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Jeff Bezos met FBI investigators in 2019 over alleged Saudi hack | Technology
Jeff Bezos met federal investigators in April 2019 after they received information about the alleged hack of the billionaire’s mobile phone by Saudi Arabia, the Guardian has been told. Bezos was interviewed by investigators at a time when the FBI was conducting an investigation into the Israeli technology company NSO Group, according to a person …
BREAKING NEWS: MISSILE INTERCEPTED SECONDS FROM STRIKING RESIDENTIAL AREA IN SAUDI ARABIA
The missile (actual photo) intercepted mid-air. image: twitter Saudi Arabia’s military has shot down a ballistic missile which came “scaringly close”towards one of its cities. It happened about 25 minutes when residents heard a loud explosion over the south-western city of Najran, close to the Middle Eastern country’s border with Yemen, They heard a loud …
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia says five sentenced to death over killing of regime critic
The slaying of Khashoggi in October 2018 sparked a global outcry against Saudi Arabia and led to greater scrutiny of a crackdown on dissidents pursued by the crown prince. Khashoggi, who contributed columns to The Washington Post, had been one of Mohammed’s most prominent critics. Khashoggi was killed soon after he visited the Saudi Consulate …
Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia sentences five to death over journalist’s murder
Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a Washington Post columnist, was critical of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. He was allegedly killed and dismembered on October 2, 2018, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by men with close ties to the highest levels of the Saudi government and bin Salman. In a …
Twitter blocks accounts linked to Saudi ‘state-backed’ manipulation effort | Technology
Twitter said on Friday it had suspended thousands of accounts linked to a manipulation effort stemming from Saudi Arabia, in the latest crackdown on state-sponsored propaganda efforts. The social network said some 88,000 accounts being blocked were linked to Saudi state-backed “information operations” in violation of Twitter’s platform manipulation rules. Most of the accounts were …
Pensacola shooting: Gunman may have embraced radical ideology years before arriving in U.S., Saudi report says
The attack at Naval Air Station Pensacola has raised concerns about the vetting of foreign military personnel who take part in training and exchange programs in the United States, and it has drawn renewed congressional scrutiny of the kingdom following a period of substantial tension. While some lawmakers have criticized Saudi Arabia for its role …
Saudi Aramco raises $25.6bn in world’s biggest share sale
Image copyright Reuters State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco has raised a record $25.6bn (£19.4bn) in its initial public offering in Riyadh. The share sale was the biggest ever, surpassing that of China’s Alibaba which raised $25bn in 2014 in New York. Aramco relied on domestic and regional investors to sell a 1.5% stake after lukewarm …
Saudi Aramco’s $25.6 billion IPO is the biggest in history
Saudi Aramco sold 3 billion shares at 32 riyals ($8.53) each in its IPO, the company said Thursday. That means the deal raised more than China’s Alibaba (BABA) in its 2014 public debut. The IPO values Aramco at roughly $1.7 trillion, making it the most valuable publicly traded company in the world ahead of Apple …
Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijack towboat with apparent Saudi link | World news
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have hijacked a boat towing a South Korean drilling rig, a Riyadh-led coalition has said, with a global shipping tracker calling it a Saudi-flagged vessel. Sunday’s incident in the Red Sea follows a lull in Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia as one Riyadh official said the kingdom had established an “open channel” …
Saudi Aramco’s IPO: What to know about the world’s most profitable company’s public offering
Pop quiz: What’s the most profitable company in the world? Apple? Google? Nope. Those two don’t even come close. The answer is Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, Aramco. In 2018, Saudi Aramco made $111 billion dollars in profit. The second-most profitable company, Apple, made $60 billion that year. On November 3, Aramco officially announced its …
