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‘We are Expanding our Library of Saudi Content’: Netflix Signs Multi-Picture Deal with Saudi Arabia’s Telfaz11 Studios
Netflix has announced a partnership with Saudi Arabian digital media studio Telfaz11 to produce eight new feature films, Variety reports, an expansion of the media powerhouse’s interest in Saudi Arabia’s budding creators and growing entertainment market. According to Variety, the deal segues from the two companies’ previous collaboration on the short film collection “Six Windows in […]
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U.S., Saudi-Chaired Body Created to Fight Terrorism Financing Sanctions Six
Members of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC), a 2017-created body co-chaired by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to fight terrorist financing, jointly designated six targets affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Full Text: Saudi Arabia Public Prosecution’s Briefing on the Investigation Results into the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia’s Public Prosecution released a briefing on the investigation into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. Below is the full text of the briefing, emailed by the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C. *** Public Prosecution: A Briefing on the Investigation Results The Public Prosecution said in a press briefing that through the investigation […]
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Sec. Mattis, Saudi FM Al-Jubeir Meet; U.S. Calls for ‘Transparent Investigation’
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday that he has met with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel Al-Jubeir, and called for a “transparent investigation” into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, according to reports. Mattis said he met Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir during a conference in Bahrain on Saturday and discussed […]
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Saudi Crown Prince Promises Justice for ‘Heinous Crime’ of Khashoggi Murder, Touts Reform Progress
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took the stage yesterday at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, making his first public comments since the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul grabbed the world’s attention. The Crown Prince did not shy away from the topic, and opened with addressing what he and the Saudi […]
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Pompeo Leaves Saudi Arabia, Arrives in Turkey
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo concluded his visit to Saudi Arabia and is now in Turkey to meet with Turkish officials including President Erdogan, according to reports. Pompeo said the government pledged to hold anyone accountable in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “[The Saudi government] made a commitment to hold anyone connected […]
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Trump Sends Pompeo to Saudi Arabia after Speaking with King Salman
Saudi Arabia has extended its “appreciation” to the US administration among others for “refraining from jumping to conclusions” in the ongoing investigation in the Jamal Kashoggi case, which has garnered international attention in the last week. “To help clarify recently issued Saudi statement, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia extends it appreciation to all, including the […]
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Oil Reaches Four Year High after OPEC+ Downplays Calls for Increased Production
Oil rose to its highest price in four years on Tuesday, to above $81 on Brent, after Saudi Arabia and Russia appeared to downplay calls from the US to increase production. Saudi Arabia said it will boost its crude oil production “in the coming months” as it expects stronger demand, according to recent comments made by […]
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Four of Seven Saudi Bodies are Returned Home as Kingdom Reels from Lost Youth in Istanbul Terrorist Attack
The bodies of four Saudis who were slain in the attack on an Istanbul nightclub were returned home as the Kingdom reels from the loss of its citizens at the hands of Daesh terrorists abroad. The attack killed seven Saudis and 39 total from 14 countries. Included in the four dead returning to the Kingdom today […]
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Millions Worldwide Celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, End of the holy month of Ramadan
Millions of Muslims worldwide celebrated the festival at the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday as the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival began. Eid al-Fitr festival traditionally means family gatherings and the exchange of gifts and a feast after a month of fasting from dawn until dusk. Despite two deadly terrorist attacks in […]
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Turkey’s Erdogan submits Sweden’s NATO bid to parliament for ratification, presidency says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday submitted a bill approving Sweden's NATO membership bid to parliament for ratification, his office said, a move welcomed by Stockholm as it clears the way for it to join the Western defence alliance.
Erdogan pleased his NATO allies at a summit in July by promising to send the legislation to parliament when it reopened on Oct. 1, having previously raised objections over Sweden's alleged harbouring of individuals who Turkey says are members of terrorist groups.
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Turkey’s Erdogan submits Sweden’s NATO bid to parliament for ratification, presidency says
A look at the map also shows that state-owned airlines used to be a global phenomenon. The United States stands out as the only major country that has never had a state-owned airline. Neither did Brazil, but the country is a special case where a carrier founded by a regional government, VASP of São Paulo, rose to national prominence with a focus on domestic routes
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Turkey and Israel will explore joint drilling in East Mediterranean, Erdogan says
Turkey and Israel will explore joint energy drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told journalists who accompanied him to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Erdogan on Tuesday met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, with the Turkish leader saying that "ties between the two countries were improving” after more than a decade of tensions. Erdogan told reporters the two countries agreed to cooperate on energy and build an energy transmission line between them, linking to Europe.
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Colors promoting UN goals or LGBTQ rights? Turkey’s Erdogan complains
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan complained on Thursday that he was uncomfortable with the use of what he described as "LGBT colors" at the United Nations, which is decorated this week with bright colors promoting the Sustainable Development Goals. Erdogan said he would have liked to discuss it with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Turkish media reported on Thursday. Turkey's government - led by Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party - has toughened its stance on LGBTQ freedoms.
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Alibaba Unveils $2 Billion Turkey Investment in Erdogan Meeting
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced plans to invest $2 billion in Turkey after a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The head of the Chinese giant, Michael Evans, made the announcement after the meeting in Istanbul on Friday, according to a statement from its Turkish unit Trendyol. He indicated that the company has “confidence in Turkey’s sound economic fundamentals” and has already invested $1.4 billion in the country through Trendyol, Turkey’s biggest e-commerce marketplace.
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Turkey Energy Minister Says Nuclear Power Program Deal With China Soon
Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said talks can be finalized “in a few months’ time” after Chinese officials recently visited the likely site of the future plant, near the borders with Bulgaria and Greece. “We’ve been in talks with a Chinese company for a very long time,” Bayraktar told reporters in a press conference on Thursday, adding that any differences aren’t major obstacles. “So we will be able to fill the gaps and strike a deal soon with China for the nuclear power program.”
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Are we seeing the start of Turkey’s economic turnaround?
“We believe that the monetary policy tightening ..., the unwinding of distortive financial regulations and the fiscal revenue measures to curtail the fiscal deficit being pursued by the Ministry of Finance are steps in the right direction,” said Humberto Lopez, World Bank country director for Turkey. Inflation remains high at 58.9%, and the tax hikes disproportionately hit the poor, as Adam Lucente reports, but there are signs of a path to recovery.
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After Turkey’s giant rate hike, foreign investors mull return
Turkey's latest massive interest rate hike has caught the attention of long-sceptical foreign investors who say they could return to Turkish assets if authorities continue to demonstrate that a return to orthodox monetary policy is underway. The lira rallied as much as 7% on Thursday after the central bank shocked the market by lifting its key rate by 750 basis points to 25% - three times the size of the expected move.
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Syria’s Assad tamps down expectations of closer ties with Turkey, Arab world
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday tamped down expectations for his country's renewed ties with the Arab world, in his first televised interview since Damascus's membership of the Arab League was restored in May. In comments to Sky News Arabia in Damascus aired on Wednesday, Assad also said a meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan could not happen due to a dispute over the withdrawal of Ankara's troops from rebel-held northwest Syria. Assad, 57, had been widely isolated over his crackdown on demonstrations that erupted against him in 2011 but the deadly earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey in February fast-tracked a resumption of ties with the Arab world and with Ankara.
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UK signs deal with Turkey to disrupt people-smuggling gangs
The government said it would help to disrupt the supply chain of small boats parts through Europe. But it does not include a deal to return failed Turkish asylum seekers. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick, who visited Turkey last month, said the partnership was backed by some funding but he would not say how much, telling GB News it was "not primarily about money" but sharing information.
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