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...“I had to calm them down by saying ‘OK, I’m leaving, no worries, I’m not going to wear it,’” said Hisham, a government employee. “I thought: ‘this is not the place for such T-shirts.’”...
...In an interview in February, the head of the Saudi Esports Federation, Prince Faisal bin Bandar, said a majority of Saudis identified as gamers....
...“I’m cheering for all of them,” a fan confided....
...I think that this outreach to Bashar al-Assad was really led by the UAE....
...If you think I’m describing the last two years, think again....
...We took a boat along the Shatt al-Arab waterway, passing Hussein’s capsized pleasure cruiser, Al Mansur (“The Victor”), which was bombed during the war in 2003....
...Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud sought to play down the rift, saying the US “is the primary strategic and security partner for Saudi Arabia”....
...In a rare interview, Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, the Saudi foreign minister, said the kingdom was “serious” about talks with Iran, signalling Riyadh’s desire to repair relations as the rivals accuse...
...“All the outstanding [issues], whether returning of diplomatic relations, flights, will go back to normal,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Saudi foreign minister, told reporters....
...“We had a very successful ‘Clash on the Dunes’ and we are looking to repeat something bigger in the future,” said Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki al-Faisal confirming that Riyadh was discussing holding the Joshua-Tyson...
...Before that, he held roles at private Qatari company Al Faisal Holding, Landsbanki and Calyon Financial....
...[MUSIC PLAYING] From the Financial Times in London, I'm Siona Jenkins, and this is FT News....
...“Ras al-Khaimah is attracting visitors who want a more unique Arab experience,” says Haitham Mattar, chief executive of Ras al-Khaimah Tourism Development Authority....
...Turki’s brother, Saud al-Faisal, is foreign minister, and cousins and brothers dominate the upper echelons of the government....
...Last week Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief, said the country planned to increase capacity to 15m barrels a day by 2020 from current levels of 12.5m b/d....
...Four people were wounded and a car set ablaze, Lebanon’s state news agency reported, though Faisal Karami, sports and youth minister, was unharmed....
...Last weekend it obtained the extradition from Britain of radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who has been charged with several acts of US terrorism....
...Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief, on Wednesday said evidence of the alleged plot was “overwhelming” and clearly showed official Iranian responsibility....
...“I’m all for stability and security…but the 9/11, Madrid and Saudi bombings all happened before BlackBerry,” says a Saudi newspaper editor. “It’s going too far....
...“I’m going to plead guilty 100 times over,” Mr Shahzad told the court, according to Reuters....
...On Friday, exhibiting artists Faisal Samra and Abdulnasser Gharem and co-curator Dr Ahmed Mater Aseeri are in conversation with Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi and the author Henry Hemming....
...M.R....
...Saudi officials last week reported a mood in Tehran favouring negotiations after Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, met Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, in Tehran, and on Friday Condoleezza...
...Faisal Al-Jassem, Kuwait I, along with millions of Americans are thinking of you our British friends and best allies, since this terrorist attack in your capital city....
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