- Oil prices hit their highest level since November on Tuesday after Washington announced the end of imports on Iranian oil
- Khamenei on Wednesday called the US move a “hostile measure” that “won’t be left without a response”
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- Saudi Arabia plans to increase state spending in 2019
- The country will work on stabilizing the global oil market
- Qiwa program aims to achieve the Vision 2030 goal of reducing unemployment rate to 7 percent
- Four alleged militants, all men, were arrested the moment they were brought to the country
- The state prosecution said all 32 repatriated women are under investigation
- Rescue workers were digging through collapsed buildings on Wednesday
- The rains mainly hit areas around the port city of Durban
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- Speaking at the Financial Sector Conference in Riyadh, Al-Falih said that preparations for a listing of Aramco shares — an initial public offering (IPO) — could happen ‘sooner than you think’
- The listing has been slated for 2021 according to government and company announcements, but Al-Falih’s comments raise the possibility that it could be brought forward to next year
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What is the National Thowheed Jamath?
The National Thowheed Jamath is a radical Muslim group that appeared after the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, and has been linked to the vandalism of Buddhist statues. It preaches extremism, strict interpretations of religious texts, and intolerance of non-Muslims. The group demands the compulsory veiling of Muslim women. NTJ built mosques and madrassas in various parts of the country. Extremism expert Anne Speckhard told the NYT that the group aims to spread hatred, fear and division among the local society.
Murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s Washington Post columns were “shaped” by an executive at the Doha-funded Qatar Foundation, it emerged in December. The executive drafted material and prodded Khashoggi to take a harder line against the Saudi government, according to the newspaper.
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Armenian Genocide
- France was the first major European country to recognize the massacres as genocide in 2001
- Erdogan has accused France of being responsable for the genocide in Rwanda in 1994
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Preachers of hate
- Brooklyn-born rabbi who demanded forced emigration of Arabs and inspired Israel’s far right is latest subject of Arab News ‘Preachers of Hate’ series
- As a member of the Israeli parliament, Kahane proposed laws to strip Arabs of citizenship and force their emigration
- Proposal will be made at the federation’s general assembly next week
- Reuters reported in 2016 Trump had been angry with Twitter because it had rejected an advertising deal with his campaign
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