https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/1/saudi-arabia-allows-foreign-pilgrims-to-enter-for-umrah Around 10,000 foreign pilgrims are able to visit Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah after being unable to attend for 7 months due to the corona virus. They have to isolate for three days after arriving before they may visit and perform Umrah due to the virus. Al-maddah said they will closely monitor the symptoms and actions of visitors that… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/9/g20-hold-saudi-arabia-accountable-for-abuses-hrw-says The G20, a group with 20 of the world’s largest economies, was recently asked to hold Saudi Arabia accountable of the abuses against the human rights council going on in their country. Saudi Arabia has been violating the rules for the council for quite some time and other countries want to hold them accountable as well as have them… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/11/10/saudi-arabias-economy-shrinks-for-5th-quarter-but-at-slower-pace Saudi Arabia is experiencing yet another decline of their economy coming into the 5th straight quarter. Although this being a big problem, therapid decline of their economy has significantly slowed down. In the third quarter their gross domestic product went down to 4.2%, after being at 7% in the second quarter. though their economy is still being great affected… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/10/at-least-two-killed-as-forest-fires-burn-in-syria-lebanon Devastating fires are breaking out all throughout Syria. There are hundreds of hectares that have burned in the countryside of Syria’s coastal Latakia area, Tartus area, and central Homs area. Dozens of fires were burning, including 45 in Latakia and 33 in Tartus. The cause for these fires are strong winds and a heatwave that are… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/10/14/sudan-annual-inflation-tops-200-in-sept-as-food-prices-soar Sydans inflation has gone way up over the past months from 166.83% to 212.29%. This data was from August to currently. this huge spike was caused by a significant increase in bread and vegetable prices, as well as increasing transport fares. another reason for this huge spike in Sudan’s inflation is their recent overthrowing of president… Read more »
Article link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/13/saudi-arabia-poised-to-take-un-human-rights-council-seat China, Saudi Arabia, and Russia are looking to be included in the Human Rights Council, and many people are not fond of it. Many rights groups say that these countries should not be included because they are some of the world’s “worst right violators”. Saudi Arabia has been on the council before in 2019 and China could… Read more »
Article link: https://apnews.com/350c5ba5b79fdd9f6d48d97c7234b9c3 Four people were killed last weekend in the resort town of Sousse when three Islamic militants rammed their car in security officers and attacked them with knives, killing one and injuring the other. Another man, Aymen Rezgui, walked onto the beach of the Imperial Hotel and used an assault rifle to shoot at tourists in lounge chairs…. Read more »
