NOVANEWS After Condemning Paris Attacks, Even though US-ally Saudi Arabia just condemned the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, it is still quick to enforce its own draconian anti-freedom of speech laws. By Al Akhbar US-ally Saudi Arabia […]
NOVANEWS By Mark Shenk and Moming Zhou Oil slid to the lowest level in more than five years as analysts said a global supply glut will linger through the first half of 2015. Crude has […]
NOVANEWS Human rights watchdogs say Saudi officials can still spare blogger Raif Badawi ‘this barbaric cruelty’ by: Nadia Prupis Activist Raif Badawi is scheduled to receive the first 50 of 1,000 lashes on Friday morning as […]
NOVANEWS Native Bahrainis were angered by the jubilation of their dictator at the acquittal of Egypt’s dictator. Hamad Al Khalifa was among the first to call Hosni Mubarak congratulating him for the politically-motivated decision by […]
NOVANEWS by MIKE WHITNEY “John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, allegedly struck a deal with King Abdullah in September under which the Saudis would sell crude at below the prevailing market price. That would […]
NOVANEWS A regional human rights group on Tuesday denounced what it called Saudi intimidation, saying its website has been blocked by authorities in the conservative Gulf nation. Attempts inside Saudi Arabia to access the […]
NOVANEWS A Saudi activist and family members said Sunday that two Saudi women have been detained for six days for defying the kingdom’s driving ban, according to the Associated Press (AP). A Saudi woman […]
NOVANEWS Saudi authorities extended the detention of two women’s rights activists, one of whom tried to drive into the kingdom in defiance of a ban, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia, a key […]
NOVANEWS Saudi authorities on Monday severed the hand of a Yemeni national convicted of repeated theft, under the medieval interpretation of Islamic law enforced in Saudi Arabia. A court had ordered the amputation of Ibrahim […]
NOVANEWS Two Saudis were beheaded on Tuesday for drug trafficking and murder, official media reported, bringing to 82 the number of executions this year. The sentence against Abdulrahman bin Bakheit al-Lugmani was carried out in […]