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The US State Department said on Tuesday that Washington was conducting regional consultations on a new move to stop the war in Sudan, and hoped to make an announcement in the next few days. A senior official in the US State Department said that the two parties to the conflict were not taking advantage of the opportunity that the United States and Saudi Arabia provided to them through the Jeddah talks.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, traveled to France on an official visit upon the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Saudi Press Agency reported Wednesday. During the visit, the Crown Prince is set to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and will lead the Kingdom’s delegation participating in the summit “For a New Global Financial Pact,” which is scheduled to be held in Paris on June 22-23, SPA said.
A Dubai court has found 30 people and seven companies guilty of laundering money and embezzling 32 million Emirati dirhams ($8.7 million) in online fraud. The court ordered the defendants to jointly pay a fine of more than 32 million dirhams ($8.7 million). The 30 members were sentenced to a combined total of 96 years in prison and will be deported from the UAE after serving their time. The court also ordered the confiscation of computers and phones used in the crime.
Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s health, organizational, service, logistical and security authorities have been instrumental in ensuring that performing Hajj and Umrah is successful. In a visit to the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah, he met with OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha, delegates, representatives and consuls of OIC member states and its subsidiary institutions.
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