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Eid coincided with a weekend this year rather than weekdays last year and shortened the length of holiday, according to research company STR Global.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will join troubled nuclear talks in Vienna later Thursday, as Tehran showed no sign of softening its position days before a deadline for a deal. The announcement of Kerry's trip came a day after his counterpart from Britain, one of six powers negotiating with Iran ahead of Monday's cut-off point, expressed pessimism that the mammoth accord could be done in time.
To change this outcome, Abdullah expanded the number of Saudi universities from 8 to 25. He closed conservative teachers colleges, and improved teacher training to encourage critical thinking over rote learning. Math and science instruction was increased. Some, but not all, bigoted language was removed from religious textbooks. And an emphasis was placed on Islam being a “moderate” religion. Hundreds of teachers who propagated extremist ideas were fired.
China has set a comprehensive economic strategy for linking the country to major economic countries in Asian, including Saudi Arabia through a railway, according to Al Eqtisadiya newspaper Wednesday.
The Twitter account “State of Islam” using the handle @Dawla_accountt tweeted to its 1,226 followers Monday night: “#IslamicState is the SOLE SAVIOUR of millions of Sunni muslims against Iraqi-Syria Army butchers,” with an attachment to three propaganda photos claiming to show brutality against Sunnis. About 16 hours later, a team at the State Department responded directly to the tweet.
The conference called for countering the messages of jihadi militants on social media used to lure recruits, and for leadership courses in schools, houses of worship and the broader community to spread the principles of diversity and tolerance. The conference was organized by the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialog (KAICIID), which is sponsored by Saudi Arabia.
Missile strikes by British Reapers against Islamic State targets in Iraq are increasing in intensity, the Royal Air Force reported Tuesday.
audi Arabia has widened a security buffer zone along its northern border with Iraq to ward off potential threats to the world’s largest oil supplier, a Saudi official said. The restricted area was doubled to 20 kilometers (12 miles) “due to some threats that may come from the north,” the kingdom’s Border Guard spokesman Muhammad al-Ghamdi said today in a phone interview, without identifying the risks. “That is why we added 10 kilometers to the buffer zone. This will help the Border Guards perform their mission.”
If Saudi Oil Minister Ali al Naimi (pictured below) wants to stop conspiracy theories spreading before a crucial OPEC meeting next week, it's too late.
And the most ignorant, most oblivious nation in the world? Nope, it’s not America. It's actually Italy. But don't celebrate yet – the United States ranked second in Ipsos MORI’s "Index of Ignorance."
