Saudi Arabia sets 1,000-person limit on Hajj pilgrims – down from 2.5million in a normal year – and bans foreigners from Mecca as country battles coronavirus The Hajj pilgrimage is the largest gathering of Muslims in the world It lasts for five or six days as pilgrims travel to the ‘House of Allah’ in Mecca … Read more
Facebook building a 23,000-mile-long undersea cable to bring high speed internet to 23 poorly served countries in Africa and the Middle East The social media giant aims to increase internet access in Africa with new cable The 23,000 mile cable will circle the continent and triple its network capacity It will reportedly cost $1billion, though … Read more
Oil prices rise 4.2% but markets slip 2.3% after historic deal to cut 10 million barrels to end Moscow-Saudi Arabia price war amid coronavirus slump in demand Saudi Arabia, Russia and others agreed to cut oil production from next month The Brent crude benchmark was up by 4.2% but Tokyo’s Nikkei index was down Fuel … Read more
Mexico has exited talks on a massive oil production deal involving a group of 23 countries, jeopardizing the final pact and causing the price of oil to fall drastically. There were hopes Thursday that the end of a month-long feud between Saudi Arabia and Russia would lead to a final resolution on the 23-nation coalition which … Read more
Saudi Arabia expects 200,000 coronavirus cases within weeks, health minister warns Health minister Tawfiq al-Rabiah warned of a looming surge of coronavirus cases The Gulf kingdom currently has 2,523 cases, highest in Middle East except Iran Five Saudi cities including the capital Riyadh are under a 24-hour curfew By Tim Stickings For Mailonline and Afp … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has affected more than 600,000 people around the world, with the death toll today soaring past 28,000. The deadly virus, which was detected in January, has forced several Governments including the UK, India and Saudi Arabia to put their countries in to lockdown to slow its spread. But panic over being left … Read more
The price of a litre of petrol in Britain has fallen to below £1 per litre for the first time in 15 years with the cost of filling up a tank now £6 cheaper than a month ago, it was revealed today. The Murco garage on the A435 near Kings Heath, Birmingham, has cut the … Read more
Prince Andrew’s new PR expert helped to Saudi Arabia’s image following global outrage over air strikes that killed thousands of Yemeni civilians Mark Gallagher nicknamed the ‘backroom fixer’ is an expert in handling crises His role will be to rebuild the prince’s reputation following the Epstein scandal A source told PR Week: ‘He… has no doubt … Read more
Asda kicks off new petrol price war by slashing the cost of a litre by 2p to 114.7p amid oil standoff between Saudi Arabia and Russia that sent the FTSE 100 tumbling to its worst day since the 2008 crash Prices have tanked across the world due to oil war between Saudi and Russia Asda … Read more