Saudi Arabia
Navy Looking for Gamers After Disastrous Esports Launch
Goats and Glory is looking for gamers and the State Department wants to send gamers to Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia Jails Woman For 34 Years For Using Twitter
Salma al-Shehab, a PhD student who normally lives in Leeds, northern England, was handed what rights groups say is the longest sentence ever to be given to an activist in Saudi Arabia.
TikTok Star Arrested in Saudi Arabia Over Video with ‘Lesbian Undertones’
Tala Safwan, who has 4.9 million TikTok followers, had denied that there was any sexual subtext to a livestream she had posted with another woman.
Joe Biden Can’t Stop Touching People in the Middle East
The White House had said the US president would avoid physical contact during his tour, officially because of COVID but presumably to avoid awkward photo ops with the Saudi Crown Prince.
Saudi Arabia Plans to Construct the World’s Largest Building in NEOM
A high-speed railway will be operated within the building.
Messi Is Accused of Being the Face of a Blood-Soaked Regime
“Now when people think about Saudi... they'll forget about my sister being tortured by the exact man that Messi is representing.”
Saudi Arabia Announces New Crackdown on Rainbows
State TV showed officials walking around shops seizing rainbow-coloured pencil cases and skirts in case they promoted “homosexual colours.”
How One Billionaire With a 300-Year Plan Fueled the Popping Tech Bubble
Masayoshi Son used SoftBank and its $100 billion Vision Fund to remake the world in its image. It's not a pleasant picture.
Someone Hired Samba Dancers in Saudi Arabia and It Didn’t Go So Great
The inclusion of the dance troupe who performed at a state-run event was criticised as "Whisky Wahhabi".
France Says It Arrested the Wrong Guy Over the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
A Saudi man was arrested in Paris on suspicion of involvement in murdering the Washington Post journalist. But on Wednesday prosecutors said it was a case of mistaken identity.
Ancient Camel Sculptures Are Older Than the Pyramids and Stonehenge, Scientists Discover
The eroded camel reliefs in Saudi Arabia date from the Neolithic period
Venture Capitalists Don’t Care About Human Rights Abuses, Amnesty Report Shows
Out of the 53 companies and accelerators surveyed, only one "potentially" set up a policy to investigate and stop contributions to human rights abuse.