The governments of South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly research and develop new weapons technology, the two parties confirmed on Monday.
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China And Saudi Arabia Sign Currency Swap
The People’s Bank of China and the Saudi Central Bank signed a local currency swap agreement worth 50 billion yuan ($6.93 billion) or 26 billion Saudi riyals, both banks said Monday, as bilateral relations continued to gather momentum.
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Saudi Arabia Halts Normalization Talks With Israel, Shifts Focus To Deal With Iran
Saudi Arabia, which was engaging in months-long talks with Israel on normalizing relations, has reportedly paused discussions and shifted its focus to making a deal with Iran.
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US, Saudi Arabia In Talks To Secure Rare Earth Metals
The United States and Saudi Arabia are in talks to secure metals in Africa needed to help them with their energy transitions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people with knowledge of the talks.
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Former Israel Prime Minister Warns Against Allowing Saudi Arabia to Enrich Uranium
“Israel can’t agree to uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia, because it endangers its national security,” Lapid said.
“It would harm our campaign against Iran. It would lead to a regional nuclear arms race. Egypt and Turkey won’t agree to uranium enrichment on Saudi territory unless they can do it, too. But they will want Russian or Chinese technology,” Lapid argued.
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OPEC Nations Weigh Cutting Oil Production To Boost Prices
The major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia are wrestling with whether to make another cut in supply to the global economy as the OPEC+ alliance struggles to prop up sagging oil prices that have been a boon to U.S. drivers and helped ease inflation worldwide.
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U.S Classified Document Leak Shakes The Nations
Investigators have taken an Air National Guardsman into custody in the case of leaked classified documents that shed light on the war in Ukraine and rattled the U.S. government.
The leaked documents revealed sensitive information about the war in Ukraine, including warnings that China was considering giving Russia military aid and secret plans by South Korea to deliver more than 300,000 rounds of ammunition to Ukrainian forces.
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Saudi Arabia And China Deepening Diplomatic Ties
Saudi Arabia’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a decision to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a China-led security bloc, in a sign of its deepening ties with Beijing.
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Saudi Arabia Further Enabling Russia
The amount of Russian fuel oil imported by Saudi Arabia between April and June of this year more than doubled compared to last year, Reuters reported Friday.
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Saudi Arabia Will Not Increase Oil Production
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, who was inside President Joe Biden’s meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, refused to commit to boosting oil production, denied Biden pressed them on the issue, and argued that “The problem of gasoline in the United States is more a function of the lack of refining capacity in the United States than a shortage of actual crude oil.”
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Russia and Saudi Arabia Sign Military Pact
In the midst of the chaos of Afghanistan, Saudi and Russian officials have announced they have signed a military deal. Sergey Shoygu, the Russian Defense Minister, said they were looking at ways to “strengthen the military and defense cooperation between our two countries.”
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION MEETS TO RESPOND TO SARS LIKE OUTBREAK
The World Health Organization has been meeting today in Cairo to dscuss how to respond to an outbreak of a virus, said to be very like SARS. SARS killed around 800 people in 2003, and spread panic around the globe.
The outbreak has already claimed 38 lives, mainly in Saudi Arabia. The WHO fears a new pandemic are are hoping to find a way to deal with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, dubbed MERS.
MERS has many similarities to SARS, the new virus begins with flu like symptoms, but after a short time behaves like a serious pneumonia. Around 60% of those who contract this new virus die, doctors who have treated people with MERS have said it is not an illness anyone wants to contract, as those who have it are close to death at all times.
So far cases have centred in Saudi Arabia, however health officials are concerned the virus will spread as the region will see very large numbers of pilgrims travel through the region in the coming months, with Ramadan starting next month, and the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in October.
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Saudi Petrodollars Fuel the Rise of Radical Islam
(source: France 24)
When Muslim extremists stormed the US embassies in Libya and Cairo protestors pulled down the US flag and replaced it with the black banner of Salafism.
Salafism is a puritanical branch of Islam which teaches a literal interpretation of the Koran. Salafism has been on the rise throughout the Arab world since the Arab Spring, and it is being bank rolled by Saudi Arabia.
“There is plenty of evidence pointing to the fact that Saudi money is financing the various Salafist groups,” said Samir Amghar, author of “Le salafisme d’aujourd’hui. Mouvements sectaires en Occident” (Contemporary Salafism: Sectarian movements in the West).
To find out more about the projects funded by Saudi petrodollars see France 24
Saudi authorities warn non-Muslims to respect Ramadan
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Traveling or working in Saudi Arabia? If not Muslim you had better learn how to behave as one during Ramadan or you will be expelled, according to Saudi authorities.
Saudia Arabia is a ultraconservative Sunni nation. It is home to Islam’s holiest religious site.
Source Saudi authorities warn non-Muslims to respect Ramadan | Fox News.