on Saturday, King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrived in Egypt…
Saudi Arabia’s Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan has been appointed as the 11th Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States through a royal decree by Crown Prince Mohammed (in his role as Deputy King) on Saturday. King Salman issued a decree earlier in the day…
As many of us are dreaming about warmer climates to take our minds of the English winter weather, the tourism industry throughout the world also needs to consider what they have to tempt us. Such subjects were on the agenda this week in the historic Diriyah’s Al-Turaif district, near Riyadh. Here, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was chairing a Tourism Talk with the Council for Economic and…
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanof Saudi Arabia has chaired the first meeting of the Defence Council in Riyadh. The purpose of the Council is essentially to have a strategic overview of Saudi Arabia and its defence capability.
The meeting created governance councils to…
Saudi Arabian Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has revealed the winners of the 2019 King Faisal Prize.
The prize recognises significant individual and institutional contributions to fields including Service to Islam, Islamic studies, medicine and science, and Arabic language and…
Netflix removes comedy episode criticising Saudi Crown Prince at Kingdom's request
4th January 2019
Netflix removed an episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj that was especially critical of both Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and military action in Yemen which is led by Saudi Arabia.
The episode was pulled from Saudi Arabia’s Netflix but is still available in other countries worldwide and can be found on YouTube in Saudi Arabia. In the episode…
