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Maybe in a decade, we’ll all think of Saudi Arabia as a pleasant land of caddies and duffers, a desert golf oasis — like Scottsdale, Ariz, but with hundreds of ultra-rich royal princes. For the time being, though, the kingdom has a rather different reputation — one that the wild latest twist of its foray into big-time golf has done nothing to allay. The stories about Tuesday’s out-of-the-blue merger between the PGA Tour and its Saudi-backed upstart rival LIV Golf were all full of words you’d rather banish if your goal is rebranding a problematic monarchy: “September 11,” “hijackers,” “Jamal Khashoggi,” “human rights abuses,” “dismemberment” and other tourist-unfriendly terms. Weirdly, it could have been a good news cycle for the kingdom: The U.S. Secretary of State was literally in Riyadh to chat up a government that Washington once promised to shun. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had just won plaudits for bringing Ukraine’s heroic president to an OPEC meeting. In a country that hadn’t gotten a lot of media love, it was a rare bounce. And then they had to go and buy the PGA. Amid a torrent of headlines, the dynamics of This raises the question: Is this the dumbest PR campaign in the history of the Beltway’s influence industry? LIV, of course, has always denied that its goal had anything to do with Saudi Arabia’s international reputation: It was always about a business opportunity, not “sportswashing,” the effort to soften a country’s reputation via association with a ple...

On January 19 French champions PSG will to take on a collection of all-star players from the Saudi Pro League's two major Riyadh-based clubs as part of a months-long festival in Saudi Arabia's capital city. The match is set to pit longtime rivals Lionel Messi against his old nemesis Cristiano Ronaldo in what could potentially be their last meeting on the field. Messi, who plays for PSG, is expected to take part in the match. Ronaldo, who The Sporting News brings you an overview of what exactly this match is and how it came to be. MORE: What is Riyadh Season? Riyadh Season is a state-sponsored entertainment and sports festival put on by the Saudi government which takes place across the nation's capital at some point during the winter, usually between October and March. Started in 2019, the inaugural Riyadh Season went from October through January with the nation pulling in 10 million combined visitors to the event. It featured 12 different "zones" across Riyadh that The 2020/21 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Riyadh Season The 2021/22 event was also meant to feature the first PSG visit as the French side was to come and play the Al Hilal / Al Nassr All-Stars, in what would have been the first of an annual friendly match. However, it was eventually postponed due to COVID-19 related restrictions. MORE: What is the Riyadh Season Cup? As mentioned earlier, the Riyadh Season Cup is an annual match between PSG and the Riyadh All-Stars that's played durin...

As the country’s capital, Riyadh hosts numerous government ministries and public services headquarters, making the Riyadh is an important financial, business, and manufacturing centre. A number of banks are headquartered in the city, including Transportation Riyadh is served by the King Administration and society Government The city of Riyadh is located in the Riyadh province, one of 13 in the country, each of which is The High Commission for the Development of Riyadh sets forth policies for the city’s development formulated by its Municipal services Riyadh is served by an advanced infrastructural framework that includes modern networks of transportation and communications as well as a number of Health Riyadh offers its residents advanced and accessible medical care. Throughout the city, public medical centres and hospitals provide free health care services, and there are a number of private clinics as well. Specialized medical services are available to treat patients with rare or extreme conditions. A number of procedures to surgically separate conjoined twins have been performed in Saudi Arabia, the majority of them at facilities in Riyadh; in some cases, patients travel from abroad to receive these services. Education Riyadh’s numerous educational institutions King Saʿūd University (1957) and Islamic University of Imam Muḥammad ibn Saʿūd (1953) are both national universities. In addition, there are a number of military academies, including King ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Military Co...

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News August 25, 2015 The death penalty in Saudi Arabia: Facts and Figures Saudi Arabia remains one of the most prolific executioners in the world. It is among the top three executioners worldwide, surpassed only by China and Iran, in Amnesty International’s latest At least 2,208 people executed between January 1985 and June 2015. 102 people executed between January and June 2015. 90 people executed in whole of 2014. 48.5% of people executed between January 1985 and June 2015 – 1,072 people – were foreign nationals, who make up around 33% of Saudi Arabia’s population of approximately 30 million.Executions for drug related offences rose from just 4% in 2010 and 2011 to 28% in 2012 and 32% in 2013. By 2014 and June 2015 the percentage had risen to 47%. This means almost half of executions in 2014 and until June 2015 are for non-lethal crimes. Beheadings are the most common execution method in Saudi Arabia, but some executions also carried out by firing squad. Public executions typically take place in the public square of a town or city. The death penalty in Saudi Arabia is used in violation of international human rights law and standards. Trials in capital cases are often held in secret and defendants are routinely denied access to lawyers. People may be convicted solely on the basis of “confessions” obtained under torture, other ill-treatment or deception. Non-lethal crimes including “adultery”, armed robbery, “apostasy”, drug-related offences, rape, “witchcraft” and “sorcer...