Jeff Bezos embraced Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee and unveiled a memorial to the murdered journalist today on the first anniversary of the journalist’s death.Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents at the Gulf kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul after entering the building on October 2, 2018. Khashoggi was collecting paperwork related to the couple’s planned marriage when he was killed. Read More »
The streets of Riyadh are covered with the green of the Saudi national flag, which lines the capital’s main highways.Green is the theme color of all the events that have taken place in Riyadh from Sept. 19-23 to celebrate Saudi National Day.Activities at Riyadh’s National Museum have included performances by folk bands, an Arab falcons show, interactive workshops to teach ... Read More »
The Louvre Museum in Paris (Musee du Louvre) opened new and expanded spaces in its Centre of Education in the Department of Islamic Art on Tuesday.The expansion was completed with the support of Alwaleed Philanthropies from Saudi Arabia, and the foundation’s Secretary General, Saudi princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud, was there to commemorate the opening along with Yannick Lintz, ... Read More »
The internet woke up on Monday morning to a surprising Twitter feud. Chrissy Teigen, the supermodel, entrepreneur and wife of singer John Legend, was trending, along with the hashtag “FilthyMouthedWife.” This was not all that unusual given Teigen’s current status as one of the true celebrity stars of Twitter. Read More »
Deputies argue before a session to present the general policy of the appointed Prime Minister Fritz William Michel at the Parliament in Port-au-Prince, Haiti … A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government. Politicians propose, support and create laws or policies that govern the land and, by extension, its people. ... Read More »
This week was the 10th anniversary for the death of the well looked religious leader. The ceremonies where in the Bazaar Najaf Abad Mosque in Isfahan. There are days we celebrate, that we remember to remember, to cherish and to be grateful for. Today, I will remember, cherish and be grateful, even though it’s for a remembrance I wish I ... Read More »
A rare release of official palace photos of the Thai King’s royal consort have caused a flurry of online attention, causing the royal palace website to crash, according to reports. The official Thai palace website crashed this week after it released unusually candid portraits of the king’s newly-anointed consort.The images of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s ‘noble consort’, Major-General Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, were ... Read More »
The 1953 coup, known as the 28 Mordad coup, was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the United Statesand the United Kingdom. Read More »
Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, died at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts Thursday. She was 22. Read More »
Thailand’s King has made his mistress a royal consort in a ceremony attended by his new wife, marking the first time the country’s modern monarchy has publicly admitted to polygamy. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, made his former bodyguard Sineenat Wongvajirapakdi, 34, his chao khun phra (royal noble consort) in a ceremony on his 67th birthday. Read More »